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Mehmed ‘Âsım Efendi

Born 1880/81 (AH 1298) · Kilis · Dated entries 1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322)

Languages French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference DH. SAİDd. 139/148

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1900/01 (AH 1318): Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi mülazımı, place unspecified1901/02 (AH 1319): Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi mülazımı, place unspecified1901/02 (AH 1319): Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320): Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321): Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321): Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi, place unspecified, 80 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi, place unspecified, 80 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi (İstifa), place unspecified1904/05 (AH 1322): Birinci Belediye Dairesi tenviriye kâtibi, place unspecified, 500 kuruşAH 1318AH 1320AH 1322
Places and reading notes

    5 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

    Follow 3 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.

    1Kilis
    ● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

    Stage 1 of 3 · Kilis

    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. 1

      1880/81 (AH 1298)

      Kilis

      1. Birth

    2. 2

      1900/01 (AH 1318)

      Place not recorded

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. First work as recorded

        Calculated age 20

      2. Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi mülazımı

        Calculated age 20

    3. 3

      1901/02 (AH 1319) · 4 recorded years

      Place not recorded

      AH entries: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi mülazımı

        Calculated age 21

        Continuing service as described

      2. Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi

        50 kuruşCalculated age 21

      3. Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi

        50 kuruşCalculated age 22

        Continuing service as described

      4. Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi

        50 kuruşCalculated age 23

        Continuing service as described

      5. Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi

        80 kuruşCalculated age 23

      6. Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi

        80 kuruşCalculated age 24

        Continuing service as described

      7. Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi (İstifa)

        Calculated age 24

      8. Birinci Belediye Dairesi tenviriye kâtibi

        500 kuruşCalculated age 24

    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.

    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.

    View the yearly values
    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
    1901/02 (AH 1319)50400150 to 1,5202.0%1666
    1902/03 (AH 1320)50400150 to 1,5002.1%1627
    1903/04 (AH 1321)80405150 to 1,4503.8%1578
    1904/05 (AH 1322)500400135 to 1,50055.0%1493

    Career patterns and pay

    Recorded pay over the career

    Kuruş · dated amounts
    02505001901/02AH 13191904/05AH 13221901/02 (AH 1319) · 50 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · 50 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 50 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 80 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 80 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 500 kuruş

    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.

    Titles across the recorded years

    Distinct AH years with each recorded title
    1. 1901 to 1905 (AH 1319 to 1322)
    2. 1900 to 1902 (AH 1318 to 1319)
    3. 1904/05 (AH 1322)
    4. 1904/05 (AH 1322)

    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; Alaşehir rüşdiyesi şahadetnamesi [1]

    Schooling Bergama ibtidaisi; Alaşehir rüşdiyesi; İzmir mülki idadisi (bir müddet devam) [source]

    Language skills and historical terms

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

    All personal fields and their sources

    Personal details

    Birthplace
    Kilis [source]
    Birth province
    Halep [source]
    Birth year
    1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]
    Father’s occupation
    Mudanya kazası naibi [source]
    Archive references
    DH. SAİDd. 139/148 [1]

    Education and languages

    French
    Aşina [source]
    Rum (as recorded)
    Aşina [source]
    Turkish
    Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
    Qualification
    Formal qualification recorded [source]Alaşehir rüşdiyesi şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
    Education
    Bergama ibtidaisi; Alaşehir rüşdiyesi; İzmir mülki idadisi (bir müddet devam) [source]

    First work and apprenticeship

    Age at first service
    20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
    First work year
    1900/01 (AH 1318) [source]

    Sources and evidence

    1. Sicili Ahval kayıtlarına göre Kilisli memurlar

      MEHMET YILMAZ · 2022 · Pages 84, 85

      DH. SAİDd. 139/148

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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 · 5 dated AH years

    Annual salary study and register readings

    The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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