İrfan Bey
Born 1856/57 (AH 1273) · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · Dated entries 1873 to 1894 (AH 1290 to 1311)
Languages Arabic, French, Italian, Persian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
İrfan Bey was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The father’s occupation was Selanik vilayeti tomruk kâtibi. Schooling included Yusufpaşa Çeşmesi Sıbyan Mektebi; Davutpaşa Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Sultanî. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Italian, Persian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Dated career entries span 1873/74 (AH 1290) to 1893/94 (AH 1311) across 17 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Tahran, beginning with Bâb-ı Âli Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Odası mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Korfu, Trabzon and Yenişehir and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 750 kuruş in 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 3,600 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311); the highest recorded monthly rate is 3,600 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307). [1]
Life and career
Follow 9 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 9 · Thessaloniki (Selanik)
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.
6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Bâb-ı Âli Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Odası mülazımı
Calculated age 17
3 1874/75 (AH 1291) · 3 recorded years
Korfu
AH entries: 1291, 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Korfu
Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryası
750 kuruşCalculated age 18
Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryası
750 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
4 1877/78 (AH 1294) · 5 recorded years
Trabzon
AH entries: 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı
1,140 kuruşCalculated age 21
Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı
1,140 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
5 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Yenişehir
Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir
Yenişehir şehbenderi
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 26
6 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Londra
Not yet located on the map: Londra
Londra Sefareti başkâtibi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 32
7 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Londra / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Londra; Location not recorded
Londra
Londra Sefareti başkâtibi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Mazuliyet
1,200 kuruşCalculated age 33
8 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 4 recorded years
Tahran
AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Tahran
Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı
3,600 kuruşCalculated age 34
Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı
3,600 kuruşCalculated age 37
Continuing service as described
9 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Tahran / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tahran; Location not recorded
Tahran
Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı
3,600 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Mazuliyet
900 kuruşCalculated age 38
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 750 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 70.5% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 750 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 70.9% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 750 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 70.6% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 1,140 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 82.0% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 1,140 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 82.6% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 1,140 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 81.2% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 1,140 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 82.0% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 1,140 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 84.4% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 92.5% | 1489 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 3,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 95.6% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 3,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 96.2% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 3,600 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 97.5% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 3,600 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 97.3% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 3,600 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 97.4% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 3,600 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 97.8% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 3,600 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 97.6% | 1929 |
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- Tahran3,600
- Trabzon1,140
- Korfu750
- Londra3,000
- Yenişehir2,000
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
- Thessaloniki (Selanik)7 other officialsİsa Efendi born 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Trabzon19 other officialsMehmed Sami Efendi 5 shared years; highest salary 1,600 kuruş
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)129 other officialsMehmed Rîfât Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Yusufpaşa Çeşmesi Sıbyan Mektebi; Davutpaşa Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 17 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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