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Mehmed Vehbi Efendi

Born 1874/75 (AH 1291) · Bursa · Dated entries 1897 to 1901 (AH 1315 to 1318)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference 122/116; 231

The career, year by year

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

1897/98 (AH 1315): tahrîrat kalemine mülâzemet, place unspecified1898/99 (AH 1316): muvakkat müzâyede kitâbeti (ilâveten), place unspecified, 190 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317): muvakkat müzâyede kitâbeti (ilâveten), place unspecified, 190 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318): muvakkat müzâyede kitâbeti (ilâveten), place unspecified, 190 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318): daimi müzâyede katibliği, place unspecified, 250 kuruşAH 1315AH 1318
Places and reading notes

    4 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

    Follow 3 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.

    1Bursa
    ● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

    Stage 1 of 3 · Bursa

    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. 1

      1874/75 (AH 1291)

      Bursa

      1. Birth

    2. 2

      1897/98 (AH 1315)

      Place not recorded

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. First work as recorded

        Calculated age 24

      2. tahrîrat kalemine mülâzemet

        Calculated age 24

    3. 3

      1898/99 (AH 1316) · 3 recorded years

      Place not recorded

      AH entries: 1316, 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. muvakkat müzâyede kitâbeti (ilâveten)

        190 kuruşCalculated age 25

      2. muvakkat müzâyede kitâbeti (ilâveten)

        190 kuruşCalculated age 26

      3. muvakkat müzâyede kitâbeti (ilâveten)

        190 kuruşCalculated age 27

      4. daimi müzâyede katibliği

        250 kuruşCalculated age 27

    1 entry without a resolved year

    These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

    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.

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    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
    1898/99 (AH 1316)190400144 to 1,40014.2%1844
    1899/1900 (AH 1317)190400140 to 1,44015.1%1821
    1900/01 (AH 1318)250400140 to 1,50022.0%1761

    Career patterns and pay

    Recorded pay over the career

    Kuruş · dated amounts
    01252501898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181898/99 (AH 1316) · 190 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 190 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · 190 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · 250 kuruş

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    ● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

    Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

    Titles across the recorded years

    Distinct AH years with each recorded title
    1. 1898 to 1901 (AH 1316 to 1318)
    2. 1900/01 (AH 1318)
    3. 1897/98 (AH 1315)

    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

    Schooling Bursa sıbyan mektebi; mekteb-i rüşdiye-i askerisi; mekteb-i idadi-i askeri [source]

    Language skills and historical terms

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

    • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
    All personal fields and their sources

    Personal details

    Birthplace
    Bursa [source]
    Birth province
    Hüdavendigâr [source]
    Birth year
    1874/75 (AH 1291) [source]
    Religion
    İslam [source]
    Archive references
    122/116; 231 [1]

    Education and languages

    Turkish
    Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
    Education
    Bursa sıbyan mektebi; mekteb-i rüşdiye-i askerisi; mekteb-i idadi-i askeri [source]

    First work and apprenticeship

    Age at first service
    24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
    First work year
    1897/98 (AH 1315) [source]
    Apprenticeship
    0.8333333333333334 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

    Sources and evidence

    1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

      DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 317,318

      122/116; 231

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    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 · 4 dated AH years

    Annual salary study and register readings

    The separate annual salary reference account has 5 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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