Süleyman Hikmet Bey
Born Year not recorded · Gelibolu · Dated entries 1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)
Languages Greek, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 129/83
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Süleyman Hikmet Bey was born in Gelibolu. Schooling included İstanköy sıbyan mektebi; İstanköy Rüşdiye Mektebi (müretteb fen dersleri). The language repertoire included Greek and Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Kos (İstanköy). Dated career entries span 1902/03 (AH 1320) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 6 AH years, from Kos (İstanköy) to Kos (İstanköy), beginning with Aşar Kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Kos (İstanköy), Herkit and İmroz. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320) to 400 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [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 · Kos (İstanköy)
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 Aşar Kâtibi
300 kuruş
Aşar Kâtibi (Nakil)
Recorded service ending
2 1904/05 (AH 1322) · 2 recorded years
Herkit
AH entries: 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Herkit
Mal Kâtibi
200 kuruş
Mal Kâtibi
200 kuruş
Continuing service as described
3 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Herkit / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Herkit; Location not recorded
Herkit
Mal Kâtibi
200 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
4 1907/08 (AH 1325)
İmroz / Kos (İstanköy)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İmroz
İmroz
Tahsil Memuru
500 kuruş
Tahsil Memuru
5 Tahsil Memuru
Continuing service as described
Tahsil Memuru (ek vazifelerle)
400 kuruş
4 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.
- Mal Kalemi mülazımı · Kos (İstanköy) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mal Müdürü · Kos (İstanköy) · Undated · 200 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Gelibolu · Year not recorded
- First work as recorded · Kos (İstanköy) · Year not recorded
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.8% | 1627 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.2% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 200 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 15.8% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 200 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 15.5% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 500 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 50.6% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 42.9% | 1232 |
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- Herkit200
- Kos (İstanköy)300 to 400
- İmroz500
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
- Gelibolu126 other officialsİsmail Hakkı İsmet Efendi born 1818/19 (AH 1234); highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- Kos (İstanköy)2 other officialsHalil İbrahim Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1902/03 (AH 1320)156 other officialsİskender Raad Efendi first entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 2,200 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Gelibolu doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)
OSMAN UMUT NAL · 2026 · Pages 155
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 129/83
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 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.