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Mehmed Nihad Bey

Born 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Konitsa (Koniçe) · Dated entries 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)

Languages French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1893/94 (AH 1311): Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı, place unspecified1894/95 (AH 1312): Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı, place unspecified1894/95 (AH 1312): Maaş kaydı, place unspecified, 100 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312): Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımı, place unspecified1895/96 (AH 1313): Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımı, place unspecified1895/96 (AH 1313): Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı, place unspecified, 150 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313): Trieste Şehbenderhanesi kançılaryası, Trieste, 1,000 kuruşAH 1311AH 1313
Places and reading notes
  • Trieste

3 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.

1Konitsa (Koniçe)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Konitsa (Koniçe)

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. 1

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Konitsa (Koniçe)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 25

    2. Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 25

  3. 3

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    2. Maaş kaydı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 26

    3. Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 26

  4. 4

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Place not recorded / Trieste

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Trieste

    1. Place not recorded

      Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı

      150 kuruşCalculated age 27

    3. Trieste

      Trieste Şehbenderhanesi kançılaryası

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 27

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.

View the yearly values
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
1894/95 (AH 1312)100400140 to 1,5005.1%2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)1,000400140 to 1,50080.4%1981

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
05001,0001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131894/95 (AH 1312) · 100 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 150 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 1,000 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. Trieste1
    1895/96 (AH 1313)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Trieste1,000

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. 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
  2. 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)
  3. 1894/95 (AH 1312)
  4. 1895/96 (AH 1313)

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; Vasat dereceli edebiyat ve ulum şahadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Koniçe İslam ve Rum mektepleri; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Koniçe [source]
Birth province
Yanya [source]
Birth year
1869/70 (AH 1286) [source]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Vasat dereceli edebiyat ve ulum şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Koniçe İslam ve Rum mektepleri; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]

First work and apprenticeship

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

Sources and evidence

  1. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 218, 219

Read the original source accounts · 7 source entries →

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 · 3 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 7 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

Open the salary study and register readings →

How to read the records

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