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

Nazif Efendi

Born 1854/55 (AH 1271) · Bursa · Dated entries 1875 to 1911 (AH 1292 to 1328)

Languages Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival references 14/32; 63-64; 150/126; 249; 14/32; 63-64; 150/126; 249

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 18 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.

1BursaKonyaNovi Pazar (Yenipazar)Mosul (Musul)Trabzon
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 18 · Bursa

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.

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

  1. 1

    1854/55 (AH 1271)

    Bursa

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 21

    2. İpsara kazası maliye müdiriyeti

      475 kuruşCalculated age 21

  3. 3

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası

    Not yet located on the map: Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years

      Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası / Place not recorded

      AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası; Location not recorded

        All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1878/79 (AH 1296)

        Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası / Amariye

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası; Amariye

          All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1879/80 (AH 1297)

          Amariye / Place not recorded

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Amariye; Location not recorded

            All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1880/81 (AH 1298) · 3 recorded years

            Place not recorded

            AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.

            Within-year entry order unresolved

            Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

              All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1885/86 (AH 1303)

              Konya

                All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

              1. 9

                1888/89 (AH 1306)

                Place not recorded

                Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                  All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1890/91 (AH 1308) · 2 recorded years

                  Place not recorded

                  AH entries: 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.

                  Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1892/93 (AH 1310)

                    Yozgad

                    Not yet located on the map: Yozgad

                      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                    1. 12

                      1893/94 (AH 1311)

                      Place not recorded

                      Within-year entry order unresolved

                      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                        All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                      1. 13

                        1896/97 (AH 1314)

                        Konya / Place not recorded / Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)

                        Within-year entry order unresolved

                        Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                          All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

                        1. 14

                          1897/98 (AH 1315) · 2 recorded years

                          Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)

                          AH entries: 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.

                            All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                          1. 15

                            1900/01 (AH 1318) · 4 recorded years

                            Place not recorded

                            AH entries: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.

                            Within-year entry order unresolved

                            Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                              All 7 recorded entries in this stage →

                            1. 16

                              1907/08 (AH 1325)

                              Mosul (Musul)

                              Within-year entry order unresolved

                                All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                              1. 17

                                1908/09 (AH 1326)

                                Mosul (Musul) / Yemen

                                Within-year entry order unresolved

                                Not yet located on the map: Yemen

                                  All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                                1. 18

                                  1910/11 (AH 1328)

                                  Tranzon / Trabzon

                                  Within-year entry order unresolved

                                  Not yet located on the map: Tranzon

                                  1. Tranzon

                                    Tranzon vilayeti defterdarlığı

                                    4,500 kuruşCalculated age 57

                                  2. Trabzon

                                    Tranzon vilayeti defterdarlığı (işe mübaşeret)

                                    Calculated age 57

                                13 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.

                                Read all 13 undated entries and their source evidence →

                                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
                                1875/76 (AH 1292)475450150 to 2,00051.8%976
                                1876/77 (AH 1293)475420150 to 2,00052.5%1102
                                1877/78 (AH 1294)475450150 to 1,80052.1%1160
                                1878 (AH 1295)475450150 to 2,00051.7%1196
                                1878/79 (AH 1296)570400150 to 2,00062.8%1328
                                1879/80 (AH 1297)800400180 to 1,80075.0%1534
                                1880/81 (AH 1298)800400160 to 1,50077.8%1448
                                1881/82 (AH 1299)1,500400150 to 1,50089.3%1489
                                1882/83 (AH 1300)1,500400150 to 1,40090.1%1655
                                1885/86 (AH 1303)1,750400150 to 1,50091.7%1787
                                1888/89 (AH 1306)1,800400135 to 1,50092.2%1797
                                1890/91 (AH 1308)1,800400125 to 1,50091.5%1896
                                1891/92 (AH 1309)1,800400140 to 1,60091.5%1927
                                1893/94 (AH 1311)1,800400140 to 1,40092.7%1929
                                1896/97 (AH 1314)2,500450150 to 1,57594.7%2119
                                1897/98 (AH 1315)1,125400140 to 1,42586.8%1891
                                1898/99 (AH 1316)1,125400144 to 1,40086.4%1844
                                1900/01 (AH 1318)3,500400140 to 1,50097.2%1761
                                1903/04 (AH 1321)1,900405150 to 1,45093.5%1578
                                1907/08 (AH 1325)3,600460135 to 1,61596.7%1290
                                1908/09 (AH 1326)6,500400150 to 2,00097.2%1232
                                1910/11 (AH 1328)4,500500200 to 2,00097.8%732

                                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. Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası5
                                  1875 to 1879 (AH 1292 to 1296)
                                2. 1896 to 1899 (AH 1314 to 1316)
                                3. Amariye2
                                  1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
                                4. 1885 to 1897 (AH 1303 to 1314)
                                5. 1907 to 1909 (AH 1325 to 1326)
                                6. 1910/11 (AH 1328)

                                The six most recorded places. 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. Sakız Ceziresi mülhekatından İpsara kazası475
                                2. Amariye513 to 570
                                3. Konya1,750
                                4. Tranzon4,500

                                Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1875 to 1879 (AH 1292 to 1296)
                                2. 1900 to 1904 (AH 1318 to 1321)
                                3. 1878 to 1897 (AH 1296 to 1314)
                                4. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
                                5. 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)
                                6. 1907 to 1909 (AH 1325 to 1326)

                                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 Feyzullah Paşa mektebi [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

                                Sources and evidence

                                1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

                                  DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 341,342,343,344,345,346,347

                                  14/32; 63-64; 150/126; 249

                                Read the original source accounts · 59 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 · 25 dated AH years

                                Annual salary study and register readings

                                The separate annual salary reference account has 45 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

                                Open the salary study and register readings →

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