Mehmet Dursun Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Erzincan · Dated entries 1890 to 1910 (AH 1308 to 1327)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD, 47/79

The career, year by year

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

Places and reading notes

Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi
Dördüncü Ordu Levazım Dairesi 1. şube
Dördüncü Ordu Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
Yedinci Ordu-yu Osmanî Levazım Dairesi

11 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

Mehmet Dursun Efendi was born in Erzincan, within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Redif alayı sancaktarı. Schooling included Erzincan Mülkiye Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi in 1890/91 (AH 1308). Dated career entries span 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 11 AH years, from Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube to Yedinci Ordu-yu Osmanî Levazım Dairesi, beginning with Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip) and ending with entries for Üçüncü şube müdür muavini. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube, Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi, Dördüncü Ordu Levazım Dairesi 1. şube and Dördüncü Ordu Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube and 1 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 80 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 2,160 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,160 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Erzincan · Year not recorded^[source]
Father’s occupation: Redif alayı sancaktarı^[source]
Education: Erzincan Mülkiye Rüşdiyesi^[source]
First work: 1890/91 (AH 1308) · Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi^[source]
First salary: 80 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

11
Dated AH years: 5
Career place names: 5
Salary years: 80 → 2,160
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 2,160
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 90.5%
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.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 1909/10 (AH 1327); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1909/10 (AH 1327).

Life and career

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● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 6 · Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi / Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube

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1890/91 (AH 1308)
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi / Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi; Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
1. Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi
  First work as recorded
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
  Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip)
  80 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2
1891/92 (AH 1309) · 6 recorded years
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
1. Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip)
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip)
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip)
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip)
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip)
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip)
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube / Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube; Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi
1. Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
  Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip)
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi
  Dördüncü sınıf kâtip
  320 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1903/04 (AH 1321)
Dördüncü Ordu Levazım Dairesi 1. şube
Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu Levazım Dairesi 1. şube
1. Üçüncü sınıf kâtip
  576 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1906/07 (AH 1324)
Dördüncü Ordu Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube
1. İkinci sınıf kâtip, nizamiye kısmı
  864 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1909/10 (AH 1327)
Yedinci Ordu-yu Osmanî Levazım Dairesi
Not yet located on the map: Yedinci Ordu-yu Osmanî Levazım Dairesi
1. Üçüncü şube müdür muavini
  2,160 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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.

Birth · Erzincan · Year not recorded

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

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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

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
1890/91 (AH 1308)	80	400	125 to 1,500	4.1%	1896
1897/98 (AH 1315)	320	400	140 to 1,425	38.4%	1891
1903/04 (AH 1321)	576	405	150 to 1,450	66.5%	1578
1906/07 (AH 1324)	864	450	150 to 1,525	74.6%	1371
1909/10 (AH 1327)	2,160	600	200 to 2,000	90.5%	1088

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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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

Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube8
1890 to 1898 (AH 1308 to 1315)
Dördüncü Ordu Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube1
1906/07 (AH 1324)
Dördüncü Ordu Levazım Dairesi 1. şube1
1903/04 (AH 1321)
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi1
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Yedinci Ordu-yu Osmanî Levazım Dairesi1
1909/10 (AH 1327)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube80
Dördüncü Ordu Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 2. şube864
Dördüncü Ordu Levazım Dairesi 1. şube576
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi320
Yedinci Ordu-yu Osmanî Levazım Dairesi2,160

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

Yoklama kısmı mülazımı (kâtip)8
1890 to 1898 (AH 1308 to 1315)
Dördüncü sınıf kâtip1
1897/98 (AH 1315)
İkinci sınıf kâtip, nizamiye kısmı1
1906/07 (AH 1324)
Üçüncü sınıf kâtip1
1903/04 (AH 1321)
Üçüncü şube müdür muavini1
1909/10 (AH 1327)

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

Erzincan187 other officialsMehmet Kamil Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
1890/91 (AH 1308)189 other officialsOsman Efendi first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 500 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Erzincan Mülkiye Rüşdiyesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbet^[source]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace: Erzincan^[source]
Father’s occupation: Redif alayı sancaktarı^[source]
Religion: İslam^[source]
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD, 47/79^[1]

Education and languages

Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]
Education: Erzincan Mülkiye Rüşdiyesi^[source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place: Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi^[source]
First-salary field: 80 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: 1890/91 (AH 1308)^[source]

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar
ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 110
155 BOA, DH. SAİD, 47/79; BOA, DH. SAİD, 47/79

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