Mehmet Hamdi Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Giresun · Dated entries 1876 to 1896 (AH 1293 to 1313)
Languages Persian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 10/915
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
- Düzce Kazası
- Diyadin Kazası
- Prizren Sancağı
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 Hamdi Efendi was born in Giresun. Schooling included Darülhadis Medresesi; Mekteb-i Mülkiye. The language repertoire included Persian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Çarşamba Nahiyesi. Service included Rüsûm-ı Sitte Duhân Müfettişi in Düzce Kazası (1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1295)). Later posts included Kaymakam in Diyadin Kazası (1886/87 (AH 1304)) and Tahrir-i Vergi Memuru in Prizren Sancağı (1895/96 (AH 1313)). Düzce Kazası appears most often, across 3 dated years. [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 600 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,250 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304). [1]
Life and career
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.
Stage 1 of 3 · Düzce Kazası
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 1876/77 (AH 1293) · 3 recorded years
Düzce Kazası
AH entries: 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Düzce Kazası
Rüsûm-ı Sitte Duhân Müfettişi
500 kuruş
Rüsûm-ı Sitte Duhân Müfettişi
500 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Rüsûm-ı Sitte Duhân Müfettişi
500 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Rüsûm-ı Sitte Duhân Müfettişi (İnfisal)
Recorded service ending
2 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Diyadin Kazası
Not yet located on the map: Diyadin Kazası
Kaymakam
1,250 kuruş
3 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Prizren Sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Prizren Sancağı
Tahrir-i Vergi Memuru
600 kuruş
7 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.
- Nahiye Müdürü · Çarşamba Nahiyesi · Undated · 900 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Nahiye Müdürü · Devrek Nahiyesi · Undated · 720 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Nahiye Müdürü · Ab-ı Safi Nahiyesi · Undated · 480 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Nahiye Müdürü · Taraklı Nahiyesi · Undated · 480 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Giresun · Year not recorded
- First work as recorded · Çarşamba Nahiyesi · 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 500 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 55.0% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 500 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 54.6% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 500 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 54.4% | 1196 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 1,250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 85.9% | 1725 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 600 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 64.9% | 1981 |
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- Düzce Kazası500
- Diyadin Kazası1,250
- Prizren Sancağı600
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
- Giresun71 other officialsAbdülhalim Paşa born 1807/08 (AH 1222); highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)184 other officialsMuhiddin Bey first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 1,215 kuruş
- Kaymakam41 other officialsCemal Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
Sources and evidence
- Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Giresunlu devlet adamları (1879-1909)
AHMET YADİ · 2014 · Pages 53, 54
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 10/915; 171 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 10/915.; BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 10/915
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 6 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.