Mehmed Ağa
Born 1868/69 (AH 1285) · Harput · Dated entries 1894 to 1905 (AH 1312 to 1322)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 131-78
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Ağa was born in Harput in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Schooling included Harput sıbyan mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Baharlı in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 11 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Baharlı (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü), Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) and İskenderun. [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 300 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 300 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · Harput
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 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Harput
Birth
2 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Baharlı / Baharlı (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) / Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Baharlı; Baharlı (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü); Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü)
Baharlı
First work as recorded
Calculated age 27
Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü)
Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı
150 kuruşCalculated age 27
3 1895/96 (AH 1313) · 5 recorded years
Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü)
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü)
Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı
150 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı
150 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
4 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) / İskenderun
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü)
Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü)
Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı
150 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Rüsûmat kantarcısı
150 kuruşCalculated age 33
5 1901/02 (AH 1319) · 4 recorded years
İskenderun
AH entries: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Rüsûmat kantarcısı
150 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Rüsûmat muhafaza memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 37
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.
- Rüsûmat memuru (unvan belirsiz) · Undated · 400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Rüsûmat muhafaza memuru · Medina (Medine) · Undated · 250 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Rüsûmat muhafaza memuru · Medina (Medine) · Undated · 300 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 10.5% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 10.4% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 150 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 9.0% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 10.3% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 150 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 10.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 10.4% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 10.3% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 9.8% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 9.0% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 150 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 9.9% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1493 |
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- Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü)150
- İskenderun150 to 300
- Baharlı (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü)150
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
- Harput168 other officialsAbdulaziz Efendi born 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 400 kuruş
- İskenderun12 other officialsAli Efendi 5 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)224 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları
ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 87, 88
BOA. DH. SAİD 131-78
Read the original source accounts · 18 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 15 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.