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Süleyman Faik Efendi

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Skopje (Üsküp) · Dated entries 1873 to 1890 (AH 1290 to 1307)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. 101/80

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 12 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.

1Skopje (Üsküp)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 12 · Skopje (Üsküp)

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.

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

  1. 1

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Skopje (Üsküp)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Skopje (Üsküp)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    2. Tahrirat birimi görevlisi

      40 kuruşCalculated age 18

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Skopje (Üsküp) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Skopje (Üsküp)

      Tahrirat birimi görevlisi

      40 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 19

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1875/76 (AH 1292) · 2 recorded years

    Skopje (Üsküp)

    AH entries: 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.

    1. Emlak ve arazi yoklama kâtibi

      Calculated age 20

    2. Emlak ve arazi yoklama kâtibi

      Calculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

  5. 5

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Skopje (Üsküp) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Skopje (Üsküp)

      Emlak ve arazi yoklama kâtibi

      Calculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    2. Skopje (Üsküp)

      Emlak kayıt memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 22

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  6. 6

    1878 (AH 1295) · 3 recorded years

    Skopje (Üsküp)

    AH entries: 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Emlak kayıt memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    2. Emlak kayıt memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 25

    All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

  7. 7

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Skopje (Üsküp) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Skopje (Üsküp)

      Emlak kayıt memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 26

  8. 8

    1881/82 (AH 1299) · 3 recorded years

    Skopje (Üsküp)

    AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.

    1. Tahrirat birimi mübeyyizi

      120 kuruşCalculated age 27

    2. Tahrirat birimi mübeyyizi

      120 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Skopje (Üsküp) / Kosova Vilayeti Orman Müfettişliği Dairesi / Kosova Vilayeti Vakıflar Dairesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kosova Vilayeti Orman Müfettişliği Dairesi; Kosova Vilayeti Vakıflar Dairesi

    1. Skopje (Üsküp)

      Tahrirat birimi mübeyyizi

      120 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kosova Vilayeti Vakıflar Dairesi

      Vakıflar Dairesinde görev

      400 kuruşCalculated age 30

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  10. 10

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Kosova Vilayeti Vakıflar Dairesi / Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kosova Vilayeti Vakıflar Dairesi; Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi

    1. Kosova Vilayeti Vakıflar Dairesi

      Vakıflar Dairesinde görev

      400 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi

      Muhasebe Varidat Dairesi refakati

      450 kuruşCalculated age 31

  11. 11

    1886/87 (AH 1304) · 3 recorded years

    Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi

    AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi

    1. Muhasebe Varidat Dairesi refakati

      450 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

    2. Muhasebe Varidat Dairesi refakati

      450 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  12. 12

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi / Kosova vilayet muhasebesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi; Kosova vilayet muhasebesi

    1. Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi

      Muhasebe Varidat Dairesi refakati

      450 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kosova vilayet muhasebesi

      Vilayet muhasebesi evrak kayıt memuru

      450 kuruşCalculated age 35

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
1873/74 (AH 1290)40405130 to 2,2002.4%805
1874/75 (AH 1291)235450150 to 1,80020.7%882
1877/78 (AH 1294)400450150 to 1,80043.0%1160
1878 (AH 1295)400450150 to 2,00042.7%1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)440400150 to 2,00051.8%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)400400180 to 1,80044.2%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)350400160 to 1,50041.0%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)120400150 to 1,5006.9%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)120400150 to 1,4006.6%1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)120400150 to 1,4006.6%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)480400150 to 1,50058.7%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)450400150 to 1,50053.6%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)450400150 to 1,50053.5%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)450400150 to 1,50051.2%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)450400135 to 1,50052.7%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)450400130 to 1,50053.6%1874

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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. 1873 to 1885 (AH 1290 to 1302)
  2. Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi5
    1885 to 1890 (AH 1303 to 1307)
  3. Kosova Vilayeti Vakıflar Dairesi2
    1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
  4. Kosova vilayet muhasebesi1
    1889/90 (AH 1307)
  5. Kosova Vilayeti Orman Müfettişliği Dairesi1
    1884/85 (AH 1302)

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. Kosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Birimi Varidat Dairesi450
  2. Kosova Vilayeti Vakıflar Dairesi400
  3. Kosova vilayet muhasebesi450
  4. Kosova Vilayeti Orman Müfettişliği Dairesi480

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. 1877 to 1881 (AH 1294 to 1298)
  2. 1885 to 1890 (AH 1303 to 1307)
  3. 1881 to 1885 (AH 1299 to 1302)
  4. 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1294)
  5. 1873 to 1875 (AH 1290 to 1291)
  6. 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüştiye diploması (kayıp) [1]

Schooling Rüştiye [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kosova doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları (1834-1889)

    DÖNDÜ DOĞAN · 2025 · Pages 109, 110, 111

    BOA. DH. SAİD. 101/80; 397 BOA. DH. SAİD. 101/80.; 398 BOA. DH. SAİD. 101/80.; 399 BOA. DH. SAİD. 101/80.; BOA. DH. SAİD. 101/80

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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 · 18 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 32 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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