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Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Süleyman Asım Bey

Born 1846/47 (AH 1263) · Elbistan · Dated entries 1877 to 1893 (AH 1294 to 1310)

Languages Turkish

Archival references BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 4/796; BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 177/389

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1877/78 (AH 1294): Kaymakam, Hayrabolu, 1,100 kuruş1878 (AH 1295): Infisal, place unspecified1878 (AH 1295): Kaymakam, Pogradec (İstarova), 1,250 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296): Azil, place unspecified1880/81 (AH 1298): Kaymakam, Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban), 1,250 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299): Kaymakam, Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban), 1,250 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300): Kaymakam, Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban), 1,250 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300): İstifa, place unspecified1892/93 (AH 1310): Azil, place unspecifiedAH 1294AH 1300AH 1310
Places and reading notes
  • Hayrabolu
  • Pogradec (İstarova)
  • Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban)

7 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 7 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.

1ElbistanHayraboluPogradec (İstarova)Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 7 · Elbistan

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

    1846/47 (AH 1263)

    Elbistan

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Hayrabolu

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 31

    2. Kaymakam

      1,100 kuruşCalculated age 31

  3. 3

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Place not recorded / Pogradec (İstarova)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Place not recorded

      Infisal

      Calculated age 32

    2. Pogradec (İstarova)

      Kaymakam

      1,250 kuruşCalculated age 32

  4. 4

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Azil

      Calculated age 33

  5. 5

    1880/81 (AH 1298) · 2 recorded years

    Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban)

    AH entries: 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.

    1. Kaymakam

      1,250 kuruşCalculated age 35

    2. Kaymakam

      1,250 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

  6. 6

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban)

      Kaymakam

      1,250 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 37

  7. 7

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Azil

      Calculated age 47

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)1,100450150 to 1,80081.3%1160
1878 (AH 1295)1,250450150 to 2,00084.4%1196
1880/81 (AH 1298)1,250400160 to 1,50086.5%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)1,250400150 to 1,50086.6%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)1,250400150 to 1,40086.8%1655

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
06251,2501877/78AH 12941879/80AH 12971882/83AH 13001877/78 (AH 1294) · 1,100 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · 1,250 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 1,250 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 1,250 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 1,250 kuruş

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. 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)
  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
  3. 1878 (AH 1295)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1877 to 1883 (AH 1294 to 1300)
  2. 1878 (AH 1295)

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; Şahadetname [1]

Schooling Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

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

Personal details

Birthplace
Elbistan [source]
Birth year
1846/47 (AH 1263) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 4/796 [1]BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 177/389 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
kitabet ve tekellüm [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şahadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Mülkiye mürettep fenler veşahadetname. [source]
Education
Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hayrabolu [source]
First-salary field
1100 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
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Elbistanlı memurlar

    ŞEYMA BÜLBÜL · 2025 · Pages 81, 82

    BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 4/796.; 69 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 4/796.; 70 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 177/389.

Read the original source accounts · 9 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 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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