Mehmet Halit Efendi
Annual salary study and register readings
This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.
Life and register readings
Born in Silistra (Silistre), Mehmet Halit Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Istanbul in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The first annual entry, for 1886/87, names Mehmet Halit as Mülazım (mal kalemi), with no place. The lists have no entry for 1889 to 1901 and 1902 to 1909.
Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to a peak of 1,500 in 1909/10, when four in five paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 32,400 kuruş, 1.9 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
First work 1886/87 (AH 1304)
İstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Mal Kalemi as worded, no place record
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Mülazım (mal kalemi)
entries in 1 year
İstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Muhasebe Kalemi as worded, no place record
1888/89 (AH 1306)
No annual entry for 1887/88 (AH 1305) before it.
Muhasebe kalemi katibi
200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi as worded, no place record
1901/02 (AH 1319)
No annual entry for 1889 to 1901 (AH 1307 to 1318) before it.
Mümeyyiz-i sani
1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
İstanbul, Emniyet-i Umumiye Dairesi as worded, no place record
1909/10 (AH 1327)
No annual entry for 1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326) before it.
Sicill-i ahval ve muhasebe memuru
1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 200 | 400 | 15% | ||
| 1901/02 | 1,000 | 400 | 80% | ||
| 1909/10 | 1,500 | 600 | 79% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87AH 1304 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Mülazım (mal kalemi) | ||
| No annual entry: 1887/88 (AH 1305) | |||
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhasebe kalemi katibi | 200 | |
| No annual entry: 1889 to 1901 (AH 1307 to 1318) | |||
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Mümeyyiz-i sani | 1,000 | |
| No annual entry: 1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326) | |||
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Sicill-i ahval ve muhasebe memuru | 1,500 | |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Silistra (Silistre)
- Father's occupation
- Tüccar
First work
- Year
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same birthplace
Of the 54 officials born in Silistra (Silistre), 50 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Halit Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Emin Efendiborn 1845 (AH 1261); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Ahmet Faik Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Kâşif Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mustafa Behçet Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mustafa Lütfi Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 350 kuruş
The page of Silistra (Silistre), with the 54 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304), 156 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Halit Efendi had the 9th highest salary of them.
- Hafız Ahmet Efendifirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Hüseyin Rıza Paşafirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); no salary recorded
- Ahmed Efendifirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hararoz Ağafirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Andon Efendifirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 300 kuruş
All 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Mülazım (mal kalemi) | İstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Mal Kalemi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439; 176 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439.; 177 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439. | |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhasebe kalemi katibi | İstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Muhasebe Kalemi | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Mümeyyiz-i sani | İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi | 1,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439; 176 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439.; 177 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439. |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Sicill-i ahval ve muhasebe memuru | İstanbul, Emniyet-i Umumiye Dairesi | 1,500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439; 176 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439.; 177 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439. |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Heyet-i hesabiye sınıf-ı sani mümeyyizi | İstanbul, Divan-ı Muhasebat | 1,500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)