Mehmed Tahir Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Yenişehir · Dated entries 1878 to 1890 (AH 1296 to 1307)
Languages Rum (as recorded), Turkish
Archival reference BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 2, Gömlek No. 8, 3-1
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
- Yenişehir
- Tahran
3 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 Tahir Efendi was born in Yenişehir in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The father’s occupation was Çiftlik müdürü. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Yenişehir Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Yenişehir in 1878/79 (AH 1296). Dated career entries span 1878/79 (AH 1296) to 1889/90 (AH 1307) across 3 AH years, from Yenişehir to Tahran, beginning with Öşür idaresi mülazımı and ending with entries for Tahran Sefareti fahri ataşesi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Yenişehir and Tahran. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1878/79 (AH 1296) to 500 kuruş in 1881/82 (AH 1299); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1881/82 (AH 1299). [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.
These dated entries have no agreed map position. Their places remain in the account.
Stage 1 of 4 · Yenişehir
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Yenişehir
Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir
Birth
2 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Yenişehir
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir
First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
Öşür idaresi mülazımı
Calculated age 19
Öşür idaresi mülazımı
300 kuruşCalculated age 19
3 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Yenişehir
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir
Şehbenderhane mülazımı
Calculated age 22
Şehbenderhane kançıl arı
500 kuruşCalculated age 22
4 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Tahran
Not yet located on the map: Tahran
Tahran Sefareti fahri ataşesi
Calculated age 30
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.
- Altıncı Daire-i Belediye nüfus defteri kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 27.9% | 1328 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 60.9% | 1489 |
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- Yenişehir300 to 500
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
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)162 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Rum (as recorded)
- Tekellüm [source]
- Turkish
- Kitâbet [1]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Şahadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education detail
- Yenişehir Rüşdiyesi müretteb ulûm ve fünun; şahadetname almış, daha sonra yanmıştır. [source]
- Education
- Sıbyan mektebi; Yenişehir Rüşdiyesi [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
- 17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Yenişehir [source]
- First work year
- 1878/79 (AH 1296) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 0.1943913975 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Other recorded details
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 222, 223
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 2, Gömlek No. 8, 3-1.
Read the original source accounts · 8 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 5 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.