İstavri Efendi
Born 1858/59 (AH 1275) · Tokat · Dated entries 1887 to 1912 (AH 1305 to 1330)
Languages French
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 174, s. 79
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Zebhiyye Memurluğu
- Kantar İdaresi
- Muhasebe Emaneti
- Tarabhane İskelesi
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.
The life
İstavri Efendi was born in Tokat in 1858/59 (AH 1275), within the Hristiyan (Rum) community. The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included İbtidâî ve Heybeli Ada Rum mektepleri. The language repertoire included French. [source]
Service began in Zebhiyye Memurluğu in 1887/88 (AH 1305). Dated career entries span 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 1911/12 (AH 1330) across 6 AH years, from Zebhiyye Memurluğu to Tarabhane İskelesi, beginning with Zebhiyye Memuru and ending with entries for Tarabhane İskelesi Zebhiyye Memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Zebhiyye Memurluğu, Kantar İdaresi, Muhasebe Emaneti and Tarabhane İskelesi. [1]
Monthly pay went from 450 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 550 kuruş in 1911/12 (AH 1330); the highest recorded monthly rate is 550 kuruş in 1911/12 (AH 1330). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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.
Stage 1 of 5 · Tokat
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 1858/59 (AH 1275)
Tokat
Birth
2 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Zebhiyye Memurluğu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zebhiyye Memurluğu
First work as recorded
Calculated age 30
Zebhiyye Memuru
450 kuruşCalculated age 30
3 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Kantar İdaresi
Not yet located on the map: Kantar İdaresi
Kantar İdaresi memuru
Calculated age 51
4 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Muhasebe Emaneti / Tarabhane İskelesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Muhasebe Emaneti; Tarabhane İskelesi
Muhasebe Emaneti
Muhasebe Emaneti memuru
Calculated age 52
Tarabhane İskelesi
Tarabhane İskelesi Zebhiyye Memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 52
5 1910/11 (AH 1328) · 3 recorded years
Tarabhane İskelesi
AH entries: 1328, 1329, 1330. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Tarabhane İskelesi
Tarabhane İskelesi Zebhiyye Memuru
Calculated age 53
Continuing service as described
Tarabhane İskelesi Zebhiyye Memuru
Calculated age 54
Continuing service as described
Tarabhane İskelesi Zebhiyye Memuru
550 kuruşCalculated age 55
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.
- Okmeydanı Zebhiyye Memuru · Okmeydanı · Undated · 650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 450 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 51.2% | 1762 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 500 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 41.1% | 1088 |
| 1911/12 (AH 1330) | 550 | 1,000 | 300 to 3,000 | 31.0% | 233 |
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- Tarabhane İskelesi500 to 550
- Zebhiyye Memurluğu450
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
- Tokat122 other officialsAhmed Lütfi Efendi born 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)190 other officialsMehmet Şakir Efendi first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 800 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Zebhiyye Memurluğu [source]
- First-salary field
- 450 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
- 1887/88 (AH 1305) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )
ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 285, 286, 287
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 174, s. 79
Read the original source accounts · 8 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 · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 7 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.