Ömer Lütfü Efendi
Born 1868/69 (AH 1285) · Taşköprü · Dated entries 1898 to 1911 (AH 1316 to 1329)
Languages French, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,195/425
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Ömer Lütfü Efendi was born in Taşköprü in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The father’s occupation was Çiftçi. Schooling included Taşköprü Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Mülkiye idadî ve âlî kısımları. The language repertoire included French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). Service included Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1898 to 1909 (AH 1316 to 1326)). Later posts included Bayburt kaymakamı in Bayburt (1909/10 (AH 1327)). Istanbul (Dersaadet) appears most often, across 11 dated years. [1]
Monthly pay went from 1,000 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 2,500 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 3,000 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · Taşköprü
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.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Taşköprü
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 31
Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 31
3 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 9 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
4 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 41
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 41
5 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Bayburt
Bayburt kaymakamı
2,500 kuruşCalculated age 42
6 1911 (AH 1329)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
İstifa
Calculated age 44
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.
- Bayburt kaymakamı · Bayburt · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İzin · 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 1,000 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 83.1% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 1,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 83.0% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 89.9% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 92.4% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 93.8% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 2,000 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 93.5% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 2,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 92.8% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 2,000 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 93.0% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 3,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 96.1% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 3,000 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 96.0% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 3,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 94.3% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 2,500 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 91.1% | 1088 |
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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,000 to 3,000
- Bayburt2,500
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
- Taşköprü61 other officialsHüseyin Sabri Efendi born 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Istanbul403 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Paşa 11 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)151 other officialsMehmed Sadık Beliğ Bey first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Taşköprülü memurlar
VİLDAN ŞAHİN · 2023 · Pages 154, 155
BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,195/425
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 17 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.