Şeyh Müslim Efendi

Born 1857/58 (AH 1274) · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Dated entries 1884/85 (AH 1302)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference Meşihat Arşivi 1630

The career, year by year

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

Places and reading notes

Birecik

1 distinct dated year. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

The life

Şeyh Müslim Efendi was born in Şanlıurfa (Urfa) in 1857/58 (AH 1274), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Urfa Müftüsü. Schooling included Urfa Şabaniye ve Halilürrahman Medreseleri. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Birecik in 1884/85 (AH 1302). Service included Birecik Kazası Müftüsü in Birecik (1884/85 (AH 1302)).^[1]

Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 250 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302); the highest recorded monthly rate is 250 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302). An undated death entry survives.^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · 1857/58 (AH 1274)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Urfa Müftüsü^[source]
Education: Urfa Şabaniye ve Halilürrahman Medreseleri^[source]
First work: 1884/85 (AH 1302) · Birecik^[source]
Age at first work: 28^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 250 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

1
Dated AH years: 2
Career place names: 7
Entries without a resolved year: 1
Salary years: 250 → 250
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 250
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 19.9%
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.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 1884/85 (AH 1302); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1884/85 (AH 1302).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 2 · Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

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
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Birecik
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 28
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Birecik Kazası Müftüsü
  250 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]

7 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.

Birecik Kazası Müftüsü (Nakil) · Birecik · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Urfa Bidayet Mahkemesi Azası · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Undated · 250 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
açıkta (askerlik sebebiyle infisal) (İnfisal) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Urfa Müftüsü · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Undated · 273 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Urfa Müftüsü · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Urfa Müftüsü (İnfisal) · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Vefat · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [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
1884/85 (AH 1302)	250	400	150 to 1,500	19.9%	1748

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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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

Birecik1
1884/85 (AH 1302)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Birecik250

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

Birecik Kazası Müftüsü1
1884/85 (AH 1302)

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

Şanlıurfa (Urfa)18 other officialsAbdulkadir Efendi (2194)140 born 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 320 kuruş
Birecik2 other officialsAli Nuri Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 450 kuruş
1884/85 (AH 1302)173 other officialsAbraham Efendi first entry in Birecik; highest salary 300 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; icazetname^[1]

Schooling Urfa Şabaniye ve Halilürrahman Medreseleri^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Aşina^[source]
Persian · Aşina^[source]
Turkish · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]

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

Personal details

Birthplace: Şanlıurfa^[source]Urfa^[1]
Birth province: Halep^[source]
Birth year: 1857/58 (AH 1274)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Urfa Müftüsü^[source]
Religion: İslam^[source]
Archive references: Meşihat Arşivi 1630^[1]

Education and languages

Arabic: Aşina^[source]
Persian: Aşina^[source]
Turkish: Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Qualification: Formal qualification recorded^[source]icazetname^[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education: Urfa Şabaniye ve Halilürrahman Medreseleri^[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 28^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: Birecik^[source]
First-salary field: 250 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: 1884/85 (AH 1302)^[source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 0 (recorded code)^[source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded: 0 (recorded code)^[source]

Sources and evidence

Meşihat Arşivi belgeleri ışığında Urfa sancağı uleması(1850-1923)
MEHMET FATİN OKULU · 2015 · Pages 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129
(1630); Meşihat Arşivi’ndeki Sicill -i Ahval dosyasındaki bilgiye göre Şeyh Müslim

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