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Yusuf Kemal Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Kemah · Dated entries 1890 to 1907 (AH 1308 to 1324)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121

The career, year by year

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

1890/91 (AH 1308): tapu kalemi mülazımı, Kemah1901/02 (AH 1319): tapu kâtibi, Refahiye1903/04 (AH 1321): Defter-i Hakani kalemi kitabet memuru, Erzincan, 510 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321): Defter-i Hakani kalemi kitabet memuru (Görevin sona ermesi), Erzincan1905/06 (AH 1323): Meclis-i İdare aşar kalemi memuru, Erzincan1906/07 (AH 1324): Defter-i Hakani kalemi kâtibi, Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 380 kuruşAH 1308AH 1324
Places and reading notes
  • Kemah
  • Refahiye
  • Erzincan
  • Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

5 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 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.

1KemahRefahiyeErzincanŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Kemah

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.

  1. 1

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Kemah

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

    2. tapu kalemi mülazımı

  2. 2

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Refahiye

    1. tapu kâtibi

  3. 3

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Erzincan

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Defter-i Hakani kalemi kitabet memuru

      510 kuruş

    2. Defter-i Hakani kalemi kitabet memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Recorded service ending

  4. 4

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Erzincan

    1. Meclis-i İdare aşar kalemi memuru

  5. 5
    1. Defter-i Hakani kalemi kâtibi

      380 kuruş

2 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.

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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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1903/04 (AH 1321)510405150 to 1,45062.0%1578
1906/07 (AH 1324)380450150 to 1,52540.4%1371

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02555101903/04AH 13211906/07AH 13241903/04 (AH 1321) · 510 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 380 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. 1903 to 1906 (AH 1321 to 1323)
  2. 1890/91 (AH 1308)
  3. 1901/02 (AH 1319)
  4. 1906/07 (AH 1324)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1906/07 (AH 1324)
  2. 1903/04 (AH 1321)
  3. 1905/06 (AH 1323)
  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)
  5. 1901/02 (AH 1319)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; rüştiye şehadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Kemah Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi; Muallim-i Mahsus [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kemah [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]rüştiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Kemah Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi; Muallim-i Mahsus [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Kemah [source]
First work year
1890/91 (AH 1308) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicilli Ahval Defterlerine göre Kemahlı devlet memurları

    YUNUS EMRE POLAT · 2014 · Pages 71, 72

    84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121.; BOA. DH. SAİD. d.144/121.

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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 · 5 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 6 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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