Saazâde Basil Şükrü Efendi

Born 1852/53 (AH 1269) · Aleppo (Halep) · Dated entries 1866 to 1888 (AH 1283 to 1305)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367

The career, year by year

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

Places and reading notes

Aleppo (Halep)
Huş
İskenderun

9 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

Saazâde Basil Şükrü Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1852/53 (AH 1269), within the Hristiyan community. Schooling included Halep Süryani Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Aleppo (Halep) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). Dated career entries span 1866/67 (AH 1283) to 1887/88 (AH 1305) across 9 AH years, from Aleppo (Halep) to Aleppo (Halep), beginning with Telgrafhane memuru and ending with entries for Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi sandık emini. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Aleppo (Halep), Huş and İskenderun.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1867/68 (AH 1284) to 500 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1878/79 (AH 1296).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Aleppo (Halep) · 1852/53 (AH 1269)^[source]
Education: Halep Süryani Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1866/67 (AH 1283) · Aleppo (Halep)^[source]
Age at first work: 14^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.

Career in numbers

9
Dated AH years: 3
Career place names: 8
Salary years: 400 → 500
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 500
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 54.5%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1867/68 (AH 1284) to 1887/88 (AH 1305); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1887/88 (AH 1305).

Life and career

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Follow 8 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.

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Stage 1 of 8 · Aleppo (Halep)

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

1
1852/53 (AH 1269)
Aleppo (Halep)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 14
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Telgrafhane memuru
  Calculated age 14
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Huş
Not yet located on the map: Huş
1. Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 15
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1868/69 (AH 1285) · 3 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi
  370 kuruşCalculated age 16
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi
  370 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi
  370 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi
  480 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1878/79 (AH 1296)
İskenderun
1. Merkez muhasebe memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Aleppo (Halep)
1. Rüsum-ı Sitte Nezareti Cubul Memlehası sandık emini
  450 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Halep Vilayeti Merkez Aşar Müdürlüğü Eminliği kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Halep Vilayeti Aşar Nezareti üçüncü kâtibi
  320 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Merkez Kazası Aşar başkâtibi
  480 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Aleppo (Halep)
1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi sandık emini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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

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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.

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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 year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1867/68 (AH 1284)	400	458	150 to 2,500	41.5%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	370	475	150 to 3,000	39.9%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	370	400	150 to 2,250	42.9%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	480	400	150 to 2,000	53.5%	649
1878/79 (AH 1296)	500	400	150 to 2,000	55.9%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	450	400	180 to 1,800	53.0%	1534
1882/83 (AH 1300)	480	400	150 to 1,400	58.9%	1655
1887/88 (AH 1305)	500	400	150 to 1,500	54.5%	1762

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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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

Aleppo (Halep)7
1866 to 1888 (AH 1283 to 1305)
Huş1
1867/68 (AH 1284)
İskenderun1
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Aleppo (Halep)320 to 500
Huş400
İskenderun500

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

Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi4
1867 to 1871 (AH 1284 to 1287)
Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi sandık emini1
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Halep Vilayeti Aşar Nezareti üçüncü kâtibi1
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Halep Vilayeti Merkez Aşar Müdürlüğü Eminliği kâtibi1
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Merkez Kazası Aşar başkâtibi1
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Merkez muhasebe memuru1
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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

Aleppo (Halep)72 other officialsYasef Efendi born 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 360 kuruş
Aleppo (Halep)64 other officialsİbrahim Fehim Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
1866/67 (AH 1283)95 other officialsAli Rıza Bey first entry in Aleppo (Halep); no salary recorded

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Education and personal record

Schooling Halep Süryani Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Kitâbetokuryazar^[1]
Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar^[1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace: Halep^[source]
Birth year: 1852/53 (AH 1269)^[source]
Nationality or community: Süryani^[source]
Religion: Hristiyan^[source]
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367^[1]

Education and languages

Arabic: Kitâbet^[source]okuryazar^[1]
Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okuryazar^[1]
Education: Halep Süryani Mektebi^[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 14^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: Halep^[source]
First work year: 1866/67 (AH 1283)^[source]

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar
ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 85, 86
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367

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