Mehmet Adil Bey

Born 1840/41 (AH 1256) · Şemahı · Dated entries 1897 to 1905 (AH 1315 to 1322)

Languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Persian, Russian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 124/437

The career, year by year

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

Places and reading notes

Istanbul (Dersaadet)

8 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 Adil Bey was born in Şemahı in 1840/41 (AH 1256). Schooling included Şemahı İbtidai Mektebi; Şemahı Rüştiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Bulgarian, Persian, Russian and Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1893/94 (AH 1311). Service included Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1897 to 1905 (AH 1315 to 1322)). Istanbul (Dersaadet) appears most often, across 8 dated years.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 350 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 350 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318). Death is recorded in 1904/05 (AH 1322).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Şemahı · 1840/41 (AH 1256)^[source]
Education: Şemahı İbtidai Mektebi; Şemahı Rüştiyesi^[source]
First work: 1893/94 (AH 1311) · Istanbul (Dersaadet)^[source]
Age at first work: 55 (calculated from AH year labels)^[source]Difference between AH year labels; approximate age.
First salary: 150 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.
Apprenticeship: 3.1^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.
Death recorded: 1904/05 (AH 1322)^[1]This is the year on a career record, not an exact date of death.

Career in numbers

8
Dated AH years: 1
Career place names: 8
Salary years: 150 → 350
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 350
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 37.9%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 1904/05 (AH 1322); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1904/05 (AH 1322).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 4 · Şemahı

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1
1840/41 (AH 1256)
Şemahı
Not yet located on the map: Şemahı
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 55
  Personal record & evidence →
3
1897/98 (AH 1315) · 7 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 59
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 60
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 61
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  200 kuruşCalculated age 61
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  200 kuruşCalculated age 62
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  350 kuruşCalculated age 62
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7. Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  350 kuruşCalculated age 63
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8. Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  350 kuruşCalculated age 64
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9. Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  350 kuruşCalculated age 65
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi
  350 kuruşCalculated age 66
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Vefat
  Calculated age 66
  Entry & evidence →[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

Current collection salary comparison

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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.

View the yearly values

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 year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
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)	200	400	140 to 1,440	15.4%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	350	400	140 to 1,500	39.8%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	350	400	150 to 1,520	38.7%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	350	400	150 to 1,500	40.1%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	350	405	150 to 1,450	38.4%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	350	400	135 to 1,500	37.9%	1493

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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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

Istanbul (Dersaadet)8
1897 to 1905 (AH 1315 to 1322)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Istanbul (Dersaadet)150 to 350

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

Rüsumat Emaneti Tercüme Kalemi görevlisi8
1897 to 1905 (AH 1315 to 1322)

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

Istanbul376 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Paşa 8 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
1897/98 (AH 1315)162 other officialsHüseyin Hüsnü Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 50 kuruş

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Şemahı İbtidai Mektebi; Şemahı Rüştiyesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Aşina^[source]
Bulgarian · Aşina^[source]
Persian · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Russian · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Turkish · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace: Şemahı^[source]
Birth year: 1840/41 (AH 1256)^[source]
Archive references: BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 124/437^[1]

Education and languages

Arabic: Aşina^[source]
Bulgarian: Aşina^[source]
Persian: Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Russian: Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Turkish: Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Education: Şemahı İbtidai Mektebi; Şemahı Rüştiyesi^[source]
Education level equivalent: 7^[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 55 (calculated from AH year labels)^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: İstanbul^[source]
First-salary field: 150 kuruş (personal first-salary field)^[source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year: 1893/94 (AH 1311)^[source]
Apprenticeship: 3.1^[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dağıstanlılar
SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 128, 129
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 124/437

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