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Mehmed Arif Efendi

Born 1877/78 (AH 1294) · Malatya · Dated entries 1909 to 1913 (AH 1327 to 1331)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1909/10 (AH 1327): Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini, Gemlik, 100 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328): Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini, Gemlik, 100 kuruş1911 (AH 1329): Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini, Gemlik, 100 kuruş1911/12 (AH 1330): Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini, Gemlik, 100 kuruş1912/13 (AH 1331): Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini, Gemlik, 100 kuruş1912/13 (AH 1331): Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini (Azil), GemlikAH 1327AH 1330AH 1331
Places and reading notes
  • Gemlik

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.

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.

1MalatyaGemlik
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Malatya

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. 1

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Malatya

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Gemlik

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 33

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini

      100 kuruşCalculated age 33

  3. 3

    1910/11 (AH 1328) · 4 recorded years

    Gemlik

    AH entries: 1328, 1329, 1330, 1331. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini

      100 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini

      100 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    3. Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini

      100 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    4. Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini

      100 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

    5. Bidayet Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumi Muavini (Azil)

      Calculated age 37

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
1909/10 (AH 1327)100600200 to 2,0001.4%1088
1910/11 (AH 1328)100500200 to 2,0001.2%732
1911 (AH 1329)100600250 to 2,5001.5%402
1911/12 (AH 1330)1001,000300 to 3,0001.3%233
1912/13 (AH 1331)1001,200300 to 4,0000.7%151

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
0501001909/10AH 13271911AH 13291912/13AH 13311909/10 (AH 1327) · 100 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · 100 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · 100 kuruş1911/12 (AH 1330) · 100 kuruş1912/13 (AH 1331) · 100 kuruş

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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 entries
  1. 1909 to 1913 (AH 1327 to 1331)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1909 to 1913 (AH 1327 to 1331)

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; Mekteb-i Hukuk diploması (a'lâ), icazetname [1]

Schooling Malatya Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Hukuk; Arapça icazet [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)
1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Malatya [source]
Birth year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bölük Emini (emekli) [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
bilir [source]
Persian
bilir [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Mekteb-i Hukuk diploması (a'lâ), icazetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Malatya Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Hukuk; Arapça icazet [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
33 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Gemlik [source]
First-salary field
100 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
1909/10 (AH 1327) [source]

Other recorded details

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

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i ahval defterlerine göre Malatya doğumlu memurlar: 1879-1909

    RAMAZAN ÇELEM · 2014 · Pages 276, 277

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 · 5 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 7 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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How to read the records

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