Mehmed Emin Efendi
Born 1881/82 (AH 1299) · Bursa · Dated entries 1907 to 1914 (AH 1325 to 1332)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference 159/62; 121
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Emin Efendi was born in Bursa in 1881/82 (AH 1299), within the İslam community. Schooling included Bursa mekteb-i ibtidâî; rüşdiye-i askeriyesi (Bursa); Hendese-i mülkiye-i şâhâne mektebi; mekteb-i idâdi-i mülkiye-i şâhâne. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Kastamonu vilâyeti in 1907/08 (AH 1325). Dated career entries span 1907/08 (AH 1325) to 1912/13 (AH 1331) across 7 AH years, beginning with umur-ı nafia memurluğu. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Kastamonu vilâyeti, keyfi, direk ve duhul and Cizre and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325) to 2,000 kuruş in 1912/13 (AH 1331); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,000 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 8 · Bursa
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Bursa
Birth
2 1907/08 (AH 1325)
Kastamonu vilâyeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kastamonu vilâyeti
First work as recorded
Calculated age 26
umur-ı nafia memurluğu
300 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1908/09 (AH 1326) · 2 recorded years
Kastamonu vilâyeti
AH entries: 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kastamonu vilâyeti
4 1910/11 (AH 1328)
keyfi
Not yet located on the map: keyfi
5 1911 (AH 1329)
direk ve duhul / Cizre
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: direk ve duhul
6 1911/12 (AH 1330)
Cizre
7 1912/13 (AH 1331)
Cizre / Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti
8 1913/14 (AH 1332)
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti
Azil
Calculated age 33
11 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.
- umur-ı nafia memurluğu · Kastamonu vilâyeti · Undated · 500 kuruş · calculated age 26 Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Azil · Kastamonu vilâyeti · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kul nahiyesi müdiriyeti · Kul · Undated · 600 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 300 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 29.3% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 32.3% | 1232 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 2,000 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 87.4% | 732 |
| 1911 (AH 1329) | 2,000 | 600 | 250 to 2,500 | 81.5% | 402 |
| 1911/12 (AH 1330) | 2,000 | 1,000 | 300 to 3,000 | 71.1% | 233 |
| 1912/13 (AH 1331) | 2,000 | 1,200 | 300 to 4,000 | 67.3% | 151 |
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- Cizre2,000
- Kastamonu vilâyeti300
- direk ve duhul2,000
- Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,500
- keyfi2,000
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
- Bursa301 other officialsFaik Efendi born 1881/82 (AH 1299); no salary recorded
- Cizre1 other officialMehmed Kadri Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- 1907/08 (AH 1325)128 other officialsHilmi Bey first annual entry 1907/08 (AH 1325); highest salary 600 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded [source]
Schooling Bursa mekteb-i ibtidâî; rüşdiye-i askeriyesi (Bursa); Hendese-i mülkiye-i şâhâne mektebi; mekteb-i idâdi-i mülkiye-i şâhâne [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 227,228,229
159/62; 121
Read the original source accounts · 23 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 8 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 12 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.