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İshak Şevki Efendi

Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Kafkasya · Dated entries 1865 to 1903 (AH 1282 to 1320)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

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1KafkasyaÇatalcaAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)AydınDiyarbakırTrabzonElazığKastamonuKonyaThessaloniki (Selanik)
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Stage 1 of 17 · Kafkasya

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1848/49 (AH 1265)

    Kafkasya

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1865/66 (AH 1282) · 2 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1282, 1283. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Zabıta Meclisi Fırka Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 17

    2. İstifa

      Calculated age 18

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Beykoz-Şile

    Not yet located on the map: Beykoz-Şile

    1. Tahrirat başkâtibi

      416 kuruşCalculated age 20

  4. 4

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Beykoz-Şile / Çatalca

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Beykoz-Şile

    1. Beykoz-Şile

      Tahrirat başkâtibi

      416 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

    2. Çatalca

      Meclis-i temyiz ikinci kâtibi

      550 kuruşCalculated age 21

  5. 5

    1870/71 (AH 1287) · 11 recorded years

    Çatalca

    AH entries: 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Meclis-i temyiz ikinci kâtibi

      550 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bidayet mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

    All 13 recorded entries in this stage →

  6. 6

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Çatalca / Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Çatalca

      Bidayet mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

    2. Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

      Bidayet mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 33

  7. 7

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) / Karesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Karesi

    1. Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

      Bidayet mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    2. Karesi

      Bidayet mahkemesi ceza reisi

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 34

  8. 8

    1882/83 (AH 1300) · 2 recorded years

    Karesi

    AH entries: 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Karesi

    1. Bidayet mahkemesi ceza reisi

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bidayet mahkemesi ceza reisi

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

  9. 9

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Karesi / Çatalca

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Karesi

    1. Karesi

      Bidayet mahkemesi ceza reisi

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

    2. Çatalca

      Bidayet mahkemesi ceza reisi

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 37

  10. 10

    1892/93 (AH 1310) · 3 recorded years

    Aydın

    AH entries: 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.

    1. Bidayet mahkemesi ceza reisi

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 45

    2. Bidayet mahkemesi ceza reisi

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 47

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  11. 11

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Aydın / Diyarbakır / Trabzon

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Aydın

      Bidayet mahkemesi ceza reisi

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 48

      Continuing service as described

    2. Trabzon

      İstinaf müddeiumumisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 48

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  12. 12

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Trabzon / Elazığ

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Trabzon

      İstinaf müddeiumumisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 49

      Continuing service as described

    2. Elazığ

      İstinaf mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 49

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  13. 13

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Elazığ

    1. İstinaf mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 50

      Continuing service as described

  14. 14

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Elazığ / Kastamonu / Konya

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Elazığ

      İstinaf mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Continuing service as described

    2. Konya

      İstinaf mahkemesi ceza reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 51

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  15. 15

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Konya / Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Konya

      İstinaf mahkemesi ceza reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 52

      Continuing service as described

    2. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

      İstinaf mahkemesi ceza reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 52

  16. 16

    1900/01 (AH 1318) · 2 recorded years

    Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    AH entries: 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.

    1. İstinaf mahkemesi ceza reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 53

      Continuing service as described

    2. İstinaf mahkemesi ceza reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 54

      Continuing service as described

  17. 17

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Thessaloniki (Selanik) / Aydın

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

      İstinaf mahkemesi ceza reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 55

      Continuing service as described

    2. Aydın

      İstinaf mahkemesi ceza reisi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 55

2 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.

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

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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

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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.

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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
1865/66 (AH 1282)200400150 to 2,00015.6%341
1866/67 (AH 1283)200400146 to 2,00017.3%399
1868/69 (AH 1285)416475150 to 3,00047.6%505
1869/70 (AH 1286)550400150 to 2,25062.2%609
1870/71 (AH 1287)750400150 to 2,00071.0%649
1871/72 (AH 1288)750420.5125 to 2,37569.3%712
1872/73 (AH 1289)750450140 to 2,35069.3%736
1873/74 (AH 1290)750405130 to 2,20068.8%805
1874/75 (AH 1291)750450150 to 1,80070.5%882
1875/76 (AH 1292)750450150 to 2,00070.9%976
1876/77 (AH 1293)750420150 to 2,00070.6%1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)750450150 to 1,80070.9%1160
1878 (AH 1295)750450150 to 2,00071.5%1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)1,400400150 to 2,00083.9%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)1,400400180 to 1,80086.2%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)1,400400160 to 1,50088.9%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)1,400400150 to 1,50088.5%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)1,400400150 to 1,40088.9%1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)1,400400150 to 1,40089.3%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)1,400400150 to 1,50088.3%1748
1892/93 (AH 1310)2,000400135 to 1,50092.9%1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)2,000400140 to 1,40093.5%1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)2,000400140 to 1,50093.1%2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)3,000400140 to 1,50095.9%1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)3,500450150 to 1,57597.2%2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)3,000400140 to 1,42597.1%1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)3,000400144 to 1,40097.0%1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)3,000400140 to 1,44097.3%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)3,000400140 to 1,50096.8%1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)3,000400150 to 1,52096.4%1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)3,000400150 to 1,50097.0%1627

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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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. 1869 to 1885 (AH 1286 to 1302)
  2. 1892 to 1903 (AH 1310 to 1320)
  3. Karesi4
    1881 to 1885 (AH 1299 to 1302)
  4. 1899 to 1903 (AH 1317 to 1320)
  5. 1896 to 1899 (AH 1314 to 1316)
  6. 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)

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. Çatalca550 to 1,400
  2. Aydın2,000 to 3,000
  3. Karesi1,400
  5. Elazığ3,000 to 3,500

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1870 to 1879 (AH 1287 to 1296)
  2. 1881 to 1896 (AH 1299 to 1313)
  3. 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320)
  4. 1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299)
  5. 1896 to 1899 (AH 1314 to 1316)
  6. 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)

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

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şahadetname almış; belge kayıp [1]

Schooling Dârülmaârif Mekteb-i Rüşdiyesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Kafkas doğumlu devlet memurları

    SULTAN AYDIN · 2023 · Pages 131, 132, 133, 134

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 31 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 46 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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