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Mehmed Tal’at 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

Mehmed Tal’at Efendi was born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) in 1848/49 (AH 1265). Work began in 1862/63, at about 14. The annual lists begin in 1862/63, with Mehmed Tal’at as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1880 to 1883. At the same time, from 1879 to 1884, the lists also place Mehmed Tal’at in Beirut (Beyrut) as Muhasebe başkitabeti. Alongside, the lists for 1883 to 1897 give a second post, in Istanbul in the Muvazene Kitabeti, with a rise to Mumeyyizi Evvel in 1890/91. Mehmed Tal’at then moved back to Istanbul from 1903 to 1908. The last entries, from 1908 to 1910, name Mehmed Tal’at as Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği, with no place. The lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1870/71 and Infisal for 1871/72 instead of a title. Few careers in the lists are as long; fewer than 2 per cent of the 8,239 officials have entries spanning 49 years or more.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1864/65 to 7,000 in 1908/09, the peak, when 97 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 36 years the salaries add up to 924,600 kuruş, 5.1 times what an official on the median salary earned, a level reached by fewer than 5 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. 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.

All 8 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1879/801883/841903/041347AfyonkarahisarBeirutIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 5 (Place not recorded), stop 6 (Place not recorded), stop 8 (Place not recorded).

  1. Place not recorded not on the map

    1862 to 1880 (AH 1279 to 1297)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı 1862 to 1880 (AH 1279 to 1297); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1870/71 (AH 1287); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1871/72 (AH 1288)

    150 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 19 years

  2. Beirut (Beyrut)

    1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301)

    Muhasebe başkitabeti 1879/80 (AH 1297); Merkez müdürlüğü 1883/84 (AH 1301)

    1,200 to 2,500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300).

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1883 to 1897 (AH 1301 to 1314)

    Muvazene Kitabeti 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302); Mümeyyiz muavinliği 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303); Mumeyyizi Evvel 1890 to 1897 (AH 1308 to 1314)

    800 to 2,900 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

    No annual entry for 1886 to 1890 (AH 1304 to 1307).

  4. Place not recorded not on the map

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    No annual entry for 1897/98 (AH 1315) before it.

    Maaş kaydı

    2,810 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Place not recorded not on the map

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    No annual entry for 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318) before it.

    Nezaret görevi, asaleten

    4,050 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325)

    No annual entry for 1902/03 (AH 1320) before it.

    İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı

    4,050 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  7. Place not recorded not on the map

    1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)

    Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği

    5,000 to 7,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry02,0004,0006,0008,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13257,000 kuruşTahrirat kalemi mülazımıMumeyyizi Evvel
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0005,00010,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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
Salary of Mehmed Tal’at Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1864/6515040011%
1865/6620040015%
1866/6720040017%
1867/6825045821%
1868/6934047536%
1869/7060040063%
1870/7160040064%
1871/72500420.554%
1872/7355045060%
1873/7480040570%
1874/7590045075%
1875/761,00045077%
1876/771,00042077%
1877/781,00045077%
18781,00045078%
1878/791,20040081%
1879/802,50040080092%
1883/841,20040040086%
1884/851,20040047084%
1885/861,35040046088%
1890/912,40040050094%
1891/922,800400537.595%
1892/932,80040050096%
1893/942,80040051096%
1894/952,80040053096%
1895/962,90040057595%
1896/972,90045050096%
1898/992,81040096%
1901/024,05040097%
1903/044,05040555097%
1904/054,05040055097%
1905/064,05043060097%
1906/074,05045071597%
1907/084,05046070097%
1908/097,00040097%
1909/107,00060097%

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.

Career of Mehmed Tal’at Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1862/63AH 1279First work
1862 to 1880AH 1279 to 1297Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
39 entries
YearSalary
1862/63
1862/63
1863/64
1864/65
1864/65150
1865/66150
1865/66200
1866/67200
1866/67166.5
1867/68166.5
1867/68250
1868/69250
1868/69340
1868/69340
1869/70400
1869/70500
1869/70600
1870/71600
1870/71500
1871/72500
1871/72380
1872/73380
1872/73500
1872/73550
1873/74550
1873/74600
1873/74800
1874/75800
1874/75900
1875/76900
1875/761,000
1876/771,000
1877/781,000
1877/781,000
18781,000
1878/791,000
1878/791,200
1879/801,200
1879/80960
960
1870/71AH 1287İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
1871/72AH 1288Infisala note on status, not a job
1879/80AH 1297Muhasebe başkitabetiBeirut (Beyrut)2,500
No annual entry: 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)
1883/84AH 1301Merkez müdürlüğüBeirut (Beyrut)1,200
1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302Muvazene Kitabeti
4 entries
YearSalary
1883/84800
1884/85800
1884/851,000
1884/851,200
Istanbul (Dersaadet)800 to 1,200
1884 to 1886AH 1302 to 1303Mümeyyiz muavinliği
4 entries
YearSalary
1884/851,200
1885/861,200
1885/861,350
1885/861,350
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,200 to 1,350
No annual entry: 1886 to 1890 (AH 1304 to 1307)
1890 to 1897AH 1308 to 1314Mumeyyizi Evvel
8 entries
YearSalary
1890/912,400
1891/922,800
1892/932,800
1893/942,800
1894/952,800
1895/962,900
1896/972,900
1896/972,610
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2,400 to 2,610
No annual entry: 1897/98 (AH 1315)
1898/99AH 1316Maaş kaydı2,810
No annual entry: 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Nezaret görevi, asaleten4,050
No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320)
1903 to 1908AH 1321 to 1325İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı
5 entries
YearSalary
1903/044,050
1904/054,050
1905/064,050
1906/074,050
1907/084,050
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4,050
1908 to 1910AH 1326 to 1327Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği
4 entries
YearSalary
1908/097,000
1909/107,000
1909/105,000
1909/10
7,000

Record

Personal

Born
1848/49 (AH 1265)

First work

Year
1862/63 (AH 1279)

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 place, same years

Of the 604 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 565 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tal’at Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 125 officials born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tal’at Efendi had the highest salary of them.

The page of Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with the 125 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279), 68 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tal’at Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.

All 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Tal’at Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1862/63AH 1279Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1862/63AH 1279Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1863/64AH 1280Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1864/65AH 1281Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1864/65AH 1281Mukayyit refakati150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1865/66AH 1282Mukayyit refakati150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1865/66AH 1282Mukayyit refakati200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1866/67AH 1283Mukayyit refakati200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1866/67AH 1283Bursa mukayyit refakati166.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1867/68AH 1284Bursa mukayyit refakati166.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1867/68AH 1284Bursa mukayyit refakati250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1868/69AH 1285Başdad Vecde mukayyit refakati250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1868/69AH 1285Halep mukayyit refakati340Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1868/69AH 1285Bursa mukayyit refakati340Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1869/70AH 1286Kıbrıs mukayyit muinliği400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1869/70AH 1286Selanik mukayyit muinliği500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1869/70AH 1286İzmir mukayyit muinliği600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1870/71AH 1287İzmir mukayyit muinliği600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1870/71AH 1287İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1870/71AH 1287Trabzon ve Erzurum vilayetleri kitabeti500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1871/72AH 1288Trabzon ve Erzurum vilayetleri kitabeti500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1871/72AH 1288InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1871/72AH 1288Kıbrıs muinliği380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1872/73AH 1289Kıbrıs muinliği380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1872/73AH 1289Kıbrıs muinliği500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1872/73AH 1289Hulasa mukayyitliği550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1873/74AH 1290Hulasa mukayyitliği550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1873/74AH 1290Devair mukayyitliği600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1873/74AH 1290Tuna mukayyitliği800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1874/75AH 1291Cidde mukayyitliği800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1874/75AH 1291Cidde mukayyitliği900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1875/76AH 1292Cidde mukayyitliği900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1875/76AH 1292Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1876/77AH 1293Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1877/78AH 1294Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1877/78AH 1294Emtia mukayyitliği1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1878AH 1295Emtia mukayyitliği1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1878/79AH 1296Emtia mukayyitliği1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1878/79AH 1296Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1879/80AH 1297Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1879/80AH 1297Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1879/80AH 1297Muhasebe başkitabetiBeirut (Beyrut)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1883/84AH 1301Merkez müdürlüğüBeirut (Beyrut)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1883/84AH 1301Muvazene KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1884/85AH 1302Muvazene KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1884/85AH 1302Muvazene KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1884/85AH 1302Muvazene KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1884/85AH 1302Mümeyyiz muavinliğiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1885/86AH 1303Mümeyyiz muavinliğiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1885/86AH 1303Mümeyyiz muavinliğiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1885/86AH 1303Mümeyyiz-i saniIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1890/91AH 1308Mumeyyizi EvvelIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1891/92AH 1309Mumeyyizi EvvelIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1892/93AH 1310Mumeyyizi EvvelIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1893/94AH 1311Mumeyyizi EvvelIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1894/95AH 1312Mumeyyizi EvvelIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1895/96AH 1313Mumeyyizi EvvelIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1896/97AH 1314Mumeyyizi EvvelIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1896/97AH 1314Mumeyyizi EvvelIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,610Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1898/99AH 1316Maaş kaydı2,810Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1901/02AH 1319Nezaret görevi, asaleten4,050Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1903/04AH 1321İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,050Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1904/05AH 1322İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,050Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1905/06AH 1323İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,050Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1906/07AH 1324İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,050Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1907/08AH 1325İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,050Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği7,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1909/10AH 1327Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği7,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1909/10AH 1327Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği5,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
1909/10AH 1327Umur-ı Hesabiye Dairesi müdürlüğüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.
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.
Recorded values of Mehmed Tal’at Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
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.

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