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Mahmud Hamdi 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

Born in Malatya in 1854/55 (AH 1271), Mahmud Hamdi Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). At about 22, in 1877/78, Mahmud Hamdi began work. The annual lists begin in 1877/78, with Mahmud Hamdi as stajyer and no place named.

The one salary in the lists is 300 kuruş a month, for 1878, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1878.

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. Malatya

    Born 1854/55 (AH 1271)

  2. Malatya Sancağı Emlak Yazı İşleri Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)

    stajyer

    250 to 300 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
01002003001877/78AH 12941878AH 1295300 kuruşstajyer

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 Mahmud Hamdi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1877/78AH 1294First work
1877 to 1878AH 1294 to 1295stajyer
6 entries
YearSalary
1877/78
1878
1878
1878250
1878
1878300
300

Record

Personal

Born
1854/55 (AH 1271)
Birthplace
Malatya
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1877/78 (AH 1294)

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 140 officials born in Malatya, 132 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.

The page of Malatya, with the 140 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 125th highest salary of them.

All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Hamdi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294stajyerMalatya Sancağı Emlak Yazı İşleri KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00013.00114, s. 225
1878AH 1295stajyerMalatya Sancağı Emlak Yazı İşleri KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00013.00114, s. 225
1878AH 1295stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi)Malatya Sancağı Emlak Yazı İşleri KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00013.00114, s. 225
1878AH 1295Birinci Kısım Yazı ve Vukuat KâtibiMalatya Sancağı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00013.00114, s. 225
1878AH 1295Birinci Kısım Yazı ve Vukuat Kâtibi (Nakil)Malatya SancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00013.00114, s. 225
1878AH 1295Yazı ve Vergi KâtibiMalatya Sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00013.00114, s. 225
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 Mahmud Hamdi 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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