Mehmet Arif Bey
Born 1887/88 (AH 1305) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1906 to 1911 (AH 1324 to 1328)
Languages Arabic, French, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 184/4
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Medina (Medine)
- Çırçır yangın yeri
- Sehremaneti
5 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mehmet Arif Bey was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The father’s occupation was Harem-i Şerif ve Hazine-i Celile-i Nebevi müdürlüğünden emekli. Schooling included Mekteb-i İbtidai; Darüşşafaka. The language repertoire included Arabic, French and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Medina (Medine) in 1906/07 (AH 1324). Dated career entries span 1906/07 (AH 1324) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 5 AH years, beginning with Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Medina (Medine), Çırçır yangın yeri and Sehremaneti. [1]
Monthly pay went from 750 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324) to 1,000 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [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 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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.
1 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini
750 kuruşCalculated age 19
3 Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini
750 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini
750 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
4 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Medina (Medine) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini
750 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
İstifa
Calculated age 22
5 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Çırçır yangın yeri / Place not recorded / Sehremaneti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Çırçır yangın yeri; Location not recorded
Çırçır yangın yeri
Şehremaneti Çırçır yangın yeri heyet-i fenniyesi görevlisi
600 kuruşCalculated age 23
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 23
Şehremaneti heyet-i fenniyesi inşaat şubesi operatörü
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 23
2 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.
- 7. Belediye Dairesi sermühendis muavini · 7. Belediye Dairesi · Undated · 1,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Beyoğlu Dairesi heyet-i fenniyesi mütalaat ve tatbikat şubesi kondüktörü · Beyoğlu · Undated · 1,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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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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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 750 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 71.0% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 750 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 69.7% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 750 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 69.0% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 750 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 58.8% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 1,000 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 68.0% | 732 |
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- Çırçır yangın yeri600
- Sehremaneti1,000
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
- Istanbul665 other officialsKegam born 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Medina (Medine)11 other officialsHamza Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1906/07 (AH 1324)143 other officialsAli Salim Efendi first entry in Medina (Medine); highest salary 250 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Arabic
- Aşina [source]
- French
- Aşina [source]
- Turkish
- Aşina [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Darüşşafaka'dan ayrılırken şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education detail
- İbtidai tahsilinden sonra Darüşşafaka son sınıfına kadar; son sınıfta ayrılmış [source]
- Education
- Mekteb-i İbtidai; Darüşşafaka [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Medine [source]
- First-salary field
- 750 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1906/07 (AH 1324) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dağıstanlılar
SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 292, 293
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 184/4
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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