Mehmed Şerif 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 Şerif Efendi was born in Erzincan into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Erzincan müfettişi". The first salary was 150 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1861/62 (AH 1278), with Mehmed Şerif as arazi memuru (Defter-i Hakani müdürü) in Erzurum. For 1862 to 1874 the lists have no entry. The annual lists then follow Mehmed Şerif to Tripoli in 1874/75, then Beirut (Beyrut) from 1875 to 1879. The lists have no entry for 1879 to 1884. For 1885 to 1887 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1887/88 give a second post, in Beirut as Defterdar. Tripoli, about 2,450 km from Erzincan, was the post farthest from the birthplace; fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from home.
Pay rose from 2,500 kuruş a month in 1861/62 to a peak of 6,000 in 1884/85, when 98 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 261,000 kuruş, 8.4 times what an official on the median salary earned, a level reached by fewer than 3 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. The last annual entry is for 1887/88.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 4 (Suriye), stop 5 (Haleb).
1874/75 (AH 1291)
No annual entry for 1862 to 1874 (AH 1279 to 1290) before it.
2,375 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
1875 to 1879 (AH 1292 to 1296)
2,350 to 2,500 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years
Suriye as worded, no place record not on the map
1884/85 (AH 1302)
No annual entry for 1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301) before it.
arazi-i seniye müdürü
5,000 to 6,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Haleb as worded, no place record not on the map
1887/88 (AH 1305)
No annual entry for 1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304) before it.
çiftlikat-ı hümayun nazırı (Azil)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1861/62 | 2,500 | 500 | 88% | ||
| 1874/75 | 2,375 | 450 | 92% | ||
| 1875/76 | 2,375 | 450 | 1,175 | 91% | |
| 1878/79 | 2,500 | 400 | 760 | 91% | |
| 1884/85 | 6,000 | 400 | 98% | ||
| 1887/88 | 6,000 | 400 | 450 | 97% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work | 150first-salary field | ||
| 1861/62AH 1278 | arazi memuru (Defter-i Hakani müdürü) | Erzurum | 2,500 |
| No annual entry: 1862 to 1874 (AH 1279 to 1290) | |||
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Muhasebeci | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 2,375 |
| 1875 to 1879AH 1292 to 1296 | Muhasebeci | Beirut (Beyrut) | 2,375 to 2,350 |
| No annual entry: 1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301) | |||
| 1884/85AH 1302 | arazi-i seniye müdürü | 5,000 to 6,000 | |
| No annual entry: 1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304) | |||
| 1887/88AH 1305 | çiftlikat-ı hümayun nazırı (Azil) | ||
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Defterdar | Beirut (Beyrut) | 6,000 |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Erzincan
- Community
- İslam
- Father's occupation
- Erzincan müfettişi
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 20 officials with entries in Beirut (Beyrut) in the same years, 19 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.
- Mustafa Sabri Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmed Said Bey3 shared years; highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Kamil Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 760 kuruş
- Ali Paşa1 shared year; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Raif Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 3 officials with the title Muhasebeci in the same years, Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the highest salary.
- İsmail Zihni Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 6,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Ali Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 2,050 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Kamil Efendiborn 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Süleyman Fehmi Efendiborn 1840/41 (AH 1256); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ebubekir Efendiborn 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 750 kuruş
- ABDÜLATİF LÜTFİ EFENDİborn 1842/43 (AH 1258); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Ömer Lütfi Efendiborn 1847/48 (AH 1264); highest salary 16.5 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 37 officials whose first annual entry is for 1861/62 (AH 1278), 29 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.
- AGOB EFENDİfirst annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278); no salary recorded
- Yorgaki Efendifirst entry in Cebeli lubnan; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Antaş Efendifirst entry in Heraklion (Kandiye); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Ahmed Hamdi Efendifirst annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278); no salary recorded
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendifirst annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 700 kuruş
All 37 officials whose first annual entry is for 1861/62 (AH 1278)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1861/62AH 1278 | arazi memuru (Defter-i Hakani müdürü) | Erzurum | 2,500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Muhasebeci | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 2,375 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhasebeci | Beirut (Beyrut) | 2,375 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhasebeci | Beirut (Beyrut) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhasebeci | Beirut (Beyrut) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 | |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhasebeci | Beirut (Beyrut) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 | |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhasebeci | Beirut (Beyrut) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 | |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhasebeci | Beirut (Beyrut) | 2,500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhasebeci | Beirut (Beyrut) | 2,350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | arazi-i seniye müdürü | Suriye | 5,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | çiftlikat-ı hümayun nazırı | Haleb | 6,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | çiftlikat-ı hümayun nazırı (Azil) | Haleb | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 | |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Defterdar | Beirut (Beyrut) | 6,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 |
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)