Miloyan Melkon Efendi
Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Balıkesir · Dated entries 1880 to 1910 (AH 1298 to 1327)
Languages Armenian, French, Turkish
Archival references DH. SA İD 48/65; BOA. DH. SAİD 48/65
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Miloyan Melkon Efendi was born in Balıkesir in 1867/68 (AH 1284), within the Hristiyan community. Schooling included Ermeni sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye; Mekteb-i Mülkiye. The language repertoire included Armenian, French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Karesi in 1880/81 (AH 1298). Dated career entries span 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 23 AH years, from Karesi to Istanbul (Dersaadet). More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Karesi, Bandırma and Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 2,125 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,125 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · Balıkesir
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Balıkesir
Birth
2 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Karesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Karesi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 14
Evrak Kalemi kâtibi
50 kuruşCalculated age 14
3 1881/82 (AH 1299) · 2 recorded years
Karesi
AH entries: 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Karesi
4 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Bandırma
5 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 18 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
6 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tahrirat Kalemi memuru
2,125 kuruşCalculated age 43
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 43
7 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 Kitabeti refiki (İstifa) · Bandırma · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Tekaüt · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Tahrir-i Müsakkafat Komisyonu azası · Makriköy · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 50 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 2.1% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 50 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 1.8% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 100 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 4.5% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 12.5% | 1720 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 750 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 73.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 750 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 74.9% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 80.5% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 79.6% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 79.3% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 900 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 78.0% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 1,250 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 88.1% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 1,250 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 88.1% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 1,250 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 88.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,450 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 89.8% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 1,550 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 90.1% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 1,550 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 91.6% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1,700 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 92.3% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 1,850 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 92.6% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 1,850 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 92.8% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1,975 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 92.5% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 2,125 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 93.3% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 2,125 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 91.3% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 2,125 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 90.3% | 1088 |
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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)750 to 2,125
- Karesi50 to 100
- Bandırma200
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
- Balıkesir105 other officialsAhmed Hulusi Efendi born 1867/68 (AH 1284); no salary recorded
- Istanbul595 other officialsMehmed Said 19 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)181 other officialsAli Efendi first annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid döneminde Balıkesirli mülki görevliler hakkında bir inceleme (sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre 1879 -1909)
SERAP SUNAY · 2007 · Pages 186, 187, 206, 207, 208, 209
DH. SA İD 48/65; BOA. DH. SAİD 48/65
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 23 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 36 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.