MEHMED ŞERİF EFENDİ
Born 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Măcin (Maçin) · Dated entries 1886 to 1905 (AH 1304 to 1322)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 89/291
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
MEHMED ŞERİF EFENDİ was born in Măcin (Maçin) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The father’s occupation was Bayezid Kazası Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Muş Sancağı Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Dated career entries span 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 11 AH years, from Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) to Şemdinli (Şemdinan), beginning with Telgrafhane mülazımı and ending with entries for Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Doğubayazıt (Bayezid), Bitlis, Van and Muradiye (Bargiri) and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307) to 500 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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.
Stage 1 of 10 · Măcin (Maçin)
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 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Măcin (Maçin)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 15
Telgrafhane mülazımı
Calculated age 15
3 Telgrafhane mülazımı
Calculated age 16
Continuing service as described
Telgrafhane mülazımı
Calculated age 17
Continuing service as described
4 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) / Bitlis
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgrafhane mülazımı
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 18
5 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Bitlis
Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
6 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Bitlis / Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
7 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) / Place not recorded / Van
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 21
8 1893/94 (AH 1311) · 2 recorded years
Van
AH entries: 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
450 kuruşCalculated age 23
9 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Van / Muradiye (Bargiri)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
450 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürü
500 kuruşCalculated age 24
10 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Şemdinli (Şemdinan)
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürü
500 kuruşCalculated age 33
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 300 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 300 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 28.5% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 28.5% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 380 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 43.2% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 380 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 43.3% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 450 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 52.4% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.1% | 1981 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 55.0% | 1493 |
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
- Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)15 other officialsAli Kâmil Kemâli Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)175 other officialsAhmed Fikri Efendi first entry in Çerkeş; no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 162, 163
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 89/291; 301 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 89/291.
Read the original source accounts · 18 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 18 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.