Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi
Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1884 to 1908 (AH 1302 to 1325)
Languages Bulgarian, Turkish
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Selanik Vilayeti
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1855/56 (AH 1272). Schooling included Mekteb-i İbtidâî. The language repertoire included Bulgarian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1884/85 (AH 1302). Dated career entries span 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 1907/08 (AH 1325) across 5 AH years, from Selanik Vilayeti to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Selanik Vilayeti and Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 900 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325); the highest recorded monthly rate is 900 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [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 · Shkodër (İşkodra)
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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1855/56 (AH 1272)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
Birth
2 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Thessaloniki (Selanik) / Selanik Vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Selanik Vilayeti
First work as recorded
Calculated age 30
Selanik Vilayeti
Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri
400 kuruşCalculated age 30
3 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Selanik Vilayeti
Not yet located on the map: Selanik Vilayeti
Polis komiseri (İnfisal)
Calculated age 49
4 1904/05 (AH 1322) · 4 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
11. İstasyon Bölüğü neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 50
İkinci sınıf komiserliğe intihap
Calculated age 50
15. Bölük neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 50
15. Bölük neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 51
Continuing service as described
3 numaralı muvakkat sivil ikinci komiseri
600 kuruşCalculated age 51
3 numaralı muvakkat sivil ikinci komiseri
600 kuruşCalculated age 52
Continuing service as described
3 numaralı muvakkat sivil ikinci komiseri
600 kuruşCalculated age 53
Continuing service as described
28 numaralı sivil serkomiseri
900 kuruşCalculated age 53
2 entries 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 komiseri (İnfisal) · Veria (Karaferye) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Polis Komiseri · Selanik Vilayeti · Undated 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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 45.1% | 1748 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 600 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 64.7% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 600 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 63.3% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 900 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 75.1% | 1290 |
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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)300 to 900
- Selanik Vilayeti400
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
- Shkodër (İşkodra)310 other officialsAhmed Şemseddin Bey born 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 510 kuruş
- Istanbul237 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Paşa 4 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)173 other officialsCivan Efendi first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 550 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Selanik [source]
- First-salary field
- 400 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
- 1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları
AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 219, 220, 221
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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