Mehmed Mekki 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 Mekki Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1886/87 (AH 1304); the father's occupation was "Topçu kamacı yüzbaşısı". At about 19, in 1906/07, Mehmed Mekki began work in Kartal, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1906/07, with Mehmed Mekki as Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı in Kartal, where the entries run to 1908/09. Alongside, the lists for 1908/09 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru. The farthest post, Kartal, lay about 2,400 km from Mecca, and fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from the birthplace.
The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1906/07 to 400 in 1908/09, the peak, when 42 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 8,400 kuruş, 53 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.
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 3 (Resne).
Born 1886/87 (AH 1304)
First work 1906/07 (AH 1324); 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326)
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı
150 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
Resne as worded, no place record not on the map
1908/09 (AH 1326)
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
400 kuruş a month; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 | 150 | 450 | 715 | 10% | |
| 1907/08 | 150 | 460 | 700 | 10% | |
| 1908/09 | 400 | 400 | 42% |
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.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)
- Birthplace
- Mecca (Mekke)
- Father's occupation
- Topçu kamacı yüzbaşısı
First work
- Year
- 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- Place
- Kartal
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 3 officials with entries in Kartal in the same years, Mehmed Mekki Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Mehmed Fehmi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Bekir Sıdkı Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Mekki Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Remzi Beyborn 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 40 kuruş
- Mansur Efendiborn 1886/87 (AH 1304); no salary recorded
- Mustafa Sabri Beyborn 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 50 kuruş
- Abdulkadir Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hacı Mehmet Hulusi Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 425 kuruş
The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Mekki Efendi had the 41st highest salary of them.
- Abdulhalim Efendifirst entry in Ertugrul; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmed Remzi Beyfirst annual entry 1906/07 (AH 1324); highest salary 40 kuruş
- Halil Rıfat Efendifirst entry in Diyarbakır; no salary recorded
- İbrahim Kazım Efendifirst entry in Terme; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Mehmed Beşir Efendifirst entry in Gaziantep (Antep); highest salary 250 kuruş
All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı | Kartal | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 262 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 158/467, s.467. |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı | Kartal | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 262 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 158/467, s.467. |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı | Kartal | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 262 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 158/467, s.467. |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı (Nakil) | Kartal | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 262 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 158/467, s.467. | |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru | Resne | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 262 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 158/467, s.467. |
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)