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Mehmed Sabri 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 Sabri Efendi was born in Bursa in 1875/76 (AH 1292), into the İslam community. Work began in 1894/95, at about 19. The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with Mehmed Sabri as Mulazemet and no place named. At the same time, from 1895 to 1900, the lists also place Mehmed Sabri in Bursa as Bursa (Okunamadı) ikinci kol harir-i tahmi tezkire tevzî me'murluğu. Alongside, the lists for 1899/1900 give a second post, in Gemlik as Gemlik Düyûn-ı umûmiye müdiriyeti.

Pay rose from 190 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 350 in 1896/97, when 36 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 250 kuruş. Over six years the salaries add up to 17,760 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1895/96145BursaGemlik

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Bursa

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Mulazemet

    entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1894 to 1900 (AH 1312 to 1317)

    müdiriyet-i mezkûre muvakkat koza kitâbeti

    190 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  4. Bursa

    1895 to 1900 (AH 1313 to 1317)

    Bursa (Okunamadı) ikinci kol harir-i tahmi tezkire tevzî me'murluğu

    entries in 5 years

  5. Gemlik

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Gemlik Düyûn-ı umûmiye müdiriyeti

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317350 kuruşMulazemetmüdiriyet-i mezkûre muvakkat koza kitâbetiBursa (Okunamadı) ikinci kol harir-i tahmi tezkire tevzî me'murluğu
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Sabri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/9519040014%
1895/9619040014%
1896/9735045036%
1897/9825040020%
1898/9925040020%
1899/190025040030021%

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 Sabri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First work
1894/95AH 1312Mulazemet
1894 to 1900AH 1312 to 1317müdiriyet-i mezkûre muvakkat koza kitâbeti
9 entries
YearSalary
1894/95190
1895/96190
1895/96190
1896/97190
1896/97350
1897/98250
1898/99250
1898/99190
1899/1900190
190
1895 to 1900AH 1313 to 1317Bursa (Okunamadı) ikinci kol harir-i tahmi tezkire tevzî me'murluğu
6 entries
YearSalary
1895/96
1896/97
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
Bursa
1899/1900AH 1317Gemlik Düyûn-ı umûmiye müdiriyetiGemlik250

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)

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 30 officials with entries in Bursa in the same years, 29 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sabri Efendi had the 24th highest salary of them.

All 156 officials with entries in Bursa

Same job title, same years

Of the 4 officials with the title Mulazemet in the same years, Mehmed Sabri Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 52 officials with the title Mulazemet

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sabri Efendi had the 202nd highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sabri Efendi had the 108th highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Sabri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312MulazemetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1894/95AH 1312müdiriyet-i mezkûre muvakkat koza kitâbeti190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1895/96AH 1313müdiriyet-i mezkûre muvakkat koza kitâbeti190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1895/96AH 1313Bursa (Okunamadı) ikinci kol harir-i tahmi tezkire tevzî me'murluğuBursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1895/96AH 1313muvakkat müzâyede kitâbeti190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1896/97AH 1314Bursa (Okunamadı) ikinci kol harir-i tahmi tezkire tevzî me'murluğuBursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1896/97AH 1314muvafakat (Okunamadı) kitâbeti190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1896/97AH 1314üç yüz (Okunamadı) muvakatınca mahiye kitâbeti350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1896/97AH 1314Bursa birinci kol tezkirede tevzî me'murluğuBursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1897/98AH 1315Bursa birinci kol tezkirede tevzî me'murluğuBursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1897/98AH 1315müdiriyet-i kadim müzâyede kitâbeti vekaleti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1898/99AH 1316müdiriyet-i kadim müzâyede kitâbeti vekaleti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1898/99AH 1316muvakkat müzâyede kitâbeti190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1898/99AH 1316Bursa ikinci koza tezkire tevzî me'murluğuBursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1899/1900AH 1317Bursa ikinci koza tezkire tevzî me'murluğuBursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1899/1900AH 1317muvakkat müzâyede kitâbeti190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
1899/1900AH 1317Gemlik Düyûn-ı umûmiye müdiriyetiGemlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records136/170; 337
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 Sabri 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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