Mehmed Efendi
Born 1829/30 (AH 1245) · Erzurum · Dated entries 1877 to 1891 (AH 1294 to 1308)
Languages Arabic, Persian
Archival reference MŞH. SAİD, nr. 45/ 4 /5
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Varto
- Rızvan
- Çapakçur
- Karahisar
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.
The life
Mehmed Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1829/30 (AH 1245). The father’s occupation was Kavas. Schooling included Erzurum sıbyan mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Persian. [source]
Service began in Varto in 1877/78 (AH 1294). Service included Kadı yardımcısı in Varto (1877/78 (AH 1294)). Later posts included Kadılık görevi in Rızvan (1880/81 (AH 1298)), Kadılık görevi in Çapakçur (1886/87 (AH 1304)) and Kadılık görevi in Karahisar (1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)). [1]
Monthly pay went from 120 kuruş in 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 1,250 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,250 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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.
Stage 1 of 5 · Erzurum
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1829/30 (AH 1245)
Erzurum
Birth
2 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Varto / Varto
Within-year entry order unresolved
First work as recorded
Calculated age 49
Varto
Kadı yardımcısı
120 kuruşCalculated age 49
3 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Rızvan
Not yet located on the map: Rızvan
Kadılık görevi
150 kuruşCalculated age 53
4 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Çapakçur
Not yet located on the map: Çapakçur
Kadılık görevi
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 59
5 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 2 recorded years
Karahisar
AH entries: 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Karahisar
Kadılık görevi
Calculated age 62
Kadılık görevi
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 63
2 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.
- Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kadılık vekâleti · Kalaba · Undated · 625 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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 120 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 7.3% | 1160 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 150 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 7.7% | 1448 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 1,250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 85.9% | 1725 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 1,250 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 85.3% | 1896 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Karahisar1,250
- Çapakçur1,250
- Rızvan150
- Varto120
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 titleThe 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
- Erzurum17 other officialsYusuf Ağa born 1826/27 (AH 1242); no salary recorded
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)160 other officialsMehmed Mahvi Efendi first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 720 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Arabic
- bilir [source]
- Persian
- bilir [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]İcazetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Erzurum 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
- 49 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Varto [source]
- First-salary field
- 120 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
- 1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Erzurum vilayeti doğumlu Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre
SİNAN ÇAKMAK · 2023 · Pages 90, 91
MŞH. SAİD, nr. 45/ 4 /5.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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