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Receb Kamil Efendi

Born 1856/57 (AH 1273) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1881 to 1886 (AH 1299 to 1303)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1881/82 (AH 1299): Rüsumat Memuru, place unspecified, 300 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300): Rüsumat Memuru, place unspecified, 300 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301): Rüsumat Memuru, place unspecified, 300 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302): Rüsumat Memuru, place unspecified, 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): Rüsumat Memuru, place unspecified, 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): Rüsûmat memuru (İstifa), place unspecifiedAH 1299AH 1300AH 1303
Places and reading notes

    5 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 3 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.

    1Shkodër (İşkodra)
    ● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

    Stage 1 of 3 · Shkodër (İşkodra)

    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.

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

    1. 1

      1856/57 (AH 1273)

      Shkodër (İşkodra)

      1. Birth

    2. 2

      1881/82 (AH 1299)

      Place not recorded

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. First work as recorded

        Calculated age 26

      2. Rüsumat Memuru

        300 kuruşCalculated age 26

    3. 3

      1882/83 (AH 1300) · 4 recorded years

      Place not recorded

      AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Rüsumat Memuru

        300 kuruşCalculated age 27

        Continuing service as described

      2. Rüsumat Memuru

        300 kuruşCalculated age 28

        Continuing service as described

      3. Rüsumat Memuru

        300 kuruşCalculated age 29

        Continuing service as described

      4. Rüsumat Memuru

        300 kuruşCalculated age 30

        Continuing service as described

      5. Rüsûmat memuru (İstifa)

        Calculated age 30

    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
    1881/82 (AH 1299)300400150 to 1,50028.0%1489
    1882/83 (AH 1300)300400150 to 1,40027.9%1655
    1883/84 (AH 1301)300400150 to 1,40028.3%1720
    1884/85 (AH 1302)300400150 to 1,50028.2%1748
    1885/86 (AH 1303)300400150 to 1,50027.9%1787

    Career patterns and pay

    Recorded pay over the career

    Kuruş · dated amounts
    01503001881/82AH 12991883/84AH 13011885/86AH 13031881/82 (AH 1299) · 300 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 300 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 300 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 300 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.

    Titles across the recorded years

    Distinct AH years with each recorded title
    1. 1881 to 1886 (AH 1299 to 1303)
    2. 1885/86 (AH 1303)

    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

    Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

    Language skills and historical terms

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

    • Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]

    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
    İşkodra [source]
    Birth year
    1856/57 (AH 1273) [source]
    Archive references
    BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105 [1]

    Education and languages

    Turkish
    Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
    Education detail
    Mukaddime-i ulûm-i diniyye [source]
    Education
    Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
    Education level equivalent
    4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

    First work and apprenticeship

    Age at first service
    26 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
    First-salary field
    300 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
    1881/82 (AH 1299) [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

    1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

      AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 296, 297

      384 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105.; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105.

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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 · 5 dated AH years

    Annual salary study and register readings

    The separate annual salary reference account has 6 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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