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Süleyman Hilmi Bey

Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Kozan · Dated entries 1867 to 1891 (AH 1284 to 1308)

Languages Arabic, French, Persian

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 77/144

The career, year by year

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

Follow 9 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.

Jerusalem (Kudüs)Lemnos (Limni)Canik
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 9 · Kozan

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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.

5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1853/54 (AH 1270)

    Kozan

    Not yet located on the map: Kozan

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 14

    2. Divan-ı Ahkâm-ı Adliye Zabıt Odası görevlisi

      80 kuruşCalculated age 14

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  3. 3

    1868/69 (AH 1285) · 3 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1879/80 (AH 1297)

      Suriye Vilayeti merkez sancağı

      Not yet located on the map: Suriye Vilayeti merkez sancağı

        All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

      1. 5

        1882/83 (AH 1300) · 2 recorded years

        Jerusalem (Kudüs)

        AH entries: 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.

        Within-year entry order unresolved

          All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2 recorded years

          Lemnos (Limni)

          AH entries: 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

            All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1886/87 (AH 1304)

            Lemnos (Limni) / Canik

            Within-year entry order unresolved

              All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1887/88 (AH 1305)

              Canik

                All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

              1. 9

                1890/91 (AH 1308)

                Place not recorded

                Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                1. Başsavcı muavini

                  800 kuruşCalculated age 38

              11 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.

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              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.

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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
              1867/68 (AH 1284)80458150 to 2,5003.0%435
              1870/71 (AH 1287)300400150 to 2,00030.7%649
              1879/80 (AH 1297)1,350400180 to 1,80085.8%1534
              1882/83 (AH 1300)1,400400150 to 1,40088.9%1655
              1883/84 (AH 1301)1,400400150 to 1,40089.3%1720
              1884/85 (AH 1302)1,400400150 to 1,50088.3%1748
              1885/86 (AH 1303)1,400400150 to 1,50088.5%1787
              1886/87 (AH 1304)1,400400150 to 1,50087.8%1725
              1890/91 (AH 1308)800400125 to 1,50076.2%1896

              Career patterns and pay

              Recorded pay over the career

              Kuruş · dated amounts

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              ● 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. 1884 to 1887 (AH 1302 to 1304)
              2. 1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)
              3. 1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)
              4. Suriye Vilayeti merkez sancağı1
                1879/80 (AH 1297)

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

              Amounts recorded by place

              Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
              1. Canik1,400
              2. Suriye Vilayeti merkez sancağı1,350

              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. 1867 to 1871 (AH 1284 to 1287)
              2. 1884 to 1887 (AH 1302 to 1304)
              3. 1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)
              4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)
              5. 1887/88 (AH 1305)
              6. 1867/68 (AH 1284)

              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

              Schooling Özel hocalardan ders [source]

              Language skills and historical terms

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

              • Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
              • French · anlar [source]
              • Persian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
              All personal fields and their sources

              Sources and evidence

              1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kozan ve Cebel-i bereketli memurlar

                SENEM ÖZDEMİR · 2019 · Pages 128, 129

                BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 77/144; 214 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 77/144.

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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 · 12 dated AH years

              Annual salary study and register readings

              The separate annual salary reference account has 16 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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