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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Mehmet Halid Bey

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

The life of Mehmet Halid Bey began in Ürgüp. Mehmet Halid began work in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The first annual entry, for 1888/89, names Mehmet Halid as Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımı, with no place. Alongside, the lists for 1893/94 give a second post, in Tetovo as Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi.

The salary went from 30 kuruş a month in 1890/91 to 200 in 1893/94, the peak, in Tetovo, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 3,480 kuruş, 18 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1893/94.

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. Kosova as worded, no place record

    1888 to 1894 (AH 1306 to 1311)

    Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımı

    30 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  2. Tetovo (Kalkandelen)

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi

    200 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
0501001502001888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311200 kuruşKosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311This 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 Mehmet Halid Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1890/91304001%
1891/92304000%
1892/93304001%
1893/9420040031514%

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 Mehmet Halid Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306First work
1888 to 1894AH 1306 to 1311Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımı
8 entries
YearSalary
1888/89
1889/90
1890/91
1890/9130
1891/9230
1892/9330
1893/9430
1893/94
1893/94AH 1311Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibiTetovo (Kalkandelen)200

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Ürgüp

First work

Year
1888/89 (AH 1306)

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 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Halid Bey had the 92nd highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Halid Bey had the 130th highest salary of them.

All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Halid Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1888/89AH 1306Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımıKosovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048. 88
1889/90AH 1307Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımıKosovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048. 88
1890/91AH 1308Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımıKosovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048. 88
1890/91AH 1308Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımıKosova30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048. 88
1891/92AH 1309Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımıKosova30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048. 88
1892/93AH 1310Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımıKosova30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048. 88
1893/94AH 1311Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımıKosova30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048. 88
1893/94AH 1311Kosova vilayeti mektubi kalemi (İstifa)KosovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048. 88
1893/94AH 1311Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibiTetovo (Kalkandelen)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048. 88
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 Mehmet Halid Bey 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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