Mehmed Muhtar Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Safranbolu · Dated entries 1876 to 1895 (AH 1293 to 1312)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.5, s.73
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Muhtar Efendi was born in Safranbolu in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The father’s occupation was telgraf çavuşu. Schooling included sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Zağfiranbolu telgrafhanesi in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Dated career entries span 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1894/95 (AH 1312) across 16 AH years, from Safranbolu to Samsun, beginning with telgraf mülazımı and ending with entries for merkez muhabere memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Safranbolu, Devrek and Samsun. [1]
Monthly pay went from 380 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 400 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 5 · Safranbolu
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1 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Safranbolu
Birth
2 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Zağfiranbolu telgrafhanesi / Safranbolu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zağfiranbolu telgrafhanesi
Zağfiranbolu telgrafhanesi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
telgraf mülazımı
Calculated age 16
3 1880/81 (AH 1298) · 6 recorded years
Devrek
AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 21
Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
4 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Devrek / Samsun
Within-year entry order unresolved
Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
merkez muhabere memuru
308 kuruşCalculated age 27
5 1887/88 (AH 1305) · 8 recorded years
Samsun
AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
merkez muhabere memuru
Calculated age 28
Continuing service as described
merkez muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 35
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.
- telgraf mülazımı (Merkez Muhâbere Odası) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 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
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How the comparison is calculated
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| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 380 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 44.5% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 380 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 44.4% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 380 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 45.4% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 380 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 44.7% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 380 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 43.6% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 380 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 43.2% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 380 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 44.3% | 1725 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.9% | 2004 |
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
- Safranbolu88 other officialsAli Efendi born 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Samsun12 other officialsAli Bey 9 shared years; highest salary 2,400 kuruş
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)184 other officialsOsman Nuri Efendi first entry in Safranbolu; highest salary 250 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektebi [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbet [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)
AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 100, 101
65 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.5, s.73; BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.5, s.73
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 16 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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