Seyyid Ahmet Efendi
Born 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Elbistan · Dated entries 1883 to 1910 (AH 1301 to 1327)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival references BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 81/397; BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 128/287; BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 182/128
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Seyyid Ahmet Efendi was born in Elbistan in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The father’s occupation was Halep vilayeti bidâyet mahkemesi emekli reisi. Schooling included Mahalle sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Hüdavendigar ve Sivas. Dated career entries span 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 26 AH years, beginning with Bidâyet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 8 of those years. Place names include Koçkiri, Aleppo (Halep), Şanlıurfa (Urfa) and Kahramanmaraş (Maraş) and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 225 kuruş in 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 2,000 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,000 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · Elbistan
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 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Elbistan
Birth
2 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Koçkiri
Not yet located on the map: Koçkiri
Bidâyet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
225 kuruşCalculated age 22
3 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
4 1885/86 (AH 1303) · 8 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
5 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Aleppo (Halep) / Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Within-year entry order unresolved
6 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Şanlıurfa (Urfa) / Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Within-year entry order unresolved
7 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
8 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Şanlıurfa (Urfa) / Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
9 1897/98 (AH 1315) · 12 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
10 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Aleppo (Halep) / Place not recorded / Cebel-i Sem'an
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Cebel-i Sem'an
Vilayet mektûbî kalemi mümeyyizi
1,300 kuruşCalculated age 48
Continuing service as described
Cebel-i Sem'an
Kaymakam
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 48
10 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.
- Mektûbî kalemi müdavimi · Hüdavendigar ve Sivas · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Merkez bidâyet müdde-i umumî muavinliği kaleminde hizmet · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Meclis-i idare kalemi müdavimi · Aleppo (Halep) · 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 16.2% | 1720 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 19.6% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 43.8% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 400 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 45.6% | 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) | 1,250 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 87.3% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 1,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 89.7% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 1,250 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 85.9% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,250 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 85.8% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 1,080 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 85.3% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 1,080 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 85.1% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 1,080 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 85.0% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,080 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 85.0% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 1,080 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 82.9% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 1,080 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 84.1% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1,080 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 84.1% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 1,300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 88.1% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 1,300 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 88.2% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1,300 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 86.6% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 1,300 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 86.0% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 1,300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 83.6% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 2,000 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 86.0% | 1088 |
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- Aleppo (Halep)200 to 1,300
- Şanlıurfa (Urfa)1,250
- Cebel-i Sem'an2,000
- Koçkiri225
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
- Elbistan50 other officialsMehmet Fevzi Efendi born 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Aleppo (Halep)126 other officialsBasil Şükrü Efendi 22 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)217 other officialsAhmed Rüşdü Efendi first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 800 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Elbistanlı memurlar
ŞEYMA BÜLBÜL · 2025 · Pages 48, 49, 50
BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 81/397; 36 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 81/397.; 37 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 128/287.; 38 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 182/128.; BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 81/397
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 27 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 48 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.