Mehmed Hilmi Efendi
Born 1878 (AH 1295) · Mostar · Dated entries 1898 to 1904 (AH 1316 to 1321)
Languages Bulgarian, French, 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
- İstanbul, Beyoğlu
- İstanbul, Beşiktaş
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Kütahya
4 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 Hilmi Efendi was born in Mostar in 1878 (AH 1295). The father’s occupation was Esnaf. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Bulgarian, French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). Dated career entries span 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1903/04 (AH 1321) across 4 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include İstanbul, Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Beşiktaş, Istanbul (Dersaadet) and Kütahya. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 500 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320). [1]
Life and career
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.
Stage 1 of 5 · Mostar
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 1878 (AH 1295)
Mostar
Birth
2 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul, Beyoğlu / İstanbul, Beşiktaş
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Beyoğlu; İstanbul, Beşiktaş
First work as recorded
Calculated age 21
İstanbul, Beyoğlu
Polis neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 21
İstanbul, Beşiktaş
Polis neferi, Beşiktaş bölüğü
300 kuruşCalculated age 21
3 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri
300 kuruşCalculated age 24
4 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded / Kütahya
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri
300 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri (İstifa)
Calculated age 25
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta seyyar memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 25
5 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Kütahya / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta seyyar memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Postahane sevk-i mekâtib memuru refakati
500 kuruşCalculated age 26
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 300 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 27.7% | 1844 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 29.0% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 500 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 54.0% | 1578 |
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 500
- Kütahya500
- İstanbul, Beşiktaş300
- İstanbul, Beyoğlu300
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
- Mostar10 other officialsAbdülhalim Efendi born 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 950 kuruş
- Istanbul252 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Paşa 3 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)151 other officialsHafız Mehmed Bahir Efendi first annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 212 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstanbul [source]
- First-salary field
- 300 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
- 1898/99 (AH 1316) [source]
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları
DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 215, 216
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 · 4 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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