Süleyman Akif Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Varna · Dated entries 1877 to 1900 (AH 1294 to 1317)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 54/223
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Süleyman Akif Efendi was born in Varna in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The father’s occupation was Asâkir-i Zabtiye yüzbaşısı. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). Dated career entries span 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 24 AH years, beginning with Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 9 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Mahmudî, Diyadin and Aziziye and 8 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 475 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306). [1]
Life and career
Follow 18 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 18 · Varna
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Varna
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı
Calculated age 17
3 1878 (AH 1295) · 3 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı
Calculated age 20
Continuing service as described
4 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Mahmudî
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mahmudî
Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı
Calculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Mahmudî
Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 21
5 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Mahmudî
Not yet located on the map: Mahmudî
Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
6 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Mahmudî / Diyadin
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mahmudî
Mahmudî
Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 23
7 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Diyadin / Place not recorded / Aziziye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Aziziye
Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Aziziye
Telgraf Memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 24
8 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Aziziye / Ayaş
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Aziziye
Aziziye
Telgraf Memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi ser muhabere memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 25
9 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Ayaş
Telgraf Merkezi ser muhabere memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
10 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Ayaş / Beypazarı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgraf Merkezi ser muhabere memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi ser muhabere memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 27
11 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Beypazarı
Telgraf Merkezi ser muhabere memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
12 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Beypazarı / Devebağırdan / Mihaliç
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Devebağırdan; Mihaliç
Telgraf Merkezi ser muhabere memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Mihaliç
Telgraf Merkezi ser muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 29
13 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Mihaliç / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mihaliç; Location not recorded
Mihaliç
Telgraf Merkezi ser muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
İstifa
Calculated age 30
14 Posta Memuru
550 kuruşCalculated age 31
Posta Memuru
550 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
15 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Dinar / Hüdâvendigâr vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr vilayeti
Posta Memuru
550 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Hüdâvendigâr vilayeti
Telgraf muhabere memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 34
16 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Hüdâvendigâr vilayeti / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr vilayeti; Location not recorded
Hüdâvendigâr vilayeti
Telgraf muhabere memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 35
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 35
17 Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta mukayyidi
350 kuruşCalculated age 36
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta mukayyidi
350 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
18 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Bursa / Seyidgazi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Seyidgazi
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta mukayyidi
350 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Seyidgazi
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürü
475 kuruşCalculated age 40
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 400 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 47.0% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 46.6% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 46.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 60.4% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 59.8% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 58.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 57.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 54.5% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 600 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 66.2% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 600 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 66.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 550 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 64.3% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 550 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 63.8% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 550 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 64.1% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 550 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 63.8% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 380 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 43.6% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 38.7% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 350 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 36.8% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 40.0% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 350 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 39.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 475 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 54.4% | 1821 |
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 entriesThe 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 rateSix 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 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
- Varna90 other officialsHÜSEYİN HÜSNÜ EFENDİ (C) born 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Istanbul271 other officialsEdvar Blak Bey 5 shared years; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)160 other officialsBalyan Serkiz Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,900 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 211, 212, 213
328 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 54/223.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 24 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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