Mehmed Süreyya Efendi

Born 1868/69 (AH 1285) · Edirne · Dated entries 1882 to 1905 (AH 1300 to 1322)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1089

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The life

Mehmed Süreyya Efendi was born in Edirne in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The father’s occupation was Edirne Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi mümeyyizi. Schooling included Edirne İbtidai Mektebi; Edirne Mülkiye Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

The first place of work was Edirne. Dated career entries span 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 23 AH years, from Edirne to Edirne, beginning with Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi and ending with entries for Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu Tahrirat Mübeyyizi refakati. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Edirne.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 450 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 450 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Edirne · 1868/69 (AH 1285)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Edirne Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi mümeyyizi^[source]
Education: Edirne İbtidai Mektebi; Edirne Mülkiye Rüşdiyesi^[source]
First work: Edirne^[source]
Apprenticeship: 1^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

23
Dated AH years: 1
Career place names: 3
Entries without a resolved year: 14
Salary years: 300 → 450
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 450
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 52.1%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1904/05 (AH 1322); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1904/05 (AH 1322).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 6 · Edirne

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1
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Edirne
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Edirne
1. Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi
  300 kuruşCalculated age 15
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Edirne / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Edirne
  Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi
  300 kuruşCalculated age 16
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  İstifa
  Calculated age 16
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Edirne
1. Emlak Tahriratı hülafası
  225 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Edirne / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Edirne
  Emlak Tahriratı hülafası
  225 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Edirne
  Merkez Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza İdaresi mukayyidi
  225 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
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6
1886/87 (AH 1304) · 19 recorded years
Edirne
AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Merkez Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza İdaresi mukayyidi
  225 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu Tahrirat Mübeyyizi refakati
  450 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 24 recorded entries in this stage →

4 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.

Merkez Bidayet ve İstinaf mahkemeleri kalemleri mülazımı · Edirne · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Vilayet Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı · Edirne · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu Tahrirat Mübeyyizi refakati · Edirne · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
First work as recorded · Edirne · Year not recorded

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Pay over time

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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 year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1882/83 (AH 1300)	300	400	150 to 1,400	27.9%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	300	400	150 to 1,400	28.3%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	225	400	150 to 1,500	16.6%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	225	400	150 to 1,500	17.1%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	225	400	150 to 1,500	17.9%	1725
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
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	250	400	140 to 1,440	21.7%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	350	400	140 to 1,500	39.8%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	350	400	150 to 1,520	38.7%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	350	400	150 to 1,500	40.1%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	350	405	150 to 1,450	38.4%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	450	400	135 to 1,500	52.1%	1493

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Edirne23
1882 to 1905 (AH 1300 to 1322)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Edirne150 to 450

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 title

Hukuk Mahkemesi mukayyidi11
1886 to 1897 (AH 1304 to 1314)
Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu Tahrirat Mübeyyizi refakati9
1896 to 1905 (AH 1314 to 1322)
Emlak Tahriratı hülafası2
1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
Merkez Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza İdaresi mukayyidi2
1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304)
Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi2
1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)
Infisal1
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Edirne15 other officialsMehmed Vehbi Efendi born 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 800 kuruş
Edirne100 other officialsOsman Efendi 18 shared years; highest salary 110 kuruş
1882/83 (AH 1300)236 other officialsMuhsin Efendi first entry in Edirne; highest salary 250 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Edirne İbtidai Mektebi; Edirne Mülkiye Rüşdiyesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar
ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 170, 171
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1089

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