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Ohannes Ferid Efendi

Born 1858/59 (AH 1275) · Gaziantep (Antep) · Dated entries 1883 to 1913 (AH 1301 to 1331)

Languages Arabic, Armenian, French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 42/82

The career, year by year

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

Follow 12 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.

1Gaziantep (Antep)KerpeLemnos (Limni)Canik
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 12 · Gaziantep (Antep)

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1858/59 (AH 1275)

    Gaziantep (Antep)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 26

    2. Ticaret ve Ziraat Nezareti Tercüme-i Fünun Kalemi memuru

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 26

  3. 3

    1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1886/87 (AH 1304)

      Place not recorded / Aydın Vilayeti

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Aydın Vilayeti

        All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1887/88 (AH 1305)

        Aydın Vilayeti

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Aydın Vilayeti

          All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1888/89 (AH 1306)

          Bayındır

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Bayındır

            All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1890/91 (AH 1308)

            Aydın Vilayeti

            Not yet located on the map: Aydın Vilayeti

              All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

            1. 8

              1891/92 (AH 1309)

              Kerpe

                All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

              1. 9

                1896/97 (AH 1314)

                Van Vilayeti

                Within-year entry order unresolved

                Not yet located on the map: Van Vilayeti

                  All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1908/09 (AH 1326)

                  Place not recorded

                  Within-year entry order unresolved

                  Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1909/10 (AH 1327)

                    Kosova Vilayeti / Lemnos (Limni)

                    Within-year entry order unresolved

                    Not yet located on the map: Kosova Vilayeti

                      All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                    1. 12

                      1911/12 (AH 1330) · 2 recorded years

                      Canik

                      AH entries: 1330, 1331. Gaps remain open.

                      Within-year entry order unresolved

                      1. Mutasarrıf

                        6,000 kuruşCalculated age 55

                      2. Mutasarrıf (Azil)

                        Calculated age 56

                      All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                    13 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.

                    Read all 13 undated entries and their source evidence →

                    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.

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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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
                    1883/84 (AH 1301)1,000400150 to 1,40082.3%1720
                    1884/85 (AH 1302)1,000400150 to 1,50080.7%1748
                    1885/86 (AH 1303)1,000400150 to 1,50080.2%1787
                    1886/87 (AH 1304)1,000400150 to 1,50080.0%1725
                    1887/88 (AH 1305)1,000400150 to 1,50079.0%1762
                    1891/92 (AH 1309)1,750400140 to 1,60090.6%1927
                    1896/97 (AH 1314)5,000450150 to 1,57597.9%2119
                    1908/09 (AH 1326)1,500400150 to 2,00085.4%1232
                    1909/10 (AH 1327)4,000600200 to 2,00094.8%1088
                    1911/12 (AH 1330)6,0001,000300 to 3,00095.7%233
                    1912/13 (AH 1331)6,0001,200300 to 4,00096.0%151

                    Career patterns and pay

                    Recorded pay over the career

                    Kuruş · dated amounts

                    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. Aydın Vilayeti2
                      1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)
                    2. 1911 to 1913 (AH 1330 to 1331)
                    3. Bayındır1
                      1888/89 (AH 1306)
                    4. 1891/92 (AH 1309)
                    5. Kosova Vilayeti1
                      1909/10 (AH 1327)
                    6. 1909/10 (AH 1327)

                    The six most recorded places. 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. Aydın Vilayeti1,000
                    2. Canik6,000
                    3. Kerpe1,750
                    4. Kosova Vilayeti3,500
                    5. Van Vilayeti4,500 to 5,000

                    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. 1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)
                    2. 1909 to 1913 (AH 1327 to 1331)
                    3. 1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)
                    4. 1896 to 1910 (AH 1314 to 1327)
                    5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)
                    6. 1888/89 (AH 1306)

                    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; Âlâ derecede ulûm-ı siyasiye şehadetnamesi [1]

                    Schooling Ayıntab Ermeni ibtidai mektebi; rüştiye; Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

                    Language skills and historical terms

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

                    • Arabic · Aşina [source]
                    • Armenian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
                    • French · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
                    • Rum (as recorded) · Aşina [source]
                    • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
                    All personal fields and their sources

                    Sources and evidence

                    1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Gaziantepli memurlar

                      EDA CEREN ERKABALCI · 2019 · Pages 128, 129, 130, 131

                      BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 42/82.; 265 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 42/82.

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                    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 · 13 dated AH years

                    Annual salary study and register readings

                    The separate annual salary reference account has 22 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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