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Mahmud Nedim Efendi

Born 1878 (AH 1295) · Sivas · Dated entries 1895 to 1910 (AH 1313 to 1327)

Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1895/96 (AH 1313): Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi, Istanbul (Dersaadet)1896/97 (AH 1314): Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi, Istanbul (Dersaadet)1896/97 (AH 1314): Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi (İnfisal), Istanbul (Dersaadet)1903/04 (AH 1321): Belediye tabibi, Merzifon, 600 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Belediye tabibi, Merzifon1905/06 (AH 1323): Belediye tabibi, Merzifon1906/07 (AH 1324): Belediye tabibi, Merzifon1907/08 (AH 1325): Belediye tabibi; üç ay İstanbul izni, Merzifon1908/09 (AH 1326): Belediye tabibi, Yozgat, 800 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327): Belediye tabibi (göreve başlama), Yozgat, 800 kuruşAH 1313AH 1327
Places and reading notes
  • Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  • Merzifon
  • Yozgat

9 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 5 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.

1SivasIstanbul (Dersaadet)MerzifonYozgat
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Sivas

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

  1. 1

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Sivas

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1895/96 (AH 1313) · 2 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi

      Calculated age 18

    2. Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi

      Calculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

    3. Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 19

      Recorded service ending

  3. 3

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Merzifon

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 26

    2. Belediye tabibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 26

  4. 4

    1904/05 (AH 1322) · 4 recorded years

    Merzifon

    AH entries: 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.

    1. Belediye tabibi

      Calculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

    2. Belediye tabibi

      Calculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

    3. Belediye tabibi

      Calculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    4. Belediye tabibi; üç ay İstanbul izni

      Calculated age 30

  5. 5

    1908/09 (AH 1326) · 2 recorded years

    Yozgat

    AH entries: 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.

    1. Belediye tabibi

      800 kuruşCalculated age 31

    2. Belediye tabibi (göreve başlama)

      800 kuruşCalculated age 32

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

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Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1903/04 (AH 1321)600405150 to 1,45067.3%1578
1908/09 (AH 1326)800400150 to 2,00070.3%1232
1909/10 (AH 1327)800600200 to 2,00061.4%1088

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
04008001903/04AH 13211906/07AH 13241909/10AH 13271903/04 (AH 1321) · 600 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · 800 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · 800 kuruş

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● 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 entries
  1. 1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325)
  2. 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)
  3. 1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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 title
  1. 1903 to 1909 (AH 1321 to 1326)
  2. 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)
  3. 1909/10 (AH 1327)
  4. 1907/08 (AH 1325)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; doktorluk diploması no.691 [1]

Schooling Sivas İptidaisi; mülki ve askeri rüştiye; Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye (terk); Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye (diploma) [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bidayet Mahkemesi azası [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
French
Tekellüm [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]doktorluk diploması no.691 [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sivas İptidaisi; mülki ve askeri rüştiye; Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye (terk); Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye (diploma) [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
26 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Merzifon [source]
First-salary field
600 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1903/04 (AH 1321) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 234, 235

    407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171; DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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