Mehmed Tahir Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Tokat · Dated entries 1885 to 1907 (AH 1303 to 1324)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 165, s. 429
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Tahir Efendi was born in Tokat in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Schooling included mekteb (Erzurum). The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Piro Beğ Hamud? Memlehası in 1885/86 (AH 1303). Dated career entries span 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 1906/07 (AH 1324) across 10 AH years, beginning with Memleha Kâtibi (geçici). More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Piro Beğ Hamud? Memlehası, Tortum, Namrevan and Eleşkirt and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 400 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303). [1]
Life and career
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.
Stage 1 of 9 · Tokat
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Tokat
Birth
2 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Piro Beğ Hamud? Memlehası
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Piro Beğ Hamud? Memlehası
First work as recorded
Calculated age 26
Memleha Kâtibi (geçici)
400 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
redif tezkeresi (askerlik tamamlandı)
Calculated age 27
4 Orman Süvari Memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 36
Orman Süvari Memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
5 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Tortum / Namrevan
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Namrevan
Orman Süvari Memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Namrevan
Orman Süvari Memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 39
6 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Namrevan
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Namrevan
Orman Süvari Memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Orman Süvari Memuru (Azil)
Calculated age 40
7 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Eleşkirt
Not yet located on the map: Eleşkirt
Tahsilât Müfettişi
400 kuruşCalculated age 45
8 1905/06 (AH 1323)
Eleşkirt / Tutak
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eleşkirt
Eleşkirt
Tahsilât Müfettişi
400 kuruşCalculated age 46
Continuing service as described
Tahsilât Müfettişi
400 kuruşCalculated age 46
9 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Eleşkirt / Tutak / unknown
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eleşkirt; unknown
Eleşkirt
Tahsilât Müfettişi
400 kuruşCalculated age 47
Continuing service as described
unknown
Tahsilât Memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 47
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1787 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 42.2% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 45.2% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 400 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 44.3% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 44.1% | 1821 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 400 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 42.2% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 400 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 41.3% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 41.1% | 1371 |
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 rateRanges 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
- Tokat122 other officialsAslanyan Dikran Efendi born 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Tortum2 other officialsMustafa Vehbi Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)180 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi (H. 1277 / M. 1860-1861) first annual entry 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 408 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling mekteb (Erzurum) [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 Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )
ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 229, 230, 231
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 165, s. 429
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 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.