Mehmed Şevki Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Antakya · Dated entries 1889 to 1900 (AH 1307 to 1317)
Languages Arabic, English, French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Şevki Efendi was born in Antakya in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Schooling included Antakya İsevi mektepleri rüşdiye ve idadi kısımları. The language repertoire included Arabic, English, French, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Izmir (İzmir) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). Dated career entries span 1889/90 (AH 1307) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 11 AH years and ending with entries for Encümen müfettişi. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Izmir (İzmir) and Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307) to 650 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 650 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 7 · Antakya
How to read this map
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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Antakya
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 30
Namazgâh İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi (ilave)
Calculated age 30
3 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 6 recorded years
Izmir (İzmir)
AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi
200 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 36
Continuing service as described
4 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Izmir (İzmir) / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 37
Continuing service as described
Polis üçüncü komiseri
360 kuruşCalculated age 37
5 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Izmir (İzmir)
Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
6 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Izmir (İzmir) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Encümen müfettişi
450 kuruşCalculated age 39
7 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Encümen müfettişi
Calculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Encümen müfettişi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 40
Recorded service ending
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Polis İlave Altıncı Bölge üçüncü komiseri · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 200 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 15.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 200 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 15.7% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 600 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 65.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 56.2% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 44.7% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.9% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 42.2% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 45.2% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 450 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 52.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 650 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 71.8% | 1821 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Izmir (İzmir)200 to 600
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Antakya77 other officialsİlyas Şaman Efendi born 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Izmir (İzmir)51 other officialsMustafa Efendi 10 shared years; highest salary 1,150 kuruş
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)197 other officialsHÜSEYĠN HÜSNÜ EFENDĠ first entry in Izmir (İzmir); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Antakya İsevi mektepleri rüşdiye ve idadi kısımları [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909
NAZİR ÇETİN · 2015 · Pages 210, 211, 212
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 29 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.