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Mahmut Ziya Bey

Born 1877/78 (AH 1294) · Bosna · Dated entries 1899 to 1906 (AH 1317 to 1323)

Languages French, Turkish

Archival references BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 171/475; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 171/475; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 171/475, s.475

The career, year by year

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

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Stage 1 of 7 · Bosna

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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.

7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Bosna

    Not yet located on the map: Bosna

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Place not recorded / Bursa Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Şubesi / Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Bursa Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Şubesi; Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi

    1. Place not recorded

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 23

    All 9 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Bursa Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Şubesi / Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi / Posta Mektebi Ticaret Şubesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Bursa Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Şubesi; Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi; Posta Mektebi Ticaret Şubesi

      All 11 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1901/02 (AH 1319) · 2 recorded years

      Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi / Posta Mektebi Ticaret Şubesi

      AH entries: 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi; Posta Mektebi Ticaret Şubesi

        All 8 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1903/04 (AH 1321)

        Bursa Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Şubesi / Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi / Posta Mektebi Ticaret Şubesi / Edirne Mekteb-i İdadisi

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Bursa Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Şubesi; Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi; Posta Mektebi Ticaret Şubesi; Edirne Mekteb-i İdadisi

          All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1904/05 (AH 1322)

          Birvin Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi / Edirne Mekteb-i İdadisi / Beyrut Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Birvin Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi; Edirne Mekteb-i İdadisi; Beyrut Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi

            All 16 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1905/06 (AH 1323)

            Place not recorded / Beyrut Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi / Maarif-i Umumiye Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi

            Within-year entry order unresolved

            Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Beyrut Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi; Maarif-i Umumiye Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi

            1. Place not recorded

              Maarif-i Umumiye Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi mümeyyizi

              1,300 kuruşCalculated age 29

            All 10 recorded entries in this stage →

          4 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.

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          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

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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.

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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
          1899/1900 (AH 1317)450400140 to 1,44052.4%1821
          1900/01 (AH 1318)350400140 to 1,50039.8%1761
          1901/02 (AH 1319)350400150 to 1,52038.7%1666
          1902/03 (AH 1320)350400150 to 1,50040.1%1627
          1903/04 (AH 1321)350405150 to 1,45038.4%1578
          1904/05 (AH 1322)500400135 to 1,50055.0%1493
          1905/06 (AH 1323)1,800430125 to 1,50091.9%1423

          Career patterns and pay

          Recorded pay over the career

          Kuruş · dated amounts

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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.

          Where the career is recorded

          Distinct AH years with career entries
          1. Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi5
            1899 to 1904 (AH 1317 to 1321)
          2. Posta Mektebi Ticaret Şubesi4
            1900 to 1904 (AH 1318 to 1321)
          3. Beyrut Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi2
            1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)
          4. Bursa Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Şubesi2
            1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)
          5. Edirne Mekteb-i İdadisi2
            1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)
          6. Birvin Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi1
            1904/05 (AH 1322)

          The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

          Amounts recorded by place

          Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
          1. Posta Mektebi İdadi-i Mülkiye Şubesi157.5 to 450
          2. Posta Mektebi Ticaret Şubesi80 to 120
          3. Beyrut Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi200 to 500
          4. Bursa Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Şubesi157.5 to 350
          5. Edirne Mekteb-i İdadisi50 to 450
          6. Birvin Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi500

          Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1900 to 1904 (AH 1318 to 1321)
          2. 1900 to 1904 (AH 1318 to 1321)
          3. 1900 to 1904 (AH 1318 to 1321)
          4. 1900 to 1904 (AH 1318 to 1321)
          5. 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)
          6. 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)

          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 [source]

          Schooling İzmir Mülki İdadi Mektebi; Darülmuallimin Aliye Şubesi [source]

          Language skills and historical terms

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

          All personal fields and their sources

          Sources and evidence

          1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar

            MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 171

            BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 171/475.

          2. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

            DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 204, 205, 206

            BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 171/475; 301 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 171/475, s.475.

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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 · 7 dated AH years

          Annual salary study and register readings

          The separate annual salary reference account has 63 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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