Mehmed Tahir 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 Tahir Efendi was born in Muğla; the father's occupation was "Muğla Bidayet Mahkemesi Zabıt Katibi". The personnel record dates the first work to 1890/91 (AH 1308), after the first annual entry, on a first salary of 120 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1883/84, with Mehmed Tahir as Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş) and no place named.
The salary went from 120 kuruş a month in 1890/91 to 400 in 1906/07, the peak, when 41 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 15 years of salary come to 52,440 kuruş, 71 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.
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.
Place not recorded
1883 to 1889 (AH 1301 to 1306)
Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş)
entries in 6 years
Menteşe Sancağı as worded, no place record
1890/91 (AH 1308)
No annual entry for 1889/90 (AH 1307) before it.
Muhasebe Katibi
120 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Muğla Kazası as worded, no place record
1892/93 (AH 1310)
No annual entry for 1891/92 (AH 1309) before it.
Vergi Katibi Refiki
250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Menteşe Livası as worded, no place record
1894 to 1907 (AH 1312 to 1324)
No annual entry for 1893/94 (AH 1311) before it.
Muhasebe Katibi
300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 | 120 | 400 | 7% | ||
| 1892/93 | 250 | 400 | 21% | ||
| 1894/95 | 300 | 400 | 28% | ||
| 1895/96 | 300 | 400 | 27% | ||
| 1896/97 | 300 | 450 | 26% | ||
| 1897/98 | 300 | 400 | 28% | ||
| 1898/99 | 300 | 400 | 27% | ||
| 1899/1900 | 300 | 400 | 29% | ||
| 1900/01 | 300 | 400 | 29% | ||
| 1901/02 | 300 | 400 | 29% | ||
| 1902/03 | 300 | 400 | 28% | ||
| 1903/04 | 300 | 405 | 29% | ||
| 1904/05 | 300 | 400 | 29% | ||
| 1905/06 | 300 | 430 | 29% | ||
| 1906/07 | 400 | 450 | 41% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 to 1889AH 1301 to 1306 | Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş) | ||
| No annual entry: 1889/90 (AH 1307) | |||
| 1890/91AH 1308 | First work | 120first-salary field | |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhasebe Katibi | 120 | |
| No annual entry: 1891/92 (AH 1309) | |||
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Vergi Katibi Refiki | 250 | |
| No annual entry: 1893/94 (AH 1311) | |||
| 1894 to 1907AH 1312 to 1324 | Muhasebe Katibi | 300 to 400 | |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Muğla
- Father's occupation
- Muğla Bidayet Mahkemesi Zabıt Katibi
First work
- Year
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)
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 60 officials born in Muğla, 54 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tahir Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.
- HÂFIZ MUSTAFA EFEND İ O ĞLU HÂFIZ SÜLEYMAN EFEND İborn 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 450 kuruş
- ÖMER AZM İ EFEND İborn 1850/51 (AH 1267); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmed Nuri Efendiborn 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 500 kuruş
- AL İ KEMAL EFEND İborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 850 kuruş
- ŞÜKRÜ EFEND İborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 550 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tahir Efendi had the 104th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Hamdi Beyfirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 680 kuruş
- Yasefaki Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Gümüşyan Garok Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Abdullah Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Dimitri Mavroyanifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 3,000 kuruş
All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Askerlik (katib-i muavin, serçavuş) (Görevin sona ermesi) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Sancağı | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Vergi Katibi Refiki | Muğla Kazası | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhasebe Katibi | Menteşe Livası | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhasebe Katibi (Nakil) | Menteşe Livası | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Vergi Katibi | Muğla Kazası | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records |
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)