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Mehmed Nasih Efendi

Born 1844/45 (AH 1260) · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Dated entries 1866 to 1892 (AH 1283 to 1309)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival references (299); İstanbul Müftülüğü, Meşihat Arşivi, Sicill-i Ahval Dosyaları, nr. 299/45/13/1; İstanbul Müftülüğü, Meşihat Arşivi, Sicill-i Ahval Dosyaları,nr. 299/45/13/5

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 9 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.

1Şanlıurfa (Urfa)ErbilGevaş
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 9 · Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

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.

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

  1. 1

    1844/45 (AH 1260)

    Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 23

    2. Mahkeme-i şer'iyye kâtibi

      Calculated age 23

  3. 3

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Şuragöl

    Not yet located on the map: Şuragöl

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1871/72 (AH 1288) · 7 recorded years

      Şitak

      AH entries: 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Şitak

        All 8 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1879/80 (AH 1297)

        Erbil

        Within-year entry order unresolved

          All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1882/83 (AH 1300)

          Selahiye (Sılaca)

          Not yet located on the map: Selahiye (Sılaca)

            All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

          1. 7

            1885/86 (AH 1303)

            Müks

            Not yet located on the map: Müks

              All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

            1. 8

              1887/88 (AH 1305)

              Gevaş

                All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

              1. 9

                1891/92 (AH 1309)

                Müks

                Not yet located on the map: Müks

                1. Naib

                  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 49

              16 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.

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              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
              1869/70 (AH 1286)840400150 to 2,25074.3%609
              1871/72 (AH 1288)800420.5125 to 2,37571.9%712
              1879/80 (AH 1297)1,200400180 to 1,80082.5%1534
              1882/83 (AH 1300)600400150 to 1,40067.4%1655
              1885/86 (AH 1303)1,250400150 to 1,50086.1%1787
              1887/88 (AH 1305)1,250400150 to 1,50085.0%1762
              1891/92 (AH 1309)1,500400140 to 1,60088.4%1927

              Career patterns and pay

              Recorded pay over the career

              Kuruş · dated amounts

              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. Şitak7
                1871 to 1878 (AH 1288 to 1294)
              2. Müks2
                1885 to 1892 (AH 1303 to 1309)
              3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)
              4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)
              5. Selahiye (Sılaca)1
                1882/83 (AH 1300)
              6. 1866/67 (AH 1283)

              The six most recorded places. 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. Şitak800
              2. Müks1,250 to 1,500
              3. Erbil600 to 1,200
              4. Gevaş1,250
              5. Selahiye (Sılaca)600
              6. Şuragöl840

              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. 1869 to 1892 (AH 1286 to 1309)
              2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
              3. 1866/67 (AH 1283)

              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; sarf, nahiv, mantık, meani, akaid, fıkıh tahsili; mekteb şehadetnamesi yok [1]

              Schooling Kutbettin Medresesi (Urfa); sıbyan mektebi [source]

              Language skills and historical terms

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

              Honours and other personal details

              Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
              0 (recorded code) [source]
              All personal fields and their sources

              Sources and evidence

              1. Meşihat Arşivi belgeleri ışığında Urfa sancağı uleması(1850-1923)

                MEHMET FATİN OKULU · 2015 · Pages 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105

                (299); İstanbul Müftülüğü, Meşihat Arşivi, Sicill-i Ahval Dosyaları, nr. 299/45/13/1.; İstanbul Müftülüğü, Meşihat Arşivi, Sicill-i Ahval Dosyaları,nr. 299/45/13/5.

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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 · 14 dated AH years

              Annual salary study and register readings

              The separate annual salary reference account has 16 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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