Mahmud Hamdi 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 Mahmud Hamdi Efendi began in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1832/33 (AH 1248). The first salary was 300 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1856/57, with Mahmud Hamdi as Sancak Zaptiye (Zabit) Kâtibi ve Hazine memuru (Nakil) in Viransehir. The lists have no entry for 1857 to 1891. Alongside, the lists for 1856/57 give a second post, in Kemaliye as a postal official (Posta Memuru). The last post was in Istanbul in 1891/92, with a rise to Kapı memuru.
The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1856/57 to 500 in 1891/92, the peak, in Istanbul, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1891/92.
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 2 (Viransehir).
Born 1832/33 (AH 1248)
Viransehir not on the map
First work here; 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Sancak Zaptiye (Zabit) Kâtibi ve Hazine memuru (Nakil)
entries in 1 year
1891/92 (AH 1309)
No annual entry for 1857 to 1891 (AH 1274 to 1308) before it.
Kapı memuru
500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856/57 | 300 | 400 | 37% | ||
| 1891/92 | 500 | 400 | 537.5 | 56% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work | Viransehir | 300first-salary field | |
| 1856/57AH 1273 | Sancak Zaptiye (Zabit) Kâtibi ve Hazine memuru (Nakil) | Viransehir | |
| 1856/57AH 1273 | Posta Memuru | Kemaliye (Eğin) | 300 |
| No annual entry: 1857 to 1891 (AH 1274 to 1308) | |||
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Kapı memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1832/33 (AH 1248)
- Birthplace
- Kemaliye (Eğin)
First work
- Place
- Viransehir
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 186 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 181 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 137th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Ârifî Paşa1 shared year; highest salary 100,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Said Paşa1 shared year; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Raif Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- Sâlih Münir Paşa1 shared year; highest salary 21,500 kuruş
- Mehmed Necmeddin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 74 officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin), 62 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 46th highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Sadık Efendiborn 1834/35 (AH 1250); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmed Hâzım Efendiborn 1840/41 (AH 1256); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Sabri Efendiborn 1845 (AH 1261); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Aleksan Fehmi Efendiborn 1845/46 (AH 1262); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Hacı İbrahim Efendiborn 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 520 kuruş
The page of Kemaliye (Eğin), with the 74 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 33 officials whose first annual entry is for 1856/57 (AH 1273), 25 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 19th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Rüştü Efendifirst annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- ARTİN KANBURYAN EFENDİfirst annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273); no salary recorded
- Abdullah Efendifirst annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 2,640 kuruş
- Abdullah Şükrü Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Şaban Paşafirst annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 15,000 kuruş
All 33 officials whose first annual entry is for 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856/57AH 1273 | Sancak Zaptiye (Zabit) Kâtibi ve Hazine memuru (Nakil) | Viransehir | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 59 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 24/209. | |
| 1856/57AH 1273 | Posta Memuru | Kemaliye (Eğin) | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 59 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 24/209. |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Kapı memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 59 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 24/209. |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Kapı Kâtibi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 59 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 24/209. |
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)