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Mehmet İrfan Efendi

Born 1882/83 (AH 1300) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1901 to 1908 (AH 1319 to 1325)

Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1901/02 (AH 1319): Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, Kütahya1902/03 (AH 1320): Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, Kütahya1903/04 (AH 1321): Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, Kütahya1904/05 (AH 1322): Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, Kütahya1905/06 (AH 1323): Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, Kütahya1906/07 (AH 1324): Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, Kütahya1906/07 (AH 1324): Ziraat Bankası şubesi görevi, Kütahya1906/07 (AH 1324): Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati, Uşak, 250 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325): Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati, Uşak, 250 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325): Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati (İstifa), Uşak1907/08 (AH 1325): Tahrirat kalemi memuru, Kütahya, 80 kuruşAH 1319AH 1325
Places and reading notes
  • Kütahya
  • Uşak

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

Follow 4 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.

1KütahyaUşak
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Kütahya

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. 1

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Kütahya

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Kütahya

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 19

  3. 3

    1902/03 (AH 1320) · 4 recorded years

    Kütahya

    AH entries: 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

    3. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    4. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1906/07 (AH 1324) · 2 recorded years

    Kütahya / Uşak

    AH entries: 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Kütahya

      Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kütahya

      Ziraat Bankası şubesi görevi

      Calculated age 24

    3. Uşak

      Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 24

    4. Uşak

      Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

    5. Uşak

      Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati (İstifa)

      Calculated age 25

    6. Kütahya

      Tahrirat kalemi memuru

      80 kuruşCalculated age 25

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.

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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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1906/07 (AH 1324)250450150 to 1,52522.2%1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)250460135 to 1,61522.7%1290

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01252501906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251906/07 (AH 1324) · 250 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · 250 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · 80 kuruş

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. 1901 to 1908 (AH 1319 to 1325)
  2. 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1901 to 1907 (AH 1319 to 1324)
  2. 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)
  3. 1907/08 (AH 1325)
  4. 1907/08 (AH 1325)
  5. 1906/07 (AH 1324)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; İdadi şehadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülki [source]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kütahya [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [source]
Father’s occupation
Emekli bahriye binbaşısı [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119 [1]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İdadi şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülki [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kütahya [source]
First work year
1901/02 (AH 1319) [source]
Apprenticeship
5 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

    MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 135, 136

    BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.

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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 · 7 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 11 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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