Mehmet Şevket Bey
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Ürgüp · Dated entries 1891 to 1898 (AH 1309 to 1315)
Languages French, Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmet Şevket Bey was born in Ürgüp in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Schooling included Kabataş Hüseyin Avni Mekteb-i İbtidaisi; Beşiktaş Askerî Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Birinci Daire-i Belediye in 1891/92 (AH 1309). Dated career entries span 1891/92 (AH 1309) to 1897/98 (AH 1315) across 7 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Birinci Daire-i Belediye, Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti mektup kalemi, Tesisat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu and Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 152 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309) to 280 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315); the highest recorded monthly rate is 280 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315). [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 · Ürgüp
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Ürgüp
Birth
2 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Birinci Daire-i Belediye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Birinci Daire-i Belediye
First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
Muhasebe mesalih-i cariye kâtibi
152 kuruşCalculated age 19
3 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Birinci Daire-i Belediye / Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti mektup kalemi / Tesisat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu / Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Birinci Daire-i Belediye; Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti mektup kalemi; Tesisat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu; Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
Birinci Daire-i Belediye
Muhasebe mesalih-i cariye kâtibi
152 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru
200 kuruşCalculated age 20
4 1893/94 (AH 1311) · 4 recorded years
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
AH entries: 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru
200 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru
200 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
5 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti / Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Hicaz İane Komisyonu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti; Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Hicaz İane Komisyonu
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru
200 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru
280 kuruşCalculated age 25
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 152 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 12.9% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 14.0% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 15.5% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 14.9% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 200 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 12.7% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 280 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 27.6% | 1891 |
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- Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti200 to 280
- Birinci Daire-i Belediye152
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
- Ürgüp117 other officialsMehmet Ali Efendi born 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 24 kuruş
- 1891/92 (AH 1309)169 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları
HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 110
Read the original source accounts · 14 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 · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 14 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.