Mahmut Reşat Bey
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Bilecik · Dated entries 1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317)
Languages French, Turkish
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 162, s. 373
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
- Paris
- Madrid
2 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
Mahmut Reşat Bey was born in Bilecik in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The father’s occupation was Kudüs sancağı eski mutasarrıfı. Schooling included Paris Sorbon Darülfünunu (dinleyici). The language repertoire included French and Turkish. [source]
The first place of work was Mekteb-i İbtidaiye, Rüştiye ve Mekteb-i Sultani. Dated career entries span 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 2 AH years, beginning with Paris Sefareti üçüncü kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Paris and Madrid. [1]
Monthly pay went from 1,300 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 2,600 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,600 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). [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 · Bilecik
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.
1 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Bilecik
Birth
2 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Paris
Paris Sefareti üçüncü kâtibi
1,300 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Paris / Madrid
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Madrid
Paris Sefareti üçüncü kâtibi
1,300 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Paris Sefareti üçüncü kâtibi
2,600 kuruşCalculated age 27
Madrid
Madrid Sefareti başkâtip muavini
2,600 kuruşCalculated age 27
2 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.
- Öğretmen · Mekteb-i İbtidaiye, Rüştiye ve Mekteb-i Sultani · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Mekteb-i İbtidaiye, Rüştiye ve Mekteb-i Sultani · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 1,300 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 89.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 2,600 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 96.4% | 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- Paris1,300 to 2,600
- Madrid2,600
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
- Bilecik50 other officialsMustafa Kamil Efendi born 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Paris2 other officialsMehmed Nabi Bey 2 shared years; highest salary 4,600 kuruş
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)151 other officialsAbdülkerim Bey first entry in Istanbul; no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- First work place
- Mekteb-i İbtidaiye, Rüştiye ve Mekteb-i Sultani [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları
MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 52, 53
73 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 162, s. 373
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 2 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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