Mehmet Emin Efendi
Born 1874/75 (AH 1291) · Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka) · Dated entries 1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325)
Languages Bulgarian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. 162/243
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)
5 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mehmet Emin Efendi was born in Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Schooling included Mahalli sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Bulgarian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka) in 1903/04 (AH 1321). Dated career entries span 1903/04 (AH 1321) to 1907/08 (AH 1325) across 5 AH years, from Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka) to Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka), beginning with Maarif sandık eminliği. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka). [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321) to 250 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325); the highest recorded monthly rate is 250 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 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 3 · Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)
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 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 30
Maarif sandık eminliği
150 kuruşCalculated age 30
3 1904/05 (AH 1322) · 4 recorded years
Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)
AH entries: 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Maarif sandık eminliği
150 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
Maarif sandık eminliği
150 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
Maarif sandık eminliği
150 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Maarif sandık eminliği
200 kuruşCalculated age 33
Maarif sandık eminliği
200 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Nüfus dairesi memurluğu
250 kuruşCalculated age 34
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 150 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 9.9% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 150 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 10.5% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 150 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 11.4% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 200 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 15.5% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 250 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 22.7% | 1290 |
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 rate- Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)150 to 250
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
- Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)5 other officialsHasan Hakkı Efendi born 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 125 kuruş
- Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)4 other officialsMustafa Hayri Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1903/04 (AH 1321)141 other officialsHasan Muhiddin Efendi first entry in Bijelo Polje (Akova); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Bulgarian
- Tekellüm [source]
- Turkish
- Kitâbet [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması, pekiyi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Mahalli sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye mektebi [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First-salary field
- 150 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
- 1903/04 (AH 1321) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kosova doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları (1834-1889)
DÖNDÜ DOĞAN · 2025 · Pages 141, 142
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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