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Mehmet Hulusi Efendi

Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Bosna · Dated entries 1870 to 1908 (AH 1287 to 1325)

Archival references BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 72/233; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 72/233; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 72/233, s.233

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Zvornik (İzvornik)HersekSilivriÇatalca
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 9 · Bosna

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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.

2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1853/54 (AH 1270)

    Bosna

    Not yet located on the map: Bosna

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Bosna / Zvornik (İzvornik)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Bosna

    1. Bosna

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Zvornik (İzvornik) / Hersek

    Within-year entry order unresolved

      All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1872/73 (AH 1289) · 3 recorded years

      Hersek

      AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

        All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1875/76 (AH 1292)

        Hersek / Bosna

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Bosna

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        1. 6

          1876/77 (AH 1293) · 3 recorded years

          Bosna

          AH entries: 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Bosna

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          1. 7

            1878/79 (AH 1296) · 12 recorded years

            Silivri

            AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.

            Within-year entry order unresolved

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            1. 8

              1890/91 (AH 1308)

              Silivri / Çatalca

              Within-year entry order unresolved

                All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1891/92 (AH 1309) · 17 recorded years

                Çatalca

                AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.

                Within-year entry order unresolved

                1. Emlak-ı hümayun şubesi başkâtibi

                  600 kuruşCalculated age 39

                  Continuing service as described

                All 22 recorded entries in this stage →

              3 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.

              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
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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
              1870/71 (AH 1287)250400150 to 2,00021.9%649
              1871/72 (AH 1288)250420.5125 to 2,37521.7%712
              1872/73 (AH 1289)285450140 to 2,35029.5%736
              1873/74 (AH 1290)285405130 to 2,20030.0%805
              1874/75 (AH 1291)285450150 to 1,80028.0%882
              1875/76 (AH 1292)300450150 to 2,00028.5%976
              1876/77 (AH 1293)300420150 to 2,00030.1%1102
              1877/78 (AH 1294)550450150 to 1,80062.5%1160
              1878 (AH 1295)550450150 to 2,00062.9%1196
              1878/79 (AH 1296)380400150 to 2,00042.6%1328
              1879/80 (AH 1297)380400180 to 1,80042.5%1534
              1880/81 (AH 1298)380400160 to 1,50044.5%1448
              1881/82 (AH 1299)380400150 to 1,50044.4%1489
              1882/83 (AH 1300)380400150 to 1,40045.4%1655
              1883/84 (AH 1301)380400150 to 1,40044.7%1720
              1884/85 (AH 1302)380400150 to 1,50043.6%1748
              1885/86 (AH 1303)380400150 to 1,50043.2%1787
              1886/87 (AH 1304)380400150 to 1,50044.3%1725
              1887/88 (AH 1305)380400150 to 1,50042.5%1762
              1888/89 (AH 1306)380400135 to 1,50044.2%1797
              1889/90 (AH 1307)380400130 to 1,50044.4%1874
              1890/91 (AH 1308)600400125 to 1,50065.5%1896
              1891/92 (AH 1309)600400140 to 1,60065.3%1927
              1892/93 (AH 1310)600400135 to 1,50065.6%1935
              1893/94 (AH 1311)600400140 to 1,40065.6%1929
              1894/95 (AH 1312)600400140 to 1,50065.6%2004
              1895/96 (AH 1313)600400140 to 1,50064.9%1981
              1896/97 (AH 1314)700450150 to 1,57571.5%2119
              1897/98 (AH 1315)700400140 to 1,42576.0%1891
              1898/99 (AH 1316)700400144 to 1,40074.8%1844
              1899/1900 (AH 1317)700400140 to 1,44073.6%1821
              1900/01 (AH 1318)700400140 to 1,50074.0%1761
              1901/02 (AH 1319)700400150 to 1,52072.5%1666
              1902/03 (AH 1320)1,000400150 to 1,50081.9%1627
              1903/04 (AH 1321)1,000405150 to 1,45081.4%1578
              1904/05 (AH 1322)1,000400135 to 1,50081.7%1493
              1905/06 (AH 1323)1,000430125 to 1,50080.5%1423
              1906/07 (AH 1324)1,000450150 to 1,52578.0%1371
              1907/08 (AH 1325)1,150460135 to 1,61582.8%1290

              Career patterns and pay

              Recorded pay over the career

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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. 1890 to 1908 (AH 1308 to 1325)
              2. 1878 to 1891 (AH 1296 to 1308)
              3. Bosna5
                1870 to 1878 (AH 1287 to 1295)
              4. 1871 to 1876 (AH 1288 to 1292)
              5. 1870 to 1872 (AH 1287 to 1288)

              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. Çatalca600 to 1,150
              2. Silivri50 to 380
              3. Bosna300 to 550
              4. Hersek235 to 285

              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. 1890 to 1903 (AH 1308 to 1320)
              2. 1878 to 1891 (AH 1296 to 1308)
              3. 1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325)
              4. 1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299)
              5. 1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292)
              6. 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1294)

              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

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              Education and personal record

              Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi; Bosna Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]

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              Sources and evidence

              1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar

                MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 107

                133 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 72/233. 93

              2. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

                DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 216, 217, 218

                BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 72/233; 313 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 72/233, s.233.

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              Yearly entries and their source passages · 39 dated AH years

              Annual salary study and register readings

              The separate annual salary reference account has 73 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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