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Said Efendi

Born 1832/33 (AH 1248) · Harput · Dated entries 1853 to 1883 (AH 1270 to 1300)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 10-15

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1853/54 (AH 1270): Asker, place unspecified1856/57 (AH 1273): Askerlik hizmetinden çıkarılma (İnfisal), place unspecified1866/67 (AH 1283): Sertahsildar, Kilis, 400 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284): Mal müdürü ve sandık emini, Geşan İslahiye, 650 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287): Mal Müdürü, Kemaliye (Eğin), 500 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288): Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi, Mamuratülaziz, 400 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297): Beraat mahkemesi icra memuru, Mamuratülaziz, 500 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300): Ticaret mahkemesi reisi, Mamuratülaziz, 570 kuruşAH 1270AH 1300
Places and reading notes
  • Kilis
  • Geşan İslahiye
  • Kemaliye (Eğin)
  • Mamuratülaziz

8 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 9 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.

1HarputKilisKemaliye (Eğin)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 9 · Harput

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.

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

  1. 1

    1832/33 (AH 1248)

    Harput

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1853/54 (AH 1270)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 22

    2. Asker

      Calculated age 22

  3. 3

    1856/57 (AH 1273)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Askerlik hizmetinden çıkarılma (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 25

  4. 4

    1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Kilis

    1. Sertahsildar

      400 kuruşCalculated age 35

  5. 5

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Geşan İslahiye

    Not yet located on the map: Geşan İslahiye

    1. Mal müdürü ve sandık emini

      650 kuruşCalculated age 36

  6. 6

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Kemaliye (Eğin)

    1. Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 39

  7. 7

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Mamuratülaziz

    Not yet located on the map: Mamuratülaziz

    1. Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 40

  8. 8

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Mamuratülaziz

    Not yet located on the map: Mamuratülaziz

    1. Beraat mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 49

  9. 9

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Mamuratülaziz

    Not yet located on the map: Mamuratülaziz

    1. Ticaret mahkemesi reisi

      570 kuruşCalculated age 52

3 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.

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.

View the yearly values
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
1866/67 (AH 1283)400400146 to 2,00043.0%399
1867/68 (AH 1284)650458150 to 2,50062.0%435
1870/71 (AH 1287)500400150 to 2,00054.9%649
1871/72 (AH 1288)400420.5125 to 2,37542.9%712
1879/80 (AH 1297)500400180 to 1,80057.9%1534
1882/83 (AH 1300)570400150 to 1,40067.0%1655

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03256501866/67AH 12831875/76AH 12921882/83AH 13001866/67 (AH 1283) · 400 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · 650 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · 500 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · 400 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 500 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 570 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.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Mamuratülaziz3
    1871 to 1883 (AH 1288 to 1300)
  2. Geşan İslahiye1
    1867/68 (AH 1284)
  3. 1870/71 (AH 1287)
  4. 1866/67 (AH 1283)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Mamuratülaziz400 to 570
  2. Geşan İslahiye650

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
  1. 1853/54 (AH 1270)
  2. 1879/80 (AH 1297)
  3. 1870/71 (AH 1287)
  4. 1867/68 (AH 1284)
  5. 1866/67 (AH 1283)
  6. 1871/72 (AH 1288)

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 Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Harput [source]
Birth year
1832/33 (AH 1248) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 10-15 [1]

Education and languages

Education detail
Sarf, nahiv, Arapça ve fıkıh tahsili [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [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
21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

    ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 255, 256

    BOA. DH. SAİD 10-15

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 · 8 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.

Open the salary study and register readings →

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