Mehmet Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Erzincan · Dated entries 1870 to 1901 (AH 1287 to 1318)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD, 89/94

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmet Efendi was born in Erzincan, within the İslam community. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; muallim-i mahsus; telgraf mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Ergani madeni in 1870/71 (AH 1287). Dated career entries span 1870/71 (AH 1287) to 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 23 AH years, beginning with Maden kâtibi and ending with entries for Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru (terfi). More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Ergani madeni, Istanbul (Dersaadet), Cebeci and Bakırköy and 2 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1870/71 (AH 1287) to 800 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 800 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Erzincan · Year not recorded^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; muallim-i mahsus; telgraf mektebi^[source]
First work: 1870/71 (AH 1287) · Ergani madeni^[source]
First salary: 300 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

23
Dated AH years: 6
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 23
Salary years: 300 → 800
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 800
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 77.7%
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. 1870/71 (AH 1287) to 1900/01 (AH 1318); 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 1900/01 (AH 1318).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 10 · Ergani madeni

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1
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Ergani madeni
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ergani madeni
1. First work as recorded
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Maden kâtibi
  300 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2
1871/72 (AH 1288) · 3 recorded years
Ergani madeni
AH entries: 1288, 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ergani madeni
1. Maden kâtibi
  300 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Maden kâtibi (İnfisal)
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
3
1878 (AH 1295)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat memuru
  600 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Cebeci / Bakırköy
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Cebeci
1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Telgraf merkezi muhaberat memuru
  600 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Bakırköy
  Telgraf ve muhabere memuru
  600 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Bakırköy
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Telgraf ve muhabere memuru
  600 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf ve muhabere memuru (İnfisal)
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1880/81 (AH 1298) · 4 recorded years
Hadımköy
AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.
1. Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru
  500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru
  500 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Hadımköy / Kadıköy
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Hadımköy
  Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru
  500 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kadıköy
  Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru
  500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1885/86 (AH 1303) · 8 recorded years
Kadıköy
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru
  500 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru
  600 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 10 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1896/97 (AH 1314) · 2 recorded years
Kadıköy
AH entries: 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
1. Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru
  540 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru
  650 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru (terfi)
  800 kuruş
  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.

Telgraf mektebi mülazımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Telgraf mektebi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Birth · Erzincan · Year not recorded

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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Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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
1870/71 (AH 1287)	300	400	150 to 2,000	30.7%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	300	420.5	125 to 2,375	30.4%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	300	450	140 to 2,350	31.7%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	300	405	130 to 2,200	32.6%	805
1878 (AH 1295)	600	450	150 to 2,000	64.3%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	600	400	150 to 2,000	63.5%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	600	400	180 to 1,800	65.7%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	500	400	160 to 1,500	61.0%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	500	400	150 to 1,500	60.9%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	500	400	150 to 1,400	60.0%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	500	400	150 to 1,400	60.4%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	500	400	150 to 1,500	59.8%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	500	400	150 to 1,500	58.1%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	500	400	150 to 1,500	57.3%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	500	400	150 to 1,500	54.5%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	525	400	135 to 1,500	64.5%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	525	400	130 to 1,500	64.7%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	525	400	125 to 1,500	63.9%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	525	400	140 to 1,600	63.5%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	600	400	135 to 1,500	65.6%	1935
1896/97 (AH 1314)	540	450	150 to 1,575	61.1%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	650	400	140 to 1,425	74.0%	1891
1900/01 (AH 1318)	800	400	140 to 1,500	77.7%	1761

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Kadıköy11
1884 to 1898 (AH 1302 to 1315)
Hadımköy5
1880 to 1885 (AH 1298 to 1302)
Ergani madeni4
1870 to 1874 (AH 1287 to 1290)
Bakırköy2
1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)
Cebeci1
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Kadıköy500 to 650
Hadımköy500
Ergani madeni300
Bakırköy600
Istanbul (Dersaadet)600
Cebeci600

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

Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru15
1880 to 1898 (AH 1298 to 1315)
Maden kâtibi4
1870 to 1874 (AH 1287 to 1290)
Telgraf merkezi muhaberat memuru2
1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)
Telgraf ve muhabere memuru2
1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
Telgraf merkez muhabere memuru (terfi)1
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru1
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Erzincan187 other officialsMehmet Kamil Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
Istanbul194 other officialsAhmed Ârifî Paşa 2 shared years; highest salary 100,000 kuruş
1870/71 (AH 1287)103 other officialsİbrahim Efendi first annual entry 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 550 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; muallim-i mahsus; telgraf 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 kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar
ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 44, 45
72 BOA, DH. SAİD, 89/94

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