Selim Efendi
Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Antakya · Dated entries 1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306)
Languages Arabic, French, Turkish
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD.,No:24,s.247
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Mersin
3 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
Selim Efendi was born in Antakya in 1861/62 (AH 1278). Schooling included Antora Mektebi (Beyrut). The language repertoire included Arabic, French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Mersin in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Service included Manifesto Mütercimliği ve Eşya-ı Aliyye Memuriyet İntizamı ile Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Ambar Memurluğu in Mersin (1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306)). Mersin appears most often, across 3 dated years. [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 500 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Death is recorded in 1888/89 (AH 1306). [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 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 4 · Antakya
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.
1 1861/62 (AH 1278)
Antakya
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 26
Manifesto Mütercimliği ve Eşya-ı Aliyye Memuriyet İntizamı ile Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Ambar Memurluğu
500 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Mersin
Manifesto Mütercimliği ve Eşya-ı Aliyye Memuriyet İntizamı ile Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Ambar Memurluğu
500 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
4 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Mersin / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Manifesto Mütercimliği ve Eşya-ı Aliyye Memuriyet İntizamı ile Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Ambar Memurluğu
500 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Manifesto Mütercimliği ve Eşya-ı Aliyye Memuriyet İntizamı ile Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Ambar Memurluğu (Vefat)
Calculated age 28
Recorded service ending
Place not recorded
Vefat
Calculated age 28
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 57.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 54.5% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1797 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Mersin500
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
- Antakya77 other officialsYusuf Agâh Efendi born 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mersin9 other officialsMirican Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)175 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi first annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Antora Mektebi (Beyrut) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Education
- Antora Mektebi (Beyrut) [source]
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Mersin [source]
- First-salary field
- 500 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
- 1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]
Other recorded details
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909
NAZİR ÇETİN · 2015 · Pages 233, 234
BOA.DH.SAİD.,No:24,s.247
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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