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Süleyman Nayab Efendi

Born 1843/44 (AH 1259) · Bursa · Dated entries 1860 to 1909 (AH 1277 to 1326)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference 42/182; 361

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 18 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.

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

Stage 1 of 18 · Bursa

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.

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

  1. 1

    1843/44 (AH 1259)

    Bursa

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1860/61 (AH 1277)

    Bursa

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1861/62 (AH 1278)

    Bursa

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1862/63 (AH 1279)

      Bursa / Place not recorded

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

        All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1863/64 (AH 1280) · 3 recorded years

        Place not recorded

        AH entries: 1280, 1281, 1282. Gaps remain open.

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

          All 7 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1867/68 (AH 1284) · 12 recorded years

          Hüdâvendigâr

          AH entries: 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr

            All 19 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1878/79 (AH 1296) · 2 recorded years

            Hüdâvendigâr / İnegöl

            AH entries: 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

            Within-year entry order unresolved

            Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr

              All 8 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1882/83 (AH 1300) · 2 recorded years

              Place not recorded

              AH entries: 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.

              Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2 recorded years

                Gemlik

                AH entries: 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

                  All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1887/88 (AH 1305) · 5 recorded years

                  Pazarcık

                  AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.

                  Within-year entry order unresolved

                    All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1893/94 (AH 1311) · 3 recorded years

                    Manastır vilâyeti

                    AH entries: 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.

                    Not yet located on the map: Manastır vilâyeti

                      All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                    1. 12

                      1896/97 (AH 1314)

                      Manastır vilâyeti / Selanik vilâyeti

                      Within-year entry order unresolved

                      Not yet located on the map: Manastır vilâyeti; Selanik vilâyeti

                        All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                      1. 13

                        1897/98 (AH 1315) · 2 recorded years

                        Selanik vilâyeti

                        AH entries: 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.

                        Not yet located on the map: Selanik vilâyeti

                          All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                        1. 14

                          1899/1900 (AH 1317)

                          Selanik vilâyeti / Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti

                          Within-year entry order unresolved

                          Not yet located on the map: Selanik vilâyeti; Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti

                            All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                          1. 15

                            1901/02 (AH 1319)

                            Bigadiç

                              All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                            1. 16

                              1903/04 (AH 1321)

                              Sanduklı

                              Not yet located on the map: Sanduklı

                                All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                              1. 17

                                1907/08 (AH 1325)

                                Hassa

                                Not yet located on the map: Hassa

                                  All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                                1. 18

                                  1908/09 (AH 1326)

                                  Ankara vilâyeti

                                  Not yet located on the map: Ankara vilâyeti

                                  1. Mihalıççık kazası kai’makamlığı

                                    1,093.5 kuruşCalculated age 67

                                7 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.

                                Read all 7 undated entries and their source evidence →

                                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
                                1862/63 (AH 1279)75400140 to 3,0003.6%197
                                1863/64 (AH 1280)150475125 to 3,00011.3%232
                                1864/65 (AH 1281)150400125 to 3,00011.1%253
                                1865/66 (AH 1282)250400150 to 2,00022.7%341
                                1867/68 (AH 1284)250458150 to 2,50021.9%435
                                1868/69 (AH 1285)250475150 to 3,00020.6%505
                                1869/70 (AH 1286)300400150 to 2,25031.7%609
                                1870/71 (AH 1287)300400150 to 2,00030.7%649
                                1871/72 (AH 1288)350420.5125 to 2,37538.5%712
                                1872/73 (AH 1289)350450140 to 2,35038.2%736
                                1873/74 (AH 1290)380405130 to 2,20042.4%805
                                1874/75 (AH 1291)380450150 to 1,80041.1%882
                                1875/76 (AH 1292)380450150 to 2,00039.8%976
                                1876/77 (AH 1293)380420150 to 2,00041.7%1102
                                1877/78 (AH 1294)380450150 to 1,80040.9%1160
                                1878 (AH 1295)440450150 to 2,00049.5%1196
                                1878/79 (AH 1296)600400150 to 2,00063.5%1328
                                1879/80 (AH 1297)600400180 to 1,80065.7%1534
                                1887/88 (AH 1305)520400150 to 1,50062.6%1762
                                1888/89 (AH 1306)520400135 to 1,50064.4%1797
                                1889/90 (AH 1307)520400130 to 1,50064.7%1874
                                1890/91 (AH 1308)520400125 to 1,50063.7%1896
                                1891/92 (AH 1309)520400140 to 1,60063.4%1927
                                1893/94 (AH 1311)1,206400140 to 1,40087.2%1929
                                1894/95 (AH 1312)1,206400140 to 1,50086.2%2004
                                1895/96 (AH 1313)1,206400140 to 1,50085.6%1981
                                1896/97 (AH 1314)1,206450150 to 1,57585.5%2119
                                1897/98 (AH 1315)1,120400140 to 1,42586.7%1891
                                1898/99 (AH 1316)1,120400144 to 1,40086.3%1844
                                1899/1900 (AH 1317)1,120400140 to 1,44085.9%1821
                                1901/02 (AH 1319)1,120400150 to 1,52084.0%1666
                                1907/08 (AH 1325)1,108460135 to 1,61581.2%1290
                                1908/09 (AH 1326)1,093.5400150 to 2,00079.0%1232

                                Career patterns and pay

                                Recorded pay over the career

                                Kuruş · dated amounts

                                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. Hüdâvendigâr14
                                  1867 to 1880 (AH 1284 to 1297)
                                2. 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)
                                3. Manastır vilâyeti4
                                  1893 to 1897 (AH 1311 to 1314)
                                4. Selanik vilâyeti4
                                  1896 to 1900 (AH 1314 to 1317)
                                5. 1860 to 1863 (AH 1277 to 1279)
                                6. 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)

                                The six most recorded places. 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. Hüdâvendigâr250 to 460
                                2. Manastır vilâyeti1,120 to 1,206
                                3. Selanik vilâyeti1,120
                                4. Ankara vilâyeti1,093.5

                                Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1867 to 1880 (AH 1284 to 1297)
                                2. 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)
                                3. 1893 to 1897 (AH 1311 to 1314)
                                4. 1878 to 1884 (AH 1296 to 1301)
                                5. 1896 to 1900 (AH 1314 to 1317)
                                6. 1860 to 1863 (AH 1277 to 1279)

                                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 Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]

                                Language skills and historical terms

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

                                • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
                                All personal fields and their sources

                                Sources and evidence

                                1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

                                  DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 366,367,368,369,370

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                                Read the original source accounts · 69 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 · 40 dated AH years

                                Annual salary study and register readings

                                The separate annual salary reference account has 62 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

                                Open the salary study and register readings →

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