Mehmet Zülfü Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Erzincan · Dated entries 1882 to 1897 (AH 1300 to 1314)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD, 297/91
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Zülfü Efendi was born in Erzincan, within the İslam community. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; muallim-i mahsus. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Erzurum telgrafhanesi. Dated career entries span 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1896/97 (AH 1314) across 9 AH years, from Erzurum telgraf merkezi to Kiğı, beginning with Muharrerat muvassılı and ending with entries for Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Erzurum telgraf merkezi, Tercan telgraf merkezi, Erzincan telgraf merkezi and Beyrut telgraf merkezi and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 540 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1892/93 (AH 1310). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · Erzurum telgraf merkezi
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Erzurum telgraf merkezi
Not yet located on the map: Erzurum telgraf merkezi
Muharrerat muvassılı
150 kuruş
2 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Erzurum telgraf merkezi / Tercan telgraf merkezi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Erzurum telgraf merkezi; Tercan telgraf merkezi
Erzurum telgraf merkezi
Muharrerat muvassılı
150 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Tercan telgraf merkezi
Muharrerat muvassılı
150 kuruş
3 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Tercan telgraf merkezi / Erzincan telgraf merkezi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tercan telgraf merkezi; Erzincan telgraf merkezi
Tercan telgraf merkezi
Muharrerat muvassılı
150 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Erzincan telgraf merkezi
Muharrerat muvassılı
150 kuruş
4 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Beyrut telgraf merkezi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Beyrut telgraf merkezi; Location not recorded
Beyrut telgraf merkezi
Telgraf muhabere memuru
400 kuruş
Place not recorded
Infisal
5 1892/93 (AH 1310) · 5 recorded years
Kiğı
AH entries: 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü
600 kuruş
Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü
540 kuruş
3 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.
- Telgrafhane mülazımı · Erzurum · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Erzincan · Year not recorded
- First work as recorded · Erzurum telgrafhanesi · 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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 8.6% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 8.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 8.2% | 1748 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 45.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 600 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 65.6% | 1935 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 540 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 61.1% | 2119 |
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- Kiğı540 to 600
- Erzurum telgraf merkezi150
- Tercan telgraf merkezi150
- Beyrut telgraf merkezi400
- Erzincan telgraf merkezi150
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
- Erzincan187 other officialsMehmet Kamil Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- 1882/83 (AH 1300)236 other officialsMustafa Hakkı Efendi first annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 120 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar
ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 102, 103
145 BOA, DH. SAİD, 297/91; BOA, DH. SAİD, 297/91
Read the original source accounts · 15 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 · 9 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.