Mehmed Recep Efendi
Born 1856/57 (AH 1273) · Kırşehir · Dated entries 1875 to 1896 (AH 1292 to 1313)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 99/375, s.395
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Recep Efendi was born in Kırşehir in 1856/57 (AH 1273), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included sıbyan mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
The first place of work was Kırşehir sancağı muhasebe kalemi. Dated career entries span 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 1895/96 (AH 1313) across 14 AH years, from Kırşehir to Keskin, beginning with Zabıt Kâtibi and ending with entries for ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Kırşehir, Tepecik köyü, Mecidiye kazası, Mecidiye and Avanos and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 120 kuruş in 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 400 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 7 · Kırşehir
How to read this map
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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 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Kırşehir
Birth
2 1875/76 (AH 1292) · 8 recorded years
Kırşehir
AH entries: 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Zabıt Kâtibi
120 kuruşCalculated age 19
defter-i hakani ikinci katibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Tepecik köyü, Mecidiye kazası
Not yet located on the map: Tepecik köyü, Mecidiye kazası
aşar ve ambar memuru
350 kuruşCalculated age 27
4 1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2 recorded years
Mecidiye
AH entries: 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mecidiye
sertahsildar
Calculated age 29
sertahsildar (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 30
Recorded service ending
5 merkez ambar ve emlak katibi
200 kuruşCalculated age 34
arazi ve emlak yoklama katibi (refik-i sani)
Calculated age 34
6 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Avanos
ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi vekili
200 kuruşCalculated age 37
7 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Avanos / Keskin
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Keskin
ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi (Nakil)
Calculated age 40
Recorded service ending
Keskin
ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 40
4 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.
- mülazım (muhasebe kalemi) · Kırşehir · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- mülazım (muhasebe kalemi) (Görevin sona ermesi) · Kırşehir · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi · Avanos · Undated · 400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Kırşehir sancağı muhasebe kalemi · 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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 120 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 7.6% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 120 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 8.3% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 120 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 7.3% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 120 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 7.3% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 120 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 5.9% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 200 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 11.0% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 200 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 12.3% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 41.7% | 1655 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 200 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 15.3% | 1874 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.0% | 1935 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1981 |
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 rateRanges 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
- Kırşehir71 other officialsÖmer Lütfi Efendi born 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Kırşehir30 other officialsHasan Hüsnü Efendi 9 shared years; highest salary 250 kuruş
- 1875/76 (AH 1292)161 other officialsMustafa Sabri Efendi first entry in Kırşehir; highest salary 480 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Kırşehir doğumlu devlet adamları
TÜLAY TERYAKİOĞLU · 2013 · Pages 136, 137, 138
128 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 99/375, s.395.
Read the original source accounts · 26 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 14 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 23 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.