Mehmed Vasıf Efendi
Born 1852/53 (AH 1269) · Bursa · Dated entries 1868 to 1897 (AH 1285 to 1314)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference 6/211; 417
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Vasıf Efendi was born in Bursa in 1852/53 (AH 1269), within the İslam community. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Bursa rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Hüdâvendigâr in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Dated career entries span 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1896/97 (AH 1314) across 26 AH years, beginning with evrak odası and ending with entries for Dersaâdet senedat kalemi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Hüdâvendigâr. [1]
Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1,000 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 5 · Bursa
How to read this map
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4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1852/53 (AH 1269)
Bursa
Birth
2 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Hüdâvendigâr
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr
First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
evrak odası
50 kuruşCalculated age 16
3 1869/70 (AH 1286) · 3 recorded years
Hüdâvendigâr
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr
evrak odası
Calculated age 17
evrak odası
Calculated age 19
4 1872/73 (AH 1289) · 4 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
evrak odası
450 kuruşCalculated age 20
taşra emlak kalemi
300 kuruşCalculated age 23
5 1879/80 (AH 1297) · 18 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
vukuat kalemi
600 kuruşCalculated age 28
Dersaâdet senedat kalemi
927 kuruşCalculated age 45
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.
- vukuat kalemi · Undated · 300 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 50 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 1.6% | 505 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 450 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 49.8% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 300 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 32.6% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 30.2% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 28.5% | 976 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 600 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 65.7% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 600 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 68.2% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 67.9% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 77.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 78.2% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 79.8% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 79.0% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 78.8% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 930 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 78.4% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 930 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 79.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 930 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 80.6% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 930 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 79.3% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 930 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 79.6% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 940 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 80.3% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 950 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 81.3% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 1,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 80.7% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 1,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 80.4% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 79.4% | 2119 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● 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- Hüdâvendigâr50
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
- Bursa301 other officialsAhmed Bedreddin Efendi born 1852/53 (AH 1269); highest salary 600 kuruş
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)111 other officialsİbrahim Hilmi Efendi first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Muhasebe Kalemi4 other officialsMehmet Kamil Bey 3 shared years; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 316,317
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 26 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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