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Mehmed Nazım Efendi

Born 1884/85 (AH 1302) · Kale-i Sultaniye · Dated entries 1902 to 1908 (AH 1320 to 1325)

Languages Turkish

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1902/03 (AH 1320): Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, Biga1903/04 (AH 1321): Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, Biga1903/04 (AH 1321): Tahrirat müsevvid-i sânisi, Biga, 60 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Tahrirat müsevvid-i sânisi, Biga, 60 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Tahrirat müsevvid-i sânisi, Biga, 60 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Muhasebe kalemi evrak muavini, Biga, 100 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): Muhasebe kalemi evrak muavini, Biga, 100 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325): Muhasebe kalemi evrak muavini, Biga, 100 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325): Muhasebe kalemi deftercisi, Biga, 149 kuruşAH 1320AH 1325
Places and reading notes
  • Biga

6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

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.

Biga
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Kale-i Sultaniye

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

  1. 1

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Kale-i Sultaniye

    Not yet located on the map: Kale-i Sultaniye

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Biga

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 18

  3. 3

    1903/04 (AH 1321) · 5 recorded years

    Biga

    AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

    2. Tahrirat müsevvid-i sânisi

      60 kuruşCalculated age 19

    3. Tahrirat müsevvid-i sânisi

      60 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    4. Tahrirat müsevvid-i sânisi

      60 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

    5. Muhasebe kalemi evrak muavini

      100 kuruşCalculated age 21

    6. Muhasebe kalemi evrak muavini

      100 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    7. Muhasebe kalemi evrak muavini

      100 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    8. Muhasebe kalemi deftercisi

      149 kuruşCalculated age 23

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

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1903/04 (AH 1321)60405150 to 1,4502.7%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)60400135 to 1,5002.7%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)100430125 to 1,5005.6%1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)100450150 to 1,5254.7%1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)149460135 to 1,61510.7%1290

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
074.51491903/04AH 13211905/06AH 13231907/08AH 13251903/04 (AH 1321) · 60 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 60 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 60 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 100 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 100 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · 100 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · 149 kuruş

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. 1902 to 1908 (AH 1320 to 1325)

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. Biga60 to 149

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. 1905 to 1908 (AH 1323 to 1325)
  2. 1903 to 1906 (AH 1321 to 1323)
  3. 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)
  4. 1907/08 (AH 1325)

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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Alâ derecesinde şehadetname [1]

Schooling Kale-i Sultaniye iptidai ve idadi mektepleri [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kale-i Sultaniye [source]
Birth year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Father’s occupation
Biga sancağı tahrirat müdürü muavini [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Alâ derecesinde şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Kale-i Sultaniye iptidai ve idadi mektepleri [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Biga [source]
First work year
1902/03 (AH 1320) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.1666666667 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Bigalı devlet adamları

    AHMET TUNCEL · 2019 · Pages 64

Read the original source accounts · 9 source entries →

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 · 6 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.

Open the salary study and register readings →

How to read the records

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