Mehmed Şevket Efendi
Born 1880/81 (AH 1298) · Korgun (Kengırı) · Dated entries 1898 to 1911 (AH 1316 to 1328)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA.DH.SAİD.d. 135/191; BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1073
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Şevket Efendi was born in Korgun (Kengırı) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). Schooling included Mahallî ibtidai; Beşiktaş mektebi (kaynaklarda Mülki Rüşdiye / Hamidi). The language repertoire included Turkish. [1] [2]
Service began in Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane in 1898/99 (AH 1316). Dated career entries span 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 13 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 7 of those years. Place names include Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne and Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane. [1] [2]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1,000 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,615 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [1] [2]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 4 · Korgun (Kengırı)
How to read this map
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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Korgun (Kengırı)
Not yet located on the map: Korgun (Kengırı)
Birth
2 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane / Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane; Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne
Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane
First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane
Evrak Kalemi hülefası
150 kuruşCalculated age 18
3 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 3 recorded years
Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne / Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne; Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane
Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne
Evrak Kalemi hülefâlığı
150 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane
Tahrirat Kalemi hülefası
450 kuruşCalculated age 21
4 1902/03 (AH 1320) · 9 recorded years
Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne
AH entries: 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne
Tahrirât Kalemi hülefâlığı
300 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Tahrirât Kalemi birinci sınıf hülefâlığı
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 30
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Tahrirât Kalemi birinci sınıf hülefâlığı · Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne · Undated · 1,100 kuruş 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 150 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 10.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 39.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 39.8% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 450 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 51.5% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 67.8% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 600 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 67.3% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 740 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 74.4% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 940 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 80.1% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1,200 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 84.2% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 1,615 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 90.0% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 1,615 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 88.0% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 1,615 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 85.0% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 1,000 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 68.0% | 732 |
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- Hazîne-i Hâssa-i Şâhâne150 to 1,615
- Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane150 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
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)151 other officialsAhmed Rüşdü Efendi first annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahval defterlerinde kayıtlı Kengırı (Çankırı) doğumlu devlet memurları (1879-1909)
UĞUR BÖYÜKDİKMEN · 2025 · Pages 294, 295, 296, 297
BOA.DH.SAİD.d. 135/191; 508 BOA.DH.SAİD.d. 135/191.
- 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar
ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 165
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1073
Read the original source accounts · 37 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 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.