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Mehmed Tevfik 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 Tevfik Efendi was born in Bursa in 1849/50 (AH 1266) into the İslam community. At about 33, in 1882/83, Mehmed Tevfik began work, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1882/83, names Mehmed Tevfik as kitâbet, with no place.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to 500 in 1885/86, the peak, when 58 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1885/86.

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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1849/50 (AH 1266)

  2. Mekke-i mükerreme as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)

    kitâbet

    250 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303500 kuruşkitâbet
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This officialMedian, all officials

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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8325040019%
1883/8425040019%
1884/8525040019%
1885/8650040058%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First work250first-salary field
1882 to 1886AH 1300 to 1303kitâbet
5 entries
YearSalary
1882/83250
1883/84250
1884/85250
1885/86250
1885/86500
250 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1849/50 (AH 1266)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 148th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 79th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300kitâbetMekke-i mükerreme250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records34/84; 165
1883/84AH 1301kitâbetMekke-i mükerreme250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records34/84; 165
1884/85AH 1302kitâbetMekke-i mükerreme250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records34/84; 165
1885/86AH 1303kitâbetMekke-i mükerreme250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records34/84; 165
1885/86AH 1303sanduk kitâbetiHicaz500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records34/84; 165
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 Tevfik 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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