Mehmet Akif Efendi
Born 1876/77 (AH 1293) · Bilecik · Dated entries 1892 to 1899 (AH 1310 to 1316)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 121, s. 447
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Ertugrul
- Bilecik istasyonu
7 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mehmet Akif Efendi was born in Bilecik in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The father’s occupation was Ertuğrul Sancağı müftüsü. Schooling included Bilecik Sıbyan Mektebi; Bilecik Rüştiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Ertugrul in 1892/93 (AH 1310). Dated career entries span 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 1898/99 (AH 1316) across 7 AH years, beginning with Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Ertugrul and Bilecik istasyonu. [1]
Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 250 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316); the highest recorded monthly rate is 250 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316). [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 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 4 · Bilecik
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.
1 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Bilecik
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi
50 kuruşCalculated age 17
3 1893/94 (AH 1311) · 5 recorded years
Ertugrul
AH entries: 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi
50 kuruşCalculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Nüfus kalemi memuru
150 kuruşCalculated age 18
Nüfus kalemi memuru
150 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Nüfus kalemi memuru
150 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Nüfus kalemi memuru
150 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Nüfus kalemi memuru
150 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
4 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Ertugrul / Bilecik istasyonu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bilecik istasyonu
Nüfus kalemi memuru
150 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Bilecik istasyonu
İstasyon şube kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 23
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.
- Azil · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mazuliyet · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 50 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 2.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 10.4% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 10.5% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 10.4% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 150 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 9.0% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 10.3% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 250 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 20.3% | 1844 |
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- Ertugrul50 to 150
- Bilecik istasyonu250
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
- Bilecik50 other officialsMehmet Sadık Efendi born 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 70 kuruş
- Ertugrul13 other officialsAbkaryan Necip Efendi 7 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)165 other officialsAbdullah Muhlis Efendi first entry in Jenin (Cenin); highest salary 500 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüştiye şehadetnamesi; en yüksek dereceyle mezuniyet [1]
Schooling Bilecik Sıbyan Mektebi; Bilecik Rüştiye Mektebi [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye şehadetnamesi; en yüksek dereceyle mezuniyet [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Bilecik Sıbyan Mektebi; Bilecik Rüştiye Mektebi [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First-salary field
- 50 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1892/93 (AH 1310) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları
MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 53, 54
BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 121, s. 447; 75 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 121, s. 447
Read the original source accounts · 11 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 · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.