İlyas Şami Efendi
Born 1857/58 (AH 1274) · Aleppo (Halep) · Dated entries 1895 to 1904 (AH 1313 to 1321)
Languages Arabic, French, Italian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİDd. 154 163
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
- Basra
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
9 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
İlyas Şami Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). Schooling included Terasenta Fransız Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Italian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Basra in 1895/96 (AH 1313). Dated career entries span 1895/96 (AH 1313) to 1903/04 (AH 1321) across 9 AH years, beginning with Basra Vilayeti tercümanı. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Basra and Baghdad (Bağdat). [1]
Monthly pay went from 1,000 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313) to 1,440 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,440 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321). [1]
Life and career
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.
Stage 1 of 4 · Aleppo (Halep)
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 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Aleppo (Halep)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 39
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
3 1896/97 (AH 1314) · 7 recorded years
Basra
AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
900 kuruşCalculated age 40
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
900 kuruşCalculated age 41
Continuing service as described
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
900 kuruşCalculated age 42
Continuing service as described
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
900 kuruşCalculated age 43
Continuing service as described
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
900 kuruşCalculated age 44
Continuing service as described
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
900 kuruşCalculated age 45
Continuing service as described
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
900 kuruşCalculated age 46
Continuing service as described
4 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Basra / Place not recorded / Baghdad (Bağdat)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Basra Vilayeti tercümanı
900 kuruşCalculated age 47
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Nakil
Calculated age 47
Bağdat Vilayeti tercümanı
1,440 kuruşCalculated age 47
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.
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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 1,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 80.4% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 79.4% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 81.4% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 900 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 81.1% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 80.3% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 81.0% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 78.6% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 79.9% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1,440 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 89.7% | 1578 |
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- Basra900 to 1,000
- Baghdad (Bağdat)1,440
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
- Aleppo (Halep)72 other officialsCebrail Efendi born 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Basra17 other officialsHACI KAZIM HİLMİ EFENDİ 5 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1895/96 (AH 1313)179 other officialsMustafa Nuri Efendi first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 39 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Basra [source]
- First-salary field
- 1000 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
- 1895/96 (AH 1313) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar
ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 94, 95
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 154 163
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 12 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.