Mehmet Emin Efendi
Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1889 to 1900 (AH 1307 to 1317)
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79
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
- Virancık
6 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 Emin Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The father’s occupation was Gediz Kazası aşar ambar memuru (emekli). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye; medrese. [source]
The first place of work was Kütahya. Service included Asker (1889/90 (AH 1307)). Later posts included Süvari Tahsildarı in Virancık (1896 to 1900 (AH 1314 to 1317)). Virancık appears most often, across 4 dated years. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314) to 300 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 300 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 4 · Kütahya
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 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Kütahya
Birth
2 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Kütahya / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
3 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Çavuş (İnfisal)
Calculated age 29
4 1896/97 (AH 1314) · 4 recorded years
Virancık
AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Virancık
Süvari Tahsildarı
250 kuruşCalculated age 30
Süvari Tahsildarı
250 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
Süvari Tahsildarı
250 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
Süvari Tahsildarı
250 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Süvari Tahsildarı
300 kuruşCalculated age 33
3 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.
- Vergi Kalemi mülazımı · Kütahya · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Çavuş · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Kütahya · Year not recorded
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 250 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 18.3% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 20.6% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 250 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 20.3% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 29.1% | 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Virancık250 to 300
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
- Kütahya149 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi born 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Kütahya25 other officialsSeyyid Ali Haydar Zühtü Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 12,950 kuruş
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)197 other officialsAbdullah Sabri Efendi first entry in Biga; highest salary 2,250 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye; medrese [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- First work place
- Kütahya [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 124, 125
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79; 137 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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