Muhtar Ağa

Born 1838/39 (AH 1254) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1862 to 1890 (AH 1279 to 1307)

Archival references BOA. DH. SAİDd., 01/434; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 01/434, s. 866

The career, year by year

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The life

Muhtar Ağa was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1838/39 (AH 1254). Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi.^[source]

Service began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1862/63 (AH 1279). Dated career entries span 1862/63 (AH 1279) to 1889/90 (AH 1307) across 20 AH years, from Shkodër (İşkodra) to Puka, beginning with Eyalet meclis-i kebir üyeliği. More than one post or place appears in 7 of those years. Place names include Shkodër (İşkodra), Gurez, Puka and Lezhë (Leş).^[1]

Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1862/63 (AH 1279) to 1,250 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,250 kuruş in 1878/79 (AH 1296).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Shkodër (İşkodra) · 1838/39 (AH 1254)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Shkodër (İşkodra)^[source]
Age at first work: 25^[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

25
Dated AH years: 4
Career place names: 1
Entries without a resolved year: 19
Salary years: 250 → 1,250
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 1,250
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 86.6%
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. 1862/63 (AH 1279) to 1889/90 (AH 1307); 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 1889/90 (AH 1307).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 12 · Shkodër (İşkodra)

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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

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

1
1838/39 (AH 1254)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 25
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Eyalet meclis-i kebir üyeliği
  250 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1863/64 (AH 1280) · 3 recorded years
Shkodër (İşkodra)
AH entries: 1280, 1281, 1282. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Eyalet meclis-i kebir üyeliği (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Ziraat müdürlüğü (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 7 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1867/68 (AH 1284) · 5 recorded years
Shkodër (İşkodra)
AH entries: 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Zaptiye sergerdeliği
  1,100 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vilayet divan-ı deâvî üyeliği (Azil)
  Calculated age 34
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 7 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Shkodër (İşkodra) / Gurez
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Gurez
1. Shkodër (İşkodra)
  Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği
  Calculated age 35
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Gurez
  Çiftlik-i Hümâyun müdürlüğü
  750 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1874/75 (AH 1291) · 5 recorded years
Shkodër (İşkodra)
AH entries: 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.
1. Belediye reisliği
  700 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vilayet sandık eminliği (Azil)
  Calculated age 41
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Puka
Not yet located on the map: Puka
1. Kaymakamlık
  1,250 kuruşCalculated age 42
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Puka / Lezhë (Leş)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Puka
1. Puka
  Kaymakamlık
  Calculated age 43
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Lezhë (Leş)
  Kaymakamlık
  1,250 kuruşCalculated age 43
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Lezhë (Leş)
1. Kaymakamlık (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 44
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
1. Cibâl-i Mülhaka sergerdeliği
  650 kuruşCalculated age 47
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Shkodër (İşkodra) / Puka
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Puka
1. Shkodër (İşkodra)
  Cibâl-i Mülhaka sergerdeliği
  Calculated age 48
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Puka
  Kaymakamlık
  1,250 kuruşCalculated age 48
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1885/86 (AH 1303) · 5 recorded years
Puka
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Puka
1. Kaymakamlık
  1,250 kuruşCalculated age 49
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kaymakamlık (İstifa)
  Calculated age 53
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

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.

Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği (İstifa) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · 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

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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

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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
1862/63 (AH 1279)	250	400	140 to 3,000	23.5%	197
1863/64 (AH 1280)	250	475	125 to 3,000	27.3%	232
1864/65 (AH 1281)	250	400	125 to 3,000	27.0%	253
1867/68 (AH 1284)	1,100	458	150 to 2,500	76.7%	435
1869/70 (AH 1286)	250	400	150 to 2,250	23.0%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	250	400	150 to 2,000	21.9%	649
1872/73 (AH 1289)	750	450	140 to 2,350	69.3%	736
1874/75 (AH 1291)	700	450	150 to 1,800	68.0%	882
1876/77 (AH 1293)	500	420	150 to 2,000	55.0%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	500	450	150 to 1,800	54.6%	1160
1878/79 (AH 1296)	1,250	400	150 to 2,000	82.4%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	1,250	400	180 to 1,800	84.2%	1534
1883/84 (AH 1301)	650	400	150 to 1,400	74.1%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	1,250	400	150 to 1,500	86.4%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	1,250	400	150 to 1,500	86.1%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	1,250	400	150 to 1,500	85.9%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	1,250	400	150 to 1,500	85.0%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	1,250	400	135 to 1,500	85.2%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	1,250	400	130 to 1,500	86.6%	1874

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Shkodër (İşkodra)13
1862 to 1885 (AH 1279 to 1302)
Puka8
1878 to 1890 (AH 1296 to 1307)
Gurez1
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Lezhë (Leş)1
1879/80 (AH 1297)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Shkodër (İşkodra)250 to 1,100
Puka1,250
Gurez750
Lezhë (Leş)1,250

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

Kaymakamlık8
1878 to 1890 (AH 1296 to 1307)
Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği3
1863 to 1873 (AH 1280 to 1289)
Cibâl-i Mülhaka sergerdeliği2
1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
Vilayet divan-ı deâvî üyeliği2
1869 to 1871 (AH 1286 to 1287)
Vilayet idare meclisi fahrî üyeliği2
1867 to 1869 (AH 1284 to 1285)
Vilayet sandık eminliği2
1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)

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

Shkodër (İşkodra)310 other officialsBekir Hulusi Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 800 kuruş
Shkodër (İşkodra)88 other officialsAleksandır Efendi 17 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
Sıbyan Mektebi562 other officialsAbdullah Hilmi Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 800 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi^[source]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 0 (recorded code)^[source]
Judicial record as worded: 0 (recorded code)^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları
AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 256, 257, 258
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 01/434; 347 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 01/434, s. 866.; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 01/434, s. 866.

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The life

Life and career

Birth

First work as recorded

Eyalet meclis-i kebir üyeliği (İnfisal)

Ziraat müdürlüğü (İnfisal)

Vilayet divan-ı deâvî üyeliği (Azil)

Vilayet sandık eminliği (Azil)

Kaymakamlık (İnfisal)