Mehmed Tevfik Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Kemaliye (Eğin) · Dated entries 1861 to 1901 (AH 1278 to 1318)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 34/205

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmed Tevfik Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin). The father’s occupation was Mülkiye memuru. Schooling included Eğin Sıbyan Mektebi; Tekirdağ Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

The first place of work was Istanbul (Dersaadet). Dated career entries span 1861/62 (AH 1278) to 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 23 AH years, from Gelibolu to Sivas, beginning with Merkez Telgraf muhabere memuru and ending with entries for Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muavini. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Gelibolu, Edirne, Diyarbakır and Siverek and 8 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1861/62 (AH 1278) to 679 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,200 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Kemaliye (Eğin) · Year not recorded^[source]
Father’s occupation: Mülkiye memuru^[source]
Education: Eğin Sıbyan Mektebi; Tekirdağ Rüşdiyesi^[source]
First work: Istanbul (Dersaadet)^[source]

Career in numbers

25
Dated AH years: 14
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 24
Salary years: 500 → 679
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 1,200
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 73.6%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1861/62 (AH 1278) to 1900/01 (AH 1318); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1900/01 (AH 1318).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 15 · Gelibolu

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1
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Gelibolu
1. Merkez Telgraf muhabere memuru
  500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Edirne
1. Telgraf muhabere memuru
  500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Diyarbakır
1. Telgrafhaneler muhabere memuru
  700 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1867/68 (AH 1284) · 5 recorded years
Siverek
AH entries: 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Merkez Telgraf müdürü
  1,000 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Merkez Telgraf müdürü (İnfisal)
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Mersin / Tunus
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tunus
1. Mersin
  Merkez Telgraf müdürü
  750 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tunus
  Merkez Telgraf müdürü
  750 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Tekaüt
  240 kuruş · retirement amount
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Ioannina (Yanya)
1. Seyyar Muhabere Memuru
  1,000 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Arapkir
Not yet located on the map: Arapkir
1. Merkez Telgraf müdürü
  600 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Siirt
1. Merkez Telgraf müdürü
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1887/88 (AH 1305) · 7 recorded years
Van
AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
1. Müfettiş Muavini
  1,200 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Müfettiş Muavini
  1,200 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 7 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Van / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Van
  Müfettiş Muavini
  1,200 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Azil
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
12
1895/96 (AH 1313)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Tekaüt
  600 kuruş · retirement amount
  Entry & evidence →[1]
13
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Adana
1. Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muavini
  1,200 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
14
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Sivas
1. Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muavini
  1,200 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
15
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Sivas
1. Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muavini
  679 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]

4 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.

Telgraf Nezareti Muhabere Dairesi memuru · Telgraf Nezareti · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Merkez Telgraf müdürü · Tokat · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Birth · Kemaliye (Eğin) · Year not recorded
First work as recorded · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Year not recorded

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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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.

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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 year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1861/62 (AH 1278)	500	500	150 to 3,000	43.8%	161
1862/63 (AH 1279)	500	400	140 to 3,000	53.1%	197
1863/64 (AH 1280)	700	475	125 to 3,000	60.6%	232
1867/68 (AH 1284)	1,000	458	150 to 2,500	71.4%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	1,000	475	150 to 3,000	72.4%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	1,000	400	150 to 2,250	75.3%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	1,000	400	150 to 2,000	76.4%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	1,000	420.5	125 to 2,375	75.5%	712
1873/74 (AH 1290)	750	405	130 to 2,200	68.8%	805
1879/80 (AH 1297)	240	400	180 to 1,800	17.2%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	1,000	400	160 to 1,500	81.6%	1448
1882/83 (AH 1300)	600	400	150 to 1,400	67.4%	1655
1887/88 (AH 1305)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	82.8%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	1,200	400	135 to 1,500	83.6%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	1,200	400	130 to 1,500	84.8%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	1,200	400	125 to 1,500	83.4%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	1,200	400	140 to 1,600	83.5%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	1,200	400	135 to 1,500	85.1%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	1,200	400	140 to 1,400	85.6%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	1,200	400	140 to 1,500	84.6%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	600	400	140 to 1,500	64.9%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	1,200	450	150 to 1,575	84.0%	2119
1898/99 (AH 1316)	1,200	400	144 to 1,400	87.4%	1844
1900/01 (AH 1318)	679	400	140 to 1,500	73.6%	1761

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Van8
1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)
Siverek5
1867 to 1872 (AH 1284 to 1288)
Sivas2
1898 to 1901 (AH 1316 to 1318)
Adana1
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Arapkir1
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Diyarbakır1
1863/64 (AH 1280)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Van1,200
Siverek1,000
Sivas679 to 1,200
Adana1,200
Arapkir600
Diyarbakır700

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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

Merkez Telgraf müdürü8
1867 to 1884 (AH 1284 to 1301)
Müfettiş Muavini8
1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)
Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muavini3
1896 to 1901 (AH 1314 to 1318)
Merkez Telgraf muhabere memuru1
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Seyyar Muhabere Memuru1
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Telgraf muhabere memuru1
1862/63 (AH 1279)

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

Kemaliye (Eğin)73 other officialsMahmud Hamdi Efendi born 1832/33 (AH 1248); highest salary 500 kuruş
Van24 other officialsMehmed Şakir Efendi 8 shared years; highest salary 2,700 kuruş
1861/62 (AH 1278)36 other officialsAGOB EFENDİ first annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278); no salary recorded

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Education and personal record

Schooling Eğin Sıbyan Mektebi; Tekirdağ Rüşdiyesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854)
ÖMER FERİT İMLAK · 2012 · Pages 66, 67, 68
115 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 34/205.

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