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Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendi

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Harput · Dated entries 1877 to 1911 (AH 1294 to 1328)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 26-82

The career, year by year

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

Follow 16 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.

1HarputAsirAl Hudaydah (Hudeyde)BurdurŞanlıurfa (Urfa)İzmitEdirneAdanaAydın
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 16 · Harput

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

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Harput

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 22

    2. Mahrec mekâtib-i askeriye hastahanesi kitabet refakati

      150 kuruşCalculated age 22

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Place not recorded / Maçka / Rami

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Maçka; Rami

      All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1878/79 (AH 1296)

      Rami

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Rami

        All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1879/80 (AH 1297) · 4 recorded years

        Asir

        AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.

        Within-year entry order unresolved

          All 7 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1883/84 (AH 1301)

          Yemen / Tefer

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Yemen; Tefer

            All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1884/85 (AH 1302)

            Yemen

            Not yet located on the map: Yemen

              All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

            1. 8

              1885/86 (AH 1303)

              Yemen / Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)

              Within-year entry order unresolved

              Not yet located on the map: Yemen

                All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1888/89 (AH 1306) · 3 recorded years

                Burdur

                AH entries: 1306, 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.

                Within-year entry order unresolved

                  All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1896/97 (AH 1314)

                  Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

                    All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1902/03 (AH 1320)

                    Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

                      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                    1. 12

                      1903/04 (AH 1321) · 3 recorded years

                      İzmit

                      AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.

                        All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                      1. 13

                        1906/07 (AH 1324)

                        İzmit / Edirne

                        Within-year entry order unresolved

                          All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                        1. 14

                          1907/08 (AH 1325)

                          Edirne

                          Within-year entry order unresolved

                            All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                          1. 15

                            1908/09 (AH 1326)

                            Adana

                              All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                            1. 16

                              1910/11 (AH 1328)

                              Aydın

                              1. Vilayet defterdarlığı

                                5,000 kuruşCalculated age 56

                            7 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.

                            Read all 7 undated entries and their source evidence →

                            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.

                            View the yearly values
                            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
                            1877/78 (AH 1294)150450150 to 1,8009.8%1160
                            1878 (AH 1295)500450150 to 2,00054.4%1196
                            1878/79 (AH 1296)500400150 to 2,00055.9%1328
                            1879/80 (AH 1297)500400180 to 1,80057.9%1534
                            1880/81 (AH 1298)500400160 to 1,50061.0%1448
                            1881/82 (AH 1299)1,260400150 to 1,50088.0%1489
                            1882/83 (AH 1300)1,260400150 to 1,40088.4%1655
                            1883/84 (AH 1301)1,600400150 to 1,40091.7%1720
                            1884/85 (AH 1302)1,500400150 to 1,50089.6%1748
                            1885/86 (AH 1303)1,500400150 to 1,50090.0%1787
                            1888/89 (AH 1306)1,800400135 to 1,50092.2%1797
                            1889/90 (AH 1307)1,800400130 to 1,50092.3%1874
                            1890/91 (AH 1308)1,800400125 to 1,50091.5%1896
                            1896/97 (AH 1314)1,800450150 to 1,57591.4%2119
                            1903/04 (AH 1321)1,800405150 to 1,45092.5%1578
                            1904/05 (AH 1322)1,800400135 to 1,50091.8%1493
                            1905/06 (AH 1323)1,800430125 to 1,50091.9%1423
                            1906/07 (AH 1324)4,000450150 to 1,52596.7%1371
                            1907/08 (AH 1325)6,000460135 to 1,61598.4%1290
                            1908/09 (AH 1326)4,500400150 to 2,00095.9%1232
                            1910/11 (AH 1328)5,000500200 to 2,00098.1%732

                            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. 1879 to 1883 (AH 1297 to 1300)
                            2. 1903 to 1907 (AH 1321 to 1324)
                            3. 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)
                            4. Yemen3
                              1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
                            5. 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)
                            6. Rami2
                              1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)

                            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. Asir500 to 1,260
                            2. İzmit1,800
                            3. Burdur1,800
                            4. Yemen1,500
                            5. Edirne4,000 to 6,000
                            6. Rami500

                            Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1888 to 1907 (AH 1306 to 1324)
                            2. 1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)
                            3. 1907 to 1911 (AH 1325 to 1328)
                            4. 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
                            5. 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)
                            6. 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

                            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; Birinci sınıf muhasebeciliğine sınavsız ehliyet ve intihabname [1]

                            Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Harput medreseleri [source]

                            Language skills and historical terms

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

                            • Arabic · KitâbetOkur yazar [1]
                            • Turkish · KitâbetOkur yazar [1]

                            Honours and other personal details

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

                            Sources and evidence

                            1. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

                              ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300

                              BOA. DH. SAİD 26-82

                            Read the original source accounts · 47 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 · 22 dated AH years

                            Annual salary study and register readings

                            The separate annual salary reference account has 40 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

                            Open the salary study and register readings →

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