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Mehmed Nuri Efendi

Born 1864/65 (AH 1281) · Safranbolu · Dated entries 1887 to 1907 (AH 1305 to 1324)

Languages French, Turkish

Archival references BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66; BOA, DH SA İD nr.127, s.66

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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1Safranbolu
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 7 · Safranbolu

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1864/65 (AH 1281)

    Safranbolu

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Numune-i Terakki Mektebi

    Not yet located on the map: Numune-i Terakki Mektebi

    1. fahri muallim (riyaziye, Fransızca, resim) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

  3. 3

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1899/1900 (AH 1317)

      Muhasebe-i Umumiye Tetkik Kalemi, İstanbul / Muhasebe-i Umumiye Pul Kalemi, İstanbul

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Muhasebe-i Umumiye Tetkik Kalemi, İstanbul; Muhasebe-i Umumiye Pul Kalemi, İstanbul

        All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1901/02 (AH 1319)

        Muhasebe-i Umumiye Pul Kalemi, İstanbul

        Not yet located on the map: Muhasebe-i Umumiye Pul Kalemi, İstanbul

          All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

        1. 6

          1903/04 (AH 1321) · 2 recorded years

          Hicaz Demiryolu Muhasebe Kalemi

          AH entries: 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.

          Not yet located on the map: Hicaz Demiryolu Muhasebe Kalemi

            All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1906/07 (AH 1324)

            Nafia Kısmı Muhasebe Kalemi

            Not yet located on the map: Nafia Kısmı Muhasebe Kalemi

            1. Kâtip

              350 kuruşCalculated age 43

          9 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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          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)250400140 to 1,44021.7%1821
          1901/02 (AH 1319)300400150 to 1,52029.0%1666
          1903/04 (AH 1321)100405150 to 1,4505.1%1578
          1904/05 (AH 1322)150400135 to 1,50010.5%1493
          1906/07 (AH 1324)350450150 to 1,52537.5%1371

          Career patterns and pay

          Recorded pay over the career

          Kuruş · dated amounts

          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. Hicaz Demiryolu Muhasebe Kalemi2
            1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)
          2. Muhasebe-i Umumiye Pul Kalemi, İstanbul2
            1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)
          3. Muhasebe-i Umumiye Tetkik Kalemi, İstanbul1
            1899/1900 (AH 1317)
          4. Nafia Kısmı Muhasebe Kalemi1
            1906/07 (AH 1324)

          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. Hicaz Demiryolu Muhasebe Kalemi100 to 150
          2. Muhasebe-i Umumiye Pul Kalemi, İstanbul250 to 300
          3. Nafia Kısmı Muhasebe Kalemi350

          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. 1899 to 1907 (AH 1317 to 1324)
          2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)
          3. 1903/04 (AH 1321)
          4. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

          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

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          Education and personal record

          Qualification Formal qualification recorded; iki kıta şehadetname (25 Temmuz 1300) [1]

          Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Şemsü'l-Mearif ve Numune-i Terakki hususi mektepleri [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-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)

            AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 101, 102, 103

            66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66; BOA, DH SA İD nr.127, s.66

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

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