Mehmed Kasım Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Kilitbahir · Dated entries 1894 to 1909 (AH 1312 to 1326)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Kasım Efendi was born in Kilitbahir. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Kale-i Sultaniyye Rüşdiyesi; Kale-i Sultaniyye İdadi Mülkiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 8 AH years, beginning with mülazım (memuriyet). More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul, Bahr-ı Sefid Boğazı Topçu Sınıfı / Tophane-i Âmire Muhasebe Komisyonu, Rüsumat, İstanbul and Rüsumat merkez idaresi, İstanbul. [1]
Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325) to 500 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
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.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
First work as recorded
Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
mülazım (memuriyet)
2 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
mülazım (memuriyet)
Continuing service as described
3 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul / Bahr-ı Sefid Boğazı Topçu Sınıfı / Tophane-i Âmire Muhasebe Komisyonu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul; Bahr-ı Sefid Boğazı Topçu Sınıfı / Tophane-i Âmire Muhasebe Komisyonu
Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
mülazım (memuriyet)
Continuing service as described
Bahr-ı Sefid Boğazı Topçu Sınıfı / Tophane-i Âmire Muhasebe Komisyonu
gönüllü topçu, cephane sorumlusu (askerlik)
4 1904/05 (AH 1322) · 3 recorded years
Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
AH entries: 1322, 1323, 1324. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
5 1907/08 (AH 1325)
Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul / Rüsumat, İstanbul
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul; Rüsumat, İstanbul
Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul
Mülazım
Continuing service as described
Rüsumat, İstanbul
tahrirat kalemi memuru
200 kuruş
6 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Rüsumat, İstanbul / Rüsumat merkez idaresi, İstanbul
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat, İstanbul; Rüsumat merkez idaresi, İstanbul
Rüsumat, İstanbul
tahrirat kalemi memuru
200 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Rüsumat merkez idaresi, İstanbul
merkez idaresi refik-i evveli
500 kuruş
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Birth · Kilitbahir · Year not recorded
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 200 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 16.1% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 52.4% | 1232 |
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- Rüsumat, İstanbul200
- Rüsumat merkez idaresi, İstanbul500
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
- Kilitbahir1 other officialSüleyman Şevket Efendi birth year not recorded; highest salary 450 kuruş
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)224 other officialsAli Bey first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Mülazım7 other officialsAhmet Hamdi Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; şehadetname (üstün derece) [1]
Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi; Kale-i Sultaniyye Rüşdiyesi; Kale-i Sultaniyye İdadi Mülkiye Mektebi [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
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Gelibolu doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)
OSMAN UMUT NAL · 2026 · Pages 138, 139
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 8 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 14 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.