Mehmed Şevket Efendi
Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Burdur · Dated entries 1887 to 1901 (AH 1305 to 1318)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 132, s. 399
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Şevket Efendi was born in Burdur in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included Mahalle Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Kale-i Sultaniye in 1895/96 (AH 1313). Dated career entries span 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 14 AH years, beginning with Gönüllü asker and ending with entries for Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Nezareti Tahriratı ikinci mübeyyini. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Kale-i Sultaniye, Koloniya, Ayvalık and Mytilene (Midilli). [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313) to 500 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316). [1]
Life and career
Follow 8 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 8 · Burdur
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Burdur
Birth
2 1887/88 (AH 1305) · 8 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Gönüllü asker
Calculated age 21
Gönüllü asker
Calculated age 28
Continuing service as described
3 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Kale-i Sultaniye / Place not recorded / Koloniya
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kale-i Sultaniye; Location not recorded; Koloniya
Kale-i Sultaniye
First work as recorded
Calculated age 29
Koloniya
Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 29
4 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Koloniya
Not yet located on the map: Koloniya
Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
5 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Koloniya / Place not recorded / Ayvalık
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Koloniya; Location not recorded
Koloniya
Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye üçüncü kâtip vekili
400 kuruşCalculated age 31
6 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Bergama / Mytilene (Midilli) / Ayvalık
Within-year entry order unresolved
Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Merkez Müdürlüğü kâtip vekili (İnfisal)
Calculated age 32
Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili
500 kuruşCalculated age 32
7 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Ayvalık / Mytilene (Midilli)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili
500 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili
100 kuruşCalculated age 33
8 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Mytilene (Midilli)
Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Nezareti Tahriratı ikinci mübeyyini
Calculated age 34
2 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.
- Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye üçüncü kâtip vekili (İnfisal) · Ayvalık · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Merkez Müdürlüğü kâtip vekili · Bergama · 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 27.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 26.4% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 45.2% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 500 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 55.8% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 55.3% | 1821 |
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- Ayvalık100 to 500
- Koloniya300
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
- Burdur92 other officialsEmin Efendi born 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ayvalık6 other officialsAHMED SEZAİ EFENDİ 3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)190 other officialsAhmed Asım Efendi first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 200 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sultan II. Abdülhamid döneminde Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Burdurlu kamu görevlileri ve faaliyetleri (1879-1909)
ELİF YASEMİN YILMAZ · 2021 · Pages 180, 181
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 132, s. 399; 982 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 132, s. 399.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 14 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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