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Mehmed Neşet Efendi

Born 1875/76 (AH 1292) · Gülencik · Dated entries 1887 to 1894 (AH 1305 to 1311)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.821

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

1887/88 (AH 1305): Birinci Daire-i Belediye Hastahanesi görevlisi, Baghdad (Bağdat), 100 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306): Birinci Daire-i Belediye Hastahanesi görevlisi, Baghdad (Bağdat), 100 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307): Birinci Daire-i Belediye Hastahanesi görevlisi, Baghdad (Bağdat), 100 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307): Birinci Daire-i Belediye Hastahanesi görevlisi, Baghdad (Bağdat), 125 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307): İstifa, place unspecified1891/92 (AH 1309): Reji memuru vekili, Amarah (Amare), 200 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309): Reji memuru vekili (Görevin sona ermesi), Amarah (Amare)1892/93 (AH 1310): Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat kitabeti refiki, Amarah (Amare), 150 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311): Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat kitabeti refiki, Amarah (Amare), 150 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311): Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat kitabeti refiki, Amarah (Amare), 200 kuruşAH 1305AH 1311
Places and reading notes
  • Baghdad (Bağdat)
  • Amarah (Amare)

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.

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.

Baghdad (Bağdat)Amarah (Amare)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Gülencik

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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. 1

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Gülencik

    Not yet located on the map: Gülencik

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Baghdad (Bağdat)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 13

    2. Birinci Daire-i Belediye Hastahanesi görevlisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 13

  3. 3

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Baghdad (Bağdat)

    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye Hastahanesi görevlisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 14

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Baghdad (Bağdat) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Baghdad (Bağdat)

      Birinci Daire-i Belediye Hastahanesi görevlisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 15

      Continuing service as described

    2. Baghdad (Bağdat)

      Birinci Daire-i Belediye Hastahanesi görevlisi

      125 kuruşCalculated age 15

    3. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 15

  5. 5

    1891/92 (AH 1309) · 3 recorded years

    Amarah (Amare)

    AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Reji memuru vekili

      200 kuruşCalculated age 17

    2. Reji memuru vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 17

      Recorded service ending

    3. Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat kitabeti refiki

      150 kuruşCalculated age 18

    4. Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat kitabeti refiki

      150 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

    5. Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat kitabeti refiki

      200 kuruşCalculated age 19

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

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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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
1887/88 (AH 1305)100400150 to 1,5005.0%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)100400135 to 1,5005.6%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)125400130 to 1,5008.6%1874
1891/92 (AH 1309)200400140 to 1,60014.9%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)150400135 to 1,50010.8%1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)200400140 to 1,40014.0%1929

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01002001887/88AH 13051890/91AH 13081893/94AH 13111887/88 (AH 1305) · 100 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 100 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 100 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 125 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · 200 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 150 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · 150 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · 200 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. 1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311)
  2. 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Amarah (Amare)150 to 200

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. 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)
  2. 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)
  3. 1891/92 (AH 1309)

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

Schooling Mahallî sıbyan mektebi; Bağdad Askerî Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Persian · Aşina [source]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Gülencik [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
Basra Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü [source]
Archive references
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.821 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Mahallî sıbyan mektebi; Bağdad Askerî Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
13 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bağdat [source]Bağdad [1]
First-salary field
100 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
1887/88 (AH 1305) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 73, 74

    BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.821

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years

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