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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

The life of Mehmed Mekki Efendi began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1882/83 (AH 1300); the father's occupation was "Hicaz Vilayeti matbaa müdürü". Work began in 1898/99, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1898/99, with Mehmed Mekki as Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımı and no place named.

The salary went from 110 kuruş a month in 1904/05 to 800 in 1910/11, the peak, when 62 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 24,300 kuruş, 62 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

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. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1882/83 (AH 1300)

  2. Hicaz ve Sevdiye vilayetleri mektubi kalemleri as worded, no place record

    1898 to 1911 (AH 1316 to 1328)

    Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımı

    100 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328800 kuruşVilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 Mekki Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1904/051104006%
1905/061104307%
1906/071354509%
1907/081354609%
1908/091354007%
1909/1060060049%
1910/1180050062%

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 Mekki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First work
1898 to 1911AH 1316 to 1328Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımı
20 entries
YearSalary
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1903/04
1903/04
1904/05
1904/05100
1904/05110
1905/06110
1906/07110
1906/07135
1907/08135
1908/09135
1909/10135
1909/10600
1910/11600
1910/11800
800

Record

Personal

Born
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)
Father's occupation
Hicaz Vilayeti matbaa müdürü

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Mekki Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Mekki Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Mekki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımıHicaz ve Sevdiye vilayetleri mektubi kalemleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1899/1900AH 1317Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımıHicaz ve Sevdiye vilayetleri mektubi kalemleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1900/01AH 1318Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımıHicaz ve Sevdiye vilayetleri mektubi kalemleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1901/02AH 1319Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımıHicaz ve Sevdiye vilayetleri mektubi kalemleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1902/03AH 1320Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımıHicaz ve Sevdiye vilayetleri mektubi kalemleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1903/04AH 1321Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımıHicaz ve Sevdiye vilayetleri mektubi kalemleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1903/04AH 1321Vilayet mektubi kalemleri mülazımı (Nakil)Hicaz ve Sevdiye vilayetleri mektubi kalemleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1903/04AH 1321Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1904/05AH 1322Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1904/05AH 1322Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1904/05AH 1322Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen Kalemi110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1905/06AH 1323Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen Kalemi110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1906/07AH 1324Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen Kalemi110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1906/07AH 1324Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen Kalemi135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1907/08AH 1325Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen Kalemi135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1908/09AH 1326Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen Kalemi135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1909/10AH 1327Encümen kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen Kalemi135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1909/10AH 1327Mahlulat kalemi üçüncü sınıf kâtibiDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Mahlulat Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1910/11AH 1328Mahlulat kalemi üçüncü sınıf kâtibiDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Mahlulat Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
1910/11AH 1328Encümen kalemi ikinci sınıf kâtibiDefter-i Hâkânî Nezareti Encümen Kalemi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records263 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.155/19, s.19.
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 Mekki 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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