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MEHMED ESAD EFENDĠ

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 ESAD EFENDĠ began in Antalya in 1882/83 (AH 1300). MEHMED ESAD EFENDĠ began work in Antalya in 1905/06, at about 22, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1905/06 to 1909/10 places MEHMED ESAD EFENDĠ in the same post, Belediye ikinci kâtibi, in Antalya, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1905/06 to a peak of 250 in 1908/09, in Antalya, when one in four paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 11,100 kuruş, 39 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327250 kuruşBelediye ikinci kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 MEHMED ESAD EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1905/0615043026011%
1906/0715045028510%
1907/081254602509%
1908/0925040025024%
1909/1025060042515%

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 ESAD EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905/06AH 1323First workAntalya150first-salary field
1905 to 1910AH 1323 to 1327Belediye ikinci kâtibi
9 entries
YearSalary
1905/06150
1906/07150
1906/07125
1907/08125
1907/08125
1908/09125
1908/09250
1909/10250
1909/10
Antalya150

Record

Personal

Born
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Birthplace
Antalya

First work

Year
1905/06 (AH 1323)
Place
Antalya

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 37 officials with entries in Antalya in the same years, 36 have a recorded salary; MEHMED ESAD EFENDĠ had the 26th highest salary of them.

All 127 officials with entries in Antalya

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; MEHMED ESAD EFENDĠ had the 179th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), 114 have a recorded salary; MEHMED ESAD EFENDĠ had the 74th highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMED ESAD EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323Belediye ikinci kâtibiAntalya150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00162 – 00124/245
1906/07AH 1324Belediye ikinci kâtibiAntalya150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00162 – 00124/245
1906/07AH 1324Liva muhasebe kalemi merkez yevmiye kitabeti refakatiAntalya125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00162 – 00124/245
1907/08AH 1325Liva muhasebe kalemi merkez yevmiye kitabeti refakatiAntalya125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00162 – 00124/245
1907/08AH 1325Liva muhasebe kalemi masalih-i cariye kâtibiAntalya125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00162 – 00124/245
1908/09AH 1326Liva muhasebe kalemi masalih-i cariye kâtibiAntalya125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00162 – 00124/245
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası şubesi bedelat-ı nakdiye tahakkuk kâtibiAntalya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00162 – 00124/245
1909/10AH 1327Ziraat Bankası şubesi bedelat-ı nakdiye tahakkuk kâtibiAntalya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00162 – 00124/245
1909/10AH 1327Ziraat Bankası şubesi bedelat-ı nakdiye tahakkuk kâtibi (İnfisal)AntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00162 – 00124/245
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 ESAD EFENDĠ 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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