Mehmed Eşref Efendi

Born 1876/77 (AH 1293) · Pristina (Priştine) · Dated entries 1893 to 1899 (AH 1311 to 1316)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 124-73

The career, year by year

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

Places and reading notes

Priştine Sancağı
Mitroviçe Kazası

2 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

Mehmed Eşref Efendi was born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The father’s occupation was Jandarma yüzbaşısı. Schooling included Priştine Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Pristina (Priştine) in 1893/94 (AH 1311). Service included Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi stajyeri in Priştine Sancağı (1893/94 (AH 1311)). Later posts included Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi in Mitroviçe Kazası (1898/99 (AH 1316)).^[1]

Monthly pay went from 225 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 225 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316); the highest recorded monthly rate is 225 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Pristina (Priştine) · 1876/77 (AH 1293)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Jandarma yüzbaşısı^[source]
Education: Priştine Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1893/94 (AH 1311) · Pristina (Priştine)^[source]
Age at first work: 18^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 5.3^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

2
Dated AH years: 3
Career place names: 8
Entries without a resolved year: 1
Salary years: 225 → 225
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 225
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 19.2%
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. 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1898/99 (AH 1316); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1898/99 (AH 1316).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 3 · Pristina (Priştine)

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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
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Pristina (Priştine)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Pristina (Priştine) / Priştine Sancağı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Priştine Sancağı
1. Pristina (Priştine)
  First work as recorded
  Calculated age 18
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Priştine Sancağı
  Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi stajyeri
  Calculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Mitroviçe Kazası
Not yet located on the map: Mitroviçe Kazası
1. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
  225 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]

8 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.

Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · Priştine Sancağı · Undated · 300 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Vilayet merkez tahsildarı · Kosova Vilayeti · Undated · 400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Tahsilat Komisyonu kâtibi · Kosova Vilayeti · Undated · 400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Vilayet Muhasebesi liva kâtibi yardımcısı · Kosova Vilayeti · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Aşar ve Rüsumat kâtibi · Kosova Vilayeti · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Sicill ve Kefalet kâtibi · Kosova Vilayeti · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Vilayet tahsil memuru · Kosova Vilayeti · Undated · 1,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Vilayet tahsil memuru · Kosova Vilayeti · Undated · 600 kuruş 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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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
1898/99 (AH 1316)	225	400	144 to 1,400	19.2%	1844

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

Mitroviçe Kazası1
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Priştine Sancağı1
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Mitroviçe Kazası225

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

Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi1
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi stajyeri1
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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

Pristina (Priştine)90 other officialsHurşid Ziya Bey born 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 540 kuruş
1893/94 (AH 1311)195 other officialsAhmed Refik Efendi first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); no salary recorded

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüştiye diploması^[1]

Schooling Priştine Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar^[1]

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Personal details

Birthplace: Priştine^[source]
Birth province: Kosova^[source]
Birth year: 1876/77 (AH 1293)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Jandarma yüzbaşısı^[source]
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 124-73^[1]

Education and languages

Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okuryazar^[1]
Qualification: Formal qualification recorded^[source]Rüştiye diploması^[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education: Priştine Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi^[source]
Education level equivalent: 7^[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 18^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: Priştine^[source]
First work year: 1893/94 (AH 1311)^[source]
Apprenticeship: 5.3^[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar
ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 192, 193
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 124-73

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