Süleyman Azmi Bey

Born 1845/46 (AH 1262) · Varna · Dated entries 1862 to 1905 (AH 1279 to 1322)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 7/99

The career, year by year

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The life

Süleyman Azmi Bey was born in Varna in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The father’s occupation was Tırhala kaymakamı. Schooling included Mekâtib-i mütenevvia. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi in 1862/63 (AH 1279). Dated career entries span 1862/63 (AH 1279) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 33 AH years, from Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi to Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi, beginning with Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi mülâzımı and ending with entries for Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi mümeyyizi. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi, Tahrir Kalemi, Divan-ı Muhasebat Mazbata Odası and Divan-ı Muhasebat Evrak Odası and 4 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1,530 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,530 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321). Death is recorded in 1904/05 (AH 1322).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Varna · 1845/46 (AH 1262)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Tırhala kaymakamı^[source]
Education: Mekâtib-i mütenevvia^[source]
First work: 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi^[source]
Age at first work: 17^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 2.5^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.
Death recorded: 1904/05 (AH 1322)^[1]This is the year on a career record, not an exact date of death.

Career in numbers

33
Dated AH years: 8
Career place names: 30
Salary years: 300 → 1,530
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 1,530
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 90.8%
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.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1904/05 (AH 1322); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1904/05 (AH 1322).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 13 · Varna

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

1
1845/46 (AH 1262)
Varna
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 17
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi mülâzımı
  Calculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1863/64 (AH 1280) · 2 recorded years
Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi
AH entries: 1280, 1281. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi
1. Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi mülâzımı
  Calculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi mülâzımı
  Calculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi / Tahrir Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi; Tahrir Kalemi
1. Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi
  Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi mülâzımı
  Calculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tahrir Kalemi
  Tahrir Kalemi memuru
  300 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1866/67 (AH 1283) · 2 recorded years
Tahrir Kalemi
AH entries: 1283, 1284. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tahrir Kalemi
1. Tahrir Kalemi memuru
  300 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tahrir Kalemi memuru
  750 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Divan-ı Muhasebat Mazbata Odası
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Divan-ı Muhasebat Mazbata Odası
1. Mazbata Odası memuru
  750 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mazbata Odası memuru
  800 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1872/73 (AH 1289) · 6 recorded years
Divan-ı Muhasebat Evrak Odası
AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Divan-ı Muhasebat Evrak Odası
1. Rumeli mukayyidi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Rumeli mukayyidi
  890 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 9 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1878 (AH 1295) · 3 recorded years
Maa Tahsil Tahrir İdaresi
AH entries: 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maa Tahsil Tahrir İdaresi
1. Tahrir İdaresi memuru
  890 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tahrir İdaresi memuru
  1,150 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 7 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Maa Tahsil Tahrir İdaresi / Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maa Tahsil Tahrir İdaresi; Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi
1. Maa Tahsil Tahrir İdaresi
  Tahrir İdaresi memuru
  1,150 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi
  Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi memuru
  1,200 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1881/82 (AH 1299) · 5 recorded years
Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi
AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi
1. Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi memuru
  1,200 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi memuru
  1,200 kuruşCalculated age 41
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi / Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi; Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi
1. Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi
  Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi memuru
  1,200 kuruşCalculated age 42
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi
  Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi memuru
  1,200 kuruşCalculated age 42
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1895/96 (AH 1313) · 9 recorded years
Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi
1. Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi mümeyyizi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 51
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi mümeyyizi
  1,530 kuruşCalculated age 59
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 15 recorded entries in this stage →
13
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi; Location not recorded
1. Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi
  Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi mümeyyizi
  1,530 kuruşCalculated age 60
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Vefat
  Calculated age 60
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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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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
1865/66 (AH 1282)	300	400	150 to 2,000	32.9%	341
1866/67 (AH 1283)	300	400	146 to 2,000	31.7%	399
1867/68 (AH 1284)	750	458	150 to 2,500	65.2%	435
1870/71 (AH 1287)	800	400	150 to 2,000	72.7%	649
1872/73 (AH 1289)	840	450	140 to 2,350	73.6%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	840	405	130 to 2,200	73.0%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	870	450	150 to 1,800	74.8%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	870	450	150 to 2,000	74.4%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	870	420	150 to 2,000	75.7%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	890	450	150 to 1,800	75.6%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	1,100	450	150 to 2,000	82.2%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	1,000	400	150 to 2,000	76.9%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	1,150	400	180 to 1,800	82.2%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	1,200	400	160 to 1,500	84.7%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	85.2%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	1,200	400	150 to 1,400	85.5%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	1,200	400	150 to 1,400	86.3%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	84.4%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	83.7%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	84.0%	1725
1895/96 (AH 1313)	1,500	400	140 to 1,500	89.0%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	1,500	450	150 to 1,575	88.6%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	1,350	400	140 to 1,425	89.3%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	1,400	400	144 to 1,400	89.9%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	1,430	400	140 to 1,440	90.0%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	1,500	400	140 to 1,500	89.9%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	1,500	400	150 to 1,520	88.8%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	1,500	400	150 to 1,500	90.0%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	1,530	405	150 to 1,450	91.4%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	1,530	400	135 to 1,500	90.8%	1493

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi10
1895 to 1905 (AH 1313 to 1322)
Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi7
1880 to 1887 (AH 1298 to 1304)
Divan-ı Muhasebat Evrak Odası6
1872 to 1878 (AH 1289 to 1294)
Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi4
1862 to 1866 (AH 1279 to 1282)
Maa Tahsil Tahrir İdaresi4
1878 to 1881 (AH 1295 to 1298)
Tahrir Kalemi3
1865 to 1868 (AH 1282 to 1284)

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

Maliye Nezareti Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi1,350 to 1,530
Maa Tahrir-i Vergi İdaresi1,200
Divan-ı Muhasebat Evrak Odası800 to 890
Maa Tahsil Tahrir İdaresi890 to 1,150
Tahrir Kalemi250 to 750
Divan-ı Muhasebat Mazbata Odası750 to 800

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

Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi mümeyyizi10
1895 to 1905 (AH 1313 to 1322)
Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi memuru7
1880 to 1887 (AH 1298 to 1304)
Rumeli mukayyidi6
1872 to 1878 (AH 1289 to 1294)
Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi mülâzımı4
1862 to 1866 (AH 1279 to 1282)
Tahrir İdaresi memuru4
1878 to 1881 (AH 1295 to 1298)
Tahrir Kalemi memuru3
1865 to 1868 (AH 1282 to 1284)

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

Varna90 other officialsHüseyin Hüsnü Efendi born 1846/47 (AH 1263); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
1862/63 (AH 1279)84 other officialsHacı Ahmed Efendi first annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 1,850 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Mekâtib-i mütenevvia^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbet^[source]

Honours and other personal details

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 213, 214, 215
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 7/99; 329 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 7/99.

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