Mehmet Arif Efendi
Born 1845/46 (AH 1262) · Topçu karyesi · Dated entries 1880 to 1906 (AH 1298 to 1323)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/285
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Arif Efendi was born in Topçu karyesi in 1845/46 (AH 1262). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Terkos nahiyesi in 1880/81 (AH 1298). Dated career entries span 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 1905/06 (AH 1323) across 10 AH years, beginning with Aşar kalemi mülazımı; aşar kol memurluğu gibi geçici hizmetler and ending with entries for Vakıf ormanları süvari memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Terkos nahiyesi and Istranca. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 500 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323). [1]
Life and career
Follow 8 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.
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Stage 1 of 8 · Topçu karyesi
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.
8 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1845/46 (AH 1262)
Topçu karyesi
Not yet located on the map: Topçu karyesi
Birth
2 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Terkos nahiyesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Terkos nahiyesi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 36
Aşar kalemi mülazımı; aşar kol memurluğu gibi geçici hizmetler
Calculated age 36
3 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Istranca
Not yet located on the map: Istranca
Düyun-ı umumiye memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 40
4 1892/93 (AH 1310) · 3 recorded years
Terkos nahiyesi
AH entries: 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Terkos nahiyesi
Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)
Calculated age 48
Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)
Calculated age 50
Continuing service as described
5 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Terkos nahiyesi / Istranca
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Terkos nahiyesi; Istranca
Terkos nahiyesi
Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)
Calculated age 51
Continuing service as described
Istranca
Vakıf ormanları süvari kolcusu
450 kuruşCalculated age 51
6 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Istranca
Not yet located on the map: Istranca
Vakıf ormanları süvari kolcusu (iade)
Calculated age 56
7 1901/02 (AH 1319) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tezkere muharriri
Calculated age 57
Azil
Calculated age 58
8 1905/06 (AH 1323)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Vakıf ormanları süvari memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 61
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.
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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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 19.9% | 1748 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 450 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 52.5% | 1981 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 500 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 52.7% | 1423 |
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- Istranca250 to 450
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
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)181 other officialsİbrahim Nazmi Efendi first annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları
KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 49, 50
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/285; 158 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/285.; 159 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/285.; 160 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/285.; BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/285
Read the original source accounts · 13 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 13 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.