Mehmed Hamdi Efendi

Born 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Plave/Gosine · Dated entries 1877 to 1902 (AH 1294 to 1319)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. 39/124

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The life

Mehmed Hamdi Efendi was born in Plave/Gosine in 1862/63 (AH 1279). Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Plave in 1877/78 (AH 1294). Dated career entries span 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 1901/02 (AH 1319) across 22 AH years, beginning with Kordon bergis taburu bergis bölüğü bölük emini. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Plave, Berane and Peja (İpek).^[1]

Monthly pay went from 130 kuruş in 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 500 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Plave/Gosine · 1862/63 (AH 1279)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1877/78 (AH 1294) · Plave^[source]
Age at first work: 15^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 130 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

22
Dated AH years: 4
Career place names: 4
Entries without a resolved year: 22
Salary years: 130 → 500
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 500
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 54.4%
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.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 1901/02 (AH 1319); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1901/02 (AH 1319).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 9 · Plave/Gosine

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1862/63 (AH 1279)
Plave/Gosine
Not yet located on the map: Plave/Gosine
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Plave
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Plave
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 15
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Kordon bergis taburu bergis bölüğü bölük emini
  130 kuruşCalculated age 15
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Berane / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Berane
  Bidayet Mahkemesi savcı yardımcısı
  300 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Infisal
  Calculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1882/83 (AH 1300) · 2 recorded years
Berane
AH entries: 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.
1. Sandık emini
  270 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Sandık emini
  270 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Berane / Peja (İpek)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Berane
  Sandık emini
  270 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Berane
  Mal Müdürü
  450 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1885/86 (AH 1303) · 10 recorded years
Berane
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Mal Müdürü
  450 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mal Müdürü
  500 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 11 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1895/96 (AH 1313)
Berane / Peja (İpek)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Berane
  Mal Müdürü
  500 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Peja (İpek)
  Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1896/97 (AH 1314) · 5 recorded years
Peja (İpek)
AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.
1. Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1901/02 (AH 1319)
Peja (İpek) / Berane
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Peja (İpek)
  Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 40
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Berane
  Merkez Dairesi görevlisi
  Calculated age 40
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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.

Hububat öşrü müzayede ve ihale memuru · Gjakova (Yakova) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Aşar ihale memuru · Gjakova (Yakova) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Aşar ihale memuru · Berane · Undated 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

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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 year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1877/78 (AH 1294)	130	450	150 to 1,800	8.0%	1160
1879/80 (AH 1297)	300	400	180 to 1,800	27.1%	1534
1882/83 (AH 1300)	270	400	150 to 1,400	25.6%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	270	400	150 to 1,400	26.2%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	450	400	150 to 1,500	54.7%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	450	400	150 to 1,500	53.6%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	450	400	150 to 1,500	53.5%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	500	400	150 to 1,500	54.5%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	500	400	135 to 1,500	55.5%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	500	400	130 to 1,500	56.1%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	500	400	125 to 1,500	56.0%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	500	400	140 to 1,600	56.1%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	500	400	135 to 1,500	56.2%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	500	400	140 to 1,400	55.4%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.4%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.1%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	500	450	150 to 1,575	52.8%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	500	400	140 to 1,425	56.9%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	500	400	144 to 1,400	55.8%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	500	400	140 to 1,440	55.3%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.5%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	500	400	150 to 1,520	54.4%	1666

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Berane16
1879 to 1902 (AH 1297 to 1319)
Peja (İpek)8
1884 to 1902 (AH 1302 to 1319)
Plave1
1877/78 (AH 1294)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Berane270 to 500
Peja (İpek)450 to 500
Plave130

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

Mal Müdürü12
1884 to 1896 (AH 1302 to 1313)
Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi7
1895 to 1902 (AH 1313 to 1319)
Sandık emini3
1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)
Bidayet Mahkemesi savcı yardımcısı1
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Infisal1
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Kordon bergis taburu bergis bölüğü bölük emini1
1877/78 (AH 1294)

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

Berane6 other officialsAbdullah Efend 10 shared years; highest salary 270 kuruş
Sıbyan Mektebi562 other officialsAhmed Rüşdü Efendi born 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 800 kuruş
1877/78 (AH 1294)160 other officialsAli Efendi first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 400 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kosova doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları (1834-1889)
DÖNDÜ DOĞAN · 2025 · Pages 112, 113
BOA. DH. SAİD. 39/124; 406 BOA. DH. SAİD. 39/124.; 408 BOA. DH. SAİD. 39/124.; 409 BOA. DH. SAİD. 39/124.

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