Süleyman Şevket Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Kilitbahir · Dated entries 1879 to 1911 (AH 1297 to 1328)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
The career, year by year
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The life
Süleyman Şevket Efendi was born in Kilitbahir, within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Reis. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Tütün Fabrikası in 1879/80 (AH 1297). Dated career entries span 1879/80 (AH 1297) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 31 AH years, from Tütün Fabrikası to Kale-i Sultaniyye, beginning with Tütün Fabrikası Memuru. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Tütün Fabrikası, Kale-i Sultaniyye, Lapseki and Maydos. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1879/80 (AH 1297) to 450 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 450 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 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 4 · Tütün Fabrikası
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.
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1 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Tütün Fabrikası
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tütün Fabrikası
First work as recorded
Tütün Fabrikası Memuru
250 kuruş
2 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Kale-i Sultaniyye
Not yet located on the map: Kale-i Sultaniyye
3 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Kale-i Sultaniyye / Lapseki / Maydos
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kale-i Sultaniyye; Maydos
Kale-i Sultaniyye
Papasyan Agob Efendi Fabrikası Memuru
250 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Kale-i Sultaniyye
Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Mümeyyizi
200 kuruş
4 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 28 recorded years
Kale-i Sultaniyye
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kale-i Sultaniyye
Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Mümeyyizi
200 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar ve Eşya-yı Ayniye Memuru
450 kuruş
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.
- Birth · Kilitbahir · Year not recorded
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 250 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 19.2% | 1534 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.0% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 27.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 12.5% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 12.8% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 13.2% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 13.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 14.4% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.4% | 1797 |
| 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) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 14.9% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 27.9% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 28.5% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 27.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 26.4% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 28.1% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 300 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 27.7% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 29.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 29.1% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 29.0% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.8% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 300 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 29.0% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 300 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 29.9% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 300 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 29.3% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 32.3% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 300 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 22.5% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 450 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 43.6% | 732 |
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- Kale-i Sultaniyye200 to 450
- Lapseki300
- Maydos125
- Tütün Fabrikası250
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
- Kilitbahir1 other officialMehmed Kasım Efendi birth year not recorded; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Lapseki1 other officialAhmed Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Sıbyan Mektebi562 other officialsAbdülhalim Paşa born 1807/08 (AH 1222); highest salary 45,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Gelibolu doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)
OSMAN UMUT NAL · 2026 · Pages 158
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 31 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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