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Mehmed Tayyib Efendi

Born 1838/39 (AH 1254) · Taşköprü · Dated entries 1867 to 1888 (AH 1284 to 1305)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,146/301

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1867/68 (AH 1284): Rüşdiye mektebi muallimi, Kos (İstanköy), 500 kuruş1878 (AH 1295): Rüşdiye mektebi muallimi, Gebze, 500 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302): Aşar ambarı memuru, Taşköprü, 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): Aşar ambarı memuru, Taşköprü, 400 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304): Aşar ambarı memuru, Taşköprü, 400 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305): Aşar ambarı memuru, Taşköprü, 400 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305): Görevin sona ermesi, place unspecifiedAH 1284AH 1295AH 1305
Places and reading notes
  • Kos (İstanköy)
  • Gebze
  • Taşköprü

6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 5 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.

1TaşköprüKos (İstanköy)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Taşköprü

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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1838/39 (AH 1254)

    Taşköprü

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Kos (İstanköy)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 30

    2. Rüşdiye mektebi muallimi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 30

  3. 3

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Gebze

    Not yet located on the map: Gebze

    1. Rüşdiye mektebi muallimi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 41

  4. 4

    1884/85 (AH 1302) · 3 recorded years

    Taşköprü

    AH entries: 1302, 1303, 1304. Gaps remain open.

    1. Aşar ambarı memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 48

    2. Aşar ambarı memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 49

      Continuing service as described

    3. Aşar ambarı memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 50

      Continuing service as described

  5. 5

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Taşköprü / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Taşköprü

      Aşar ambarı memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Görevin sona ermesi

      Calculated age 51

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.

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1867/68 (AH 1284)500458150 to 2,50052.5%435
1878 (AH 1295)500450150 to 2,00054.4%1196
1884/85 (AH 1302)400400150 to 1,50045.1%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)400400150 to 1,50044.7%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)400400150 to 1,50045.8%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)400400150 to 1,50043.8%1762

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02505001867/68AH 12841878AH 12951887/88AH 13051867/68 (AH 1284) · 500 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · 500 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 400 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 400 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 400 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. 1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)
  2. Gebze1
    1878 (AH 1295)
  3. 1867/68 (AH 1284)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Gebze500

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 title
  1. 1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)
  2. 1867 to 1878 (AH 1284 to 1295)
  3. 1887/88 (AH 1305)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; İcazetname [1]

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Fatih Camii [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Taşköprü [source]
Birth province
Kastamonu [source]
Birth year
1838/39 (AH 1254) [source]
Father’s occupation
Taşköprü Kaza İdare Meclisi azası [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,146/301 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İcazetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Fatih Camii [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanköy [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
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Taşköprülü memurlar

    VİLDAN ŞAHİN · 2023 · Pages 138, 139

    BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,146/301

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 7 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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