Süleyman Sami Efendi
Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1863 to 1911 (AH 1280 to 1329)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.175; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:34, s.387
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Süleyman Sami Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1848/49 (AH 1265). The father’s occupation was Tımarlı sipahi ümerası. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Germiyan ve Haliliye medreseleri. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Kütahya. Dated career entries span 1863/64 (AH 1280) to 1911 (AH 1329) across 44 AH years, from Seyitgazi to Tavşanlı, beginning with Vergi kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 10 of those years. Place names include Seyitgazi, Uşak, Göbek and Tavşanlı and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 190 kuruş in 1863/64 (AH 1280) to 573 kuruş in 1911 (AH 1329); the highest recorded monthly rate is 573 kuruş in 1911 (AH 1329). [1]
Life and career
Follow 19 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 19 · Kütahya
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.
14 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1848/49 (AH 1265)
Kütahya
Birth
2 1863/64 (AH 1280) · 12 recorded years
Seyitgazi
AH entries: 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291. Gaps remain open.
Vergi kâtibi
190 kuruşCalculated age 15
3 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Seyitgazi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
4 1876/77 (AH 1293) · 7 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Uşak
6 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Uşak / Göbek
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Göbek
7 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Göbek
Not yet located on the map: Göbek
8 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Göbek / Tavşanlı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Göbek; Tavşanlı
9 1886/87 (AH 1304) · 4 recorded years
Göbek
AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Göbek
10 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Göbek / Eğrigöz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Göbek; Eğrigöz
11 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Eğrigöz / Virancık
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eğrigöz; Virancık
12 1892/93 (AH 1310) · 4 recorded years
Virancık
AH entries: 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Virancık
13 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Virancık / Eğrigöz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Virancık; Eğrigöz
14 1897/98 (AH 1315) · 2 recorded years
Eğrigöz
AH entries: 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Eğrigöz
15 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Eğrigöz / Tavşanlı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eğrigöz; Tavşanlı
16 1900/01 (AH 1318) · 2 recorded years
Tavşanlı
AH entries: 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Tavşanlı
17 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Tavşanlı / Göbek
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tavşanlı; Göbek
18 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Göbek / Tavşanlı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Göbek; Tavşanlı
19 1909/10 (AH 1327) · 3 recorded years
Tavşanlı
AH entries: 1327, 1328, 1329. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tavşanlı
Vergi kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 62
Continuing service as described
5 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.
- Tahrir Kalemi mülazımı · Kütahya · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Redif çavuşu · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Umum Hastanesi kâtip muavini · Şehirköy · 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.
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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1863/64 (AH 1280) | 190 | 475 | 125 to 3,000 | 19.5% | 232 |
| 1864/65 (AH 1281) | 190 | 400 | 125 to 3,000 | 19.4% | 253 |
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 190 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 15.3% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 190 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 16.6% | 399 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 190 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 14.1% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 190 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 12.7% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 190 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 15.3% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 190 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 14.0% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 190 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 14.9% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 190 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 14.6% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 190 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 15.2% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 190 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 13.1% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 190 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 12.7% | 976 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 19.4% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 19.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 19.9% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 27.9% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.1% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.9% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 21.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 250 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 21.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 250 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 21.5% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 21.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 21.3% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 21.2% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 21.9% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 20.7% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 250 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 18.3% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 20.6% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 250 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 20.3% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 29.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 29.1% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 29.0% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.8% | 1627 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 32.3% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 300 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 22.5% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 300 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 20.8% | 732 |
| 1911 (AH 1329) | 573 | 600 | 250 to 2,500 | 46.4% | 402 |
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 rateRanges 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
- Kütahya149 other officialsMehmet Rifat Efendi born 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Seyitgazi1 other officialAli Riza Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- 1863/64 (AH 1280)71 other officialsAbdülhamid Efendi first annual entry 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Germiyan ve Haliliye medreseleri [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 173, 174, 175
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.175; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:34, s.387
Read the original source accounts · 61 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 · 45 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 57 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.