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Şemiya Ancel Efendi

Born 1876/77 (AH 1293) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)

Languages French, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00078/00027, s. 51

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1895/96 (AH 1313): Stajyer, Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi1896/97 (AH 1314): Stajyer, Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi1897/98 (AH 1315): Stajyer, Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi1898/99 (AH 1316): Stajyer, Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi1898/99 (AH 1316): Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi memuru, Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi, 65 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316): Arapça mütercim (ek görev), İstanbul HahamhanesiAH 1313AH 1315AH 1316
Places and reading notes
  • Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi
  • İstanbul Hahamhanesi

4 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 4 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.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 20

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      Stajyer

      Calculated age 20

  3. 3

    1896/97 (AH 1314) · 2 recorded years

    Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

    AH entries: 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

    1. Stajyer

      Calculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

    2. Stajyer

      Calculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi / İstanbul Hahamhanesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi; İstanbul Hahamhanesi

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      Stajyer

      Calculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi memuru

      65 kuruşCalculated age 23

    3. İstanbul Hahamhanesi

      Arapça mütercim (ek görev)

      Calculated age 23

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
1898/99 (AH 1316)65400144 to 1,4002.5%1844

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
032.5651898/99AH 13161898/99 (AH 1316) · 65 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.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi4
    1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)
  2. İstanbul Hahamhanesi1
    1898/99 (AH 1316)

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. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi65

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. 1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)
  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)
  3. 1898/99 (AH 1316)

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

Schooling Özel mektep; Galata Alyans İsrailiyyet mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani (tasdikname) [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • French · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Nationality or community
Yahudi [source]
Religion
Musevi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00078/00027, s. 51 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Özel mektep; Galata Alyans İsrailiyyet mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani (tasdikname) [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 place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1895/96 (AH 1313) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.24 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları

    AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 100, 101

    179 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00078/00027, s. 51.

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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 · 4 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 6 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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