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Mehmet Azmi Efendi

Born 1882/83 (AH 1300) · Ezine · Dated entries 1901 to 1906 (AH 1319 to 1323)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1901/02 (AH 1319): Ağnam muharriri, Biga1902/03 (AH 1320): Ağnam tahsilat katibi, Biga1903/04 (AH 1321): Nüfus katibi vekili, Biga, 62.5 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Nüfus katibi vekili, Biga, 62.5 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Nüfus katibi vekili (Nakil), Biga1904/05 (AH 1322): Tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu katibi, Biga, 400 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu katibi, Biga, 400 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu katibi (Nakil), Biga1905/06 (AH 1323): Nüfus katibi, Biga, 125 kuruşAH 1319AH 1320AH 1323
Places and reading notes
  • Biga

5 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 3 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.

1EzineBiga
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Ezine

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. 1

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Ezine

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Biga

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

    2. Ağnam muharriri

      Calculated age 19

  3. 3

    1902/03 (AH 1320) · 4 recorded years

    Biga

    AH entries: 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Ağnam tahsilat katibi

      Calculated age 20

    2. Nüfus katibi vekili

      62.5 kuruşCalculated age 21

    3. Nüfus katibi vekili

      62.5 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    4. Nüfus katibi vekili (Nakil)

      Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

    5. Tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu katibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 22

    6. Tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu katibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    7. Tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu katibi (Nakil)

      Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

    8. Nüfus katibi

      125 kuruşCalculated age 23

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

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
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
1903/04 (AH 1321)62.5405150 to 1,4503.0%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)400400135 to 1,50042.2%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)400430125 to 1,50041.3%1423

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02004001903/04AH 13211905/06AH 13231903/04 (AH 1321) · 62.5 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 62.5 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 400 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 400 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 125 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. 1901 to 1906 (AH 1319 to 1323)

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. Biga62.5 to 400

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. 1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)
  2. 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)
  3. 1901/02 (AH 1319)
  4. 1902/03 (AH 1320)
  5. 1905/06 (AH 1323)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüştiye şehadetnamesi; yanmış [1]

Schooling Mahalli ibtidai mektebi; rüştiye [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ezine [source]
Birth year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye şehadetnamesi; yanmış [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mahalli ibtidai mektebi; rüştiye [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
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Biga [source]
First work year
1901/02 (AH 1319) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Bigalı devlet adamları

    AHMET TUNCEL · 2019 · Pages 102

    BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.

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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 · 5 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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