Mehmet Akif Efendi
Born 1865/66 (AH 1282) · Bilecik · Dated entries 1884 to 1894 (AH 1302 to 1311)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 110, s. 111
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Akif Efendi was born in Bilecik in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The father’s occupation was Debbağ. Schooling included Sıbyan ve Rüştiye mektepleri. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Bilecik in 1890/91 (AH 1308). Dated career entries span 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 1893/94 (AH 1311) across 10 AH years, beginning with Askerlik. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Bilecik, Küpeli and Atranos. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 400 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308). [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 · Bilecik
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Bilecik
Birth
2 1884/85 (AH 1302) · 6 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Askerlik
Calculated age 20
Askerlik (İnfisal)
Calculated age 25
3 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Bilecik / Küpeli
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Küpeli
First work as recorded
Calculated age 26
Küpeli
Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği
220 kuruşCalculated age 26
4 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 2 recorded years
Küpeli
AH entries: 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Küpeli
Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği
Calculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği
300 kuruşCalculated age 28
5 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Küpeli / Atranos
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Küpeli; Atranos
Küpeli
Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği
300 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Atranos
Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kitabet ve sandık emaneti
400 kuruşCalculated age 29
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.
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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 400 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 45.4% | 1896 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 44.7% | 1929 |
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- Küpeli220 to 300
- Atranos400
- Bilecik400
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
- Bilecik50 other officialsDikran Efendi born 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 400 kuruş
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)173 other officialsHasan Basri Efendi first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları
MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 53
BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 110, s. 111; 74 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 110, s. 111.; BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 110, s. 111
Read the original source accounts · 14 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 · 10 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 14 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.