Yusuf Efendi
Born 1856/57 (AH 1273) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1885 to 1907 (AH 1303 to 1324)
Languages Bulgarian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
Archival references BOA. DH. SAİDd., 113/10; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 113/10, s. 17
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Yusuf Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). Schooling included İşkodra ibtidai mektepleri. The language repertoire included Bulgarian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1885/86 (AH 1303). Dated career entries span 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 1906/07 (AH 1324) across 16 AH years, beginning with Ali Rıza Paşa maiyetinde hizmet and ending with entries for Polis ikinci komiseri. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 740 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 500 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319); the highest recorded monthly rate is 740 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 6 · Shkodër (İşkodra)
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
Birth
2 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 30
Ali Rıza Paşa maiyetinde hizmet
740 kuruşCalculated age 30
3 1886/87 (AH 1304) · 10 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Ali Rıza Paşa maiyetinde hizmet
740 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
Ali Rıza Paşa maiyetinde hizmet (İnfisal)
Calculated age 40
4 1897/98 (AH 1315) · 2 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Polis neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 42
Tertib-i Cedid On Yedinci Devair Bölüğü ikinci çavuşu
Calculated age 43
5 1900/01 (AH 1318) · 2 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
7 numaralı ilave üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri
500 kuruşCalculated age 45
Açıktan ikinci sınıf polis komiseri
500 kuruşCalculated age 46
6 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Polis ikinci komiseri
Calculated age 51
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.
- Açıktan birinci sınıf polis komiseri · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 500 kuruş 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 740 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 74.0% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 740 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 73.5% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 740 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 72.9% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 740 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 74.4% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 740 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 74.9% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 740 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 73.9% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 740 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 73.2% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 740 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 74.8% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 740 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 75.0% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 740 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 74.5% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 740 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 74.0% | 1981 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 40.0% | 1891 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 54.4% | 1666 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● 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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)300 to 500
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
- Shkodër (İşkodra)310 other officialsAbdullah Bey born 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Istanbul354 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Paşa 5 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)180 other officialsHüseyin Hüsnü Efendi first annual entry 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları
AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 336, 337, 338
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 113/10; 419 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 113/10, s. 17.; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 113/10, s. 17.
Read the original source accounts · 22 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 16 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 21 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.