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Mehmed Efendi

Born 1868/69 (AH 1285) · Halmüke, Çemişgezek · Dated entries 1884 to 1910 (AH 1302 to 1327)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİDd_____00141_00131

The career, year by year

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

1884/85 (AH 1302): Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti mülga Deavi Vekâleti hademesi, place unspecified, 150 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti mülga Deavi Vekâleti hademesi, place unspecified, 150 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti mülga Deavi Vekâleti hademesi, place unspecified, 200 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): İzin, place unspecified1888/89 (AH 1306): Infisal, place unspecified1899/1900 (AH 1317): Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti Evrak Kalemi kapı çukadarı refakatinde mülazım, place unspecified1906/07 (AH 1324): Maaş kaydı, place unspecified, 75 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327): Infisal, place unspecifiedAH 1302AH 1327
Places and reading notes

    6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

    Follow 7 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.

    These dated entries have no agreed map position. Their places remain in the account.

    Stage 1 of 7 · Halmüke, Çemişgezek

    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.

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

    1. 1

      1868/69 (AH 1285)

      Halmüke, Çemişgezek

      Not yet located on the map: Halmüke, Çemişgezek

      1. Birth

    2. 2

      1884/85 (AH 1302)

      Place not recorded

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. First work as recorded

        Calculated age 17

      2. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti mülga Deavi Vekâleti hademesi

        150 kuruşCalculated age 17

    3. 3

      1885/86 (AH 1303)

      Place not recorded

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti mülga Deavi Vekâleti hademesi

        150 kuruşCalculated age 18

        Continuing service as described

      2. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti mülga Deavi Vekâleti hademesi

        200 kuruşCalculated age 18

      3. İzin

        Calculated age 18

    4. 4

      1888/89 (AH 1306)

      Place not recorded

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Infisal

        Calculated age 21

    5. 5

      1899/1900 (AH 1317)

      Place not recorded

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti Evrak Kalemi kapı çukadarı refakatinde mülazım

        Calculated age 32

    6. 6

      1906/07 (AH 1324)

      Place not recorded

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Maaş kaydı

        75 kuruşCalculated age 39

    7. 7

      1909/10 (AH 1327)

      Place not recorded

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Infisal

        Calculated age 42

    1 entry without a resolved year

    These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

    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.

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    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
    1884/85 (AH 1302)150400150 to 1,5008.2%1748
    1885/86 (AH 1303)200400150 to 1,50013.2%1787
    1906/07 (AH 1324)75450150 to 1,5253.5%1371

    Career patterns and pay

    Recorded pay over the career

    Kuruş · dated amounts
    01002001884/85AH 13021895/96AH 13131906/07AH 13241884/85 (AH 1302) · 150 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 150 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 200 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 75 kuruş

    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.

    Titles across the recorded years

    Distinct AH years with each recorded title
    1. 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
    2. 1888 to 1910 (AH 1306 to 1327)
    3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
    4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)
    5. 1906/07 (AH 1324)

    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 Halmüke İbtidai Mektebi [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

    Personal details

    Birthplace
    Halmüke, Çemişgezek [source]
    Birth year
    1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
    Archive references
    DH_SAİDd_____00141_00131 [1]

    Education and languages

    Turkish
    Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
    Education detail
    Halmüke İbtidai Mektebinde başlangıç dinî ilimler. [source]
    Education
    Halmüke İbtidai Mektebi [source]
    Education level equivalent
    4 [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
    150 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
    1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]

    Sources and evidence

    1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre çemişgezekli devlet memurları

      YETER ÖZDEMİR BIYIK · 2024 · Pages 332, 333

      397 DH_SAİDd_____00141_00131

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    Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years

    Annual salary study and register readings

    The separate annual salary reference account has 8 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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