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Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

MEHMED NURĠ EFENDĠ

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Sis · Dated entries 1870 to 1881 (AH 1287 to 1298)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1870/71 (AH 1287): Aşar kol muharriri, Sis, 300 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287): Aşar kol muharriri (İnfisal), Sis1875/76 (AH 1292): Aşar kol muharriri, Sis, 300 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297): Kozan Rüsûm-ı Sitte İdaresi tütün yoklama memuru, Sis ve Kars-ı Zülkadriye, 500 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298): Bidâyet Mahkemesi kalem memuru, KozanAH 1287AH 1298
Places and reading notes
  • Sis
  • Sis ve Kars-ı Zülkadriye
  • Kozan

4 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.

These dated entries have no agreed map position. Their places remain in the account.

Stage 1 of 5 · Sis

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.

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

  1. 1

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Sis

    Not yet located on the map: Sis

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Sis

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Sis

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 15

    2. Aşar kol muharriri

      300 kuruşCalculated age 15

    3. Aşar kol muharriri (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 15

  3. 3

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Sis

    Not yet located on the map: Sis

    1. Aşar kol muharriri

      300 kuruşCalculated age 20

  4. 4

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Sis ve Kars-ı Zülkadriye

    Not yet located on the map: Sis ve Kars-ı Zülkadriye

    1. Kozan Rüsûm-ı Sitte İdaresi tütün yoklama memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 25

  5. 5

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Kozan

    Not yet located on the map: Kozan

    1. Bidâyet Mahkemesi kalem memuru

      Calculated age 26

2 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.

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
1870/71 (AH 1287)300400150 to 2,00030.7%649
1875/76 (AH 1292)300450150 to 2,00028.5%976
1879/80 (AH 1297)500400180 to 1,80057.9%1534

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02505001870/71AH 12871875/76AH 12921879/80AH 12971870/71 (AH 1287) · 300 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · 300 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 500 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. Sis2
    1870 to 1876 (AH 1287 to 1292)
  2. Kozan1
    1880/81 (AH 1298)
  3. Sis ve Kars-ı Zülkadriye1
    1879/80 (AH 1297)

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. Sis300
  2. Sis ve Kars-ı Zülkadriye500

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. 1870 to 1876 (AH 1287 to 1292)
  2. 1880/81 (AH 1298)
  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)

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

Schooling Mahalle mektebi; Kayseriyye Medresesi [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)
0 (recorded code) [source]
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sis [source]
Birth year
1855/56 (AH 1272) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Temel bilgiler; Arapça İzhâr ve Farsça Gülistan öğrenimi [source]
Education
Mahalle mektebi; Kayseriyye Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sis [source]
First-salary field
300 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
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]

Other recorded details

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

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kozan ve Cebel-i bereketli memurlar

    SENEM ÖZDEMİR · 2019 · Pages 118

    BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65; 199 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65.

Read the original source accounts · 7 source entries →

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 · 4 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 5 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

Open the salary study and register readings →

How to read the records

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