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Mehmed Emin 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 Emin Efendi began in Trabzon in 1873/74 (AH 1290); the father's occupation was "Marangoz". At about 23, in 1896/97, Mehmed Emin began work, on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1896/97, with Mehmed Emin as Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi and no place named.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 650 in 1900/01, the peak, when 71 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1900/01.

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. Trabzon

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Place not recorded

    1896 to 1901 (AH 1314 to 1318)

    Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi

    400 to 650 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318650 kuruşHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318This 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 Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9740045042%
1897/9845040053%
1898/9955040067%
1899/190055040066%
1900/0165040071%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First work400first-salary field
1896 to 1901AH 1314 to 1318Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi
9 entries
YearSalary
1896/97400
1897/98400
1897/98450
1898/99450
1898/99550
1899/1900550
1899/1900550
1900/01550
1900/01650
400 to 650

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Trabzon
Father's occupation
Marangoz

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)

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 6 officials born in Trabzon, 5 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

The page of Trabzon, with the 6 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1071
1897/98AH 1315Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1071
1897/98AH 1315Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1071
1898/99AH 1316Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1071
1898/99AH 1316Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1071
1899/1900AH 1317Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Muhasebe Kalemi halifesi550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1071
1899/1900AH 1317Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi halifesi550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1071
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi halifesi550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1071
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi halifesi650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1071
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 Emin 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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