Mehmet Hamdi Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Kars · Dated entries 1883 to 1897 (AH 1301 to 1314)

Languages Turkish

Archival references BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 128/335; BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 128/335

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmet Hamdi Efendi was born in Kars. The father’s occupation was Esnaf. Schooling included sıbyan; rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Amasya in 1883/84 (AH 1301). Dated career entries span 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 1896/97 (AH 1314) across 11 AH years, from Amasya to Gümenüz, beginning with Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Düyun-u Umumiye Memuru vekili. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Amasya, Gümüşhacıköy, Mecitözü and Erbaa and 2 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 60 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 300 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Kars · Year not recorded^[source]
Father’s occupation: Esnaf^[source]
Education: sıbyan; rüşdiye^[source]
First work: 1883/84 (AH 1301) · Amasya^[source]
Apprenticeship: 1.106114431^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

11
Dated AH years: 6
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 10
Salary years: 300 → 60
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 300
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 2.0%
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.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 1896/97 (AH 1314); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1896/97 (AH 1314).

Life and career

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

Stage 1 of 8 · Amasya

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1
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Amasya
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Gümüşhacıköy
1. Ağnam Kâtibi
  300 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Amasya
1. Belediye Duhuliye Kâtibi
  80 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Amasya
1. Düyun-u Umumiye Koza Veznedarı
  100 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Mecitözü / Erbaa
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Mecitözü
  Müskirat-ı İstihare Kâtibi
  200 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Erbaa
  Düyun-u Umumiye Kâtibi
  200 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1891/92 (AH 1309) · 4 recorded years
Erbaa
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Düyun-u Umumiye Kâtibi
  200 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Düyun-u Umumiye Kâtibi
  250 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1895/96 (AH 1313)
Erbaa / Bafra
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Erbaa
  Düyun-u Umumiye Kâtibi
  250 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Bafra
  Düyun-u Umumiye Kâtibi
  200 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Gümenüz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Gümenüz
1. Düyun-u Umumiye Memuru vekili
  60 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Düyun-u Umumiye Memuru vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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.

Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil) · Amasya · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Belediye Duhuliye Kâtibi (İnfisal) · Amasya · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Birth · Kars · Year not recorded

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Pay over time

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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 year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1884/85 (AH 1302)	300	400	150 to 1,500	28.2%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	80	400	150 to 1,500	4.1%	1787
1888/89 (AH 1306)	100	400	135 to 1,500	5.6%	1797
1890/91 (AH 1308)	200	400	125 to 1,500	15.7%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	200	400	140 to 1,600	14.9%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	250	400	135 to 1,500	21.3%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	250	400	140 to 1,400	21.2%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	250	400	140 to 1,500	21.9%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	250	400	140 to 1,500	20.7%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	60	450	150 to 1,575	2.0%	2119

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Erbaa6
1890 to 1896 (AH 1308 to 1313)
Amasya3
1883 to 1889 (AH 1301 to 1306)
Bafra1
1895/96 (AH 1313)
Gümenüz1
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Gümüşhacıköy1
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Mecitözü1
1890/91 (AH 1308)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Erbaa200 to 250
Amasya80 to 100
Bafra200
Gümenüz60
Gümüşhacıköy300
Mecitözü200

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

Düyun-u Umumiye Kâtibi6
1890 to 1896 (AH 1308 to 1313)
Ağnam Kâtibi1
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Belediye Duhuliye Kâtibi1
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Düyun-u Umumiye Koza Veznedarı1
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Düyun-u Umumiye Memuru vekili1
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Müskirat-ı İstihare Kâtibi1
1890/91 (AH 1308)

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

Kars192 other officialsAhmed Ferid Paşa born 1831/32 (AH 1247); highest salary 6,000 kuruş
Erbaa4 other officialsHarun Reşid Efendi 5 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
1883/84 (AH 1301)217 other officialsAhmet Hamdi Bey first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 680 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling sıbyan; rüşdiye^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Karslı memurlar (1879-1909)
RÜVEYDE ÇİFÇİ · 2015 · Pages 98
82 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 128/335.; BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 128/335

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