Ömer Lütfi Efendi

Born 1841/42 (AH 1257) · Varna · Dated entries 1855 to 1885 (AH 1272 to 1302)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 33/211

The career, year by year

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The life

Ömer Lütfi Efendi was born in Varna in 1841/42 (AH 1257). Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Varna in 1855/56 (AH 1272). Dated career entries span 1855/56 (AH 1272) to 1884/85 (AH 1302) across 22 AH years, from Varna to Izmir (İzmir), beginning with Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Efrenç Gümrüğü ambar kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 12 of those years. Place names include Varna, Constanța (Köstence), Ruse (Rusçuk) and Pervari and 4 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 15 kuruş in 1855/56 (AH 1272) to 400 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302); the highest recorded monthly rate is 750 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Varna · 1841/42 (AH 1257)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Varna^[source]
Age at first work: 15^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 15 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.
Apprenticeship: 2^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

22
Dated AH years: 8
Career place names: 3
Entries without a resolved year: 22
Salary years: 15 → 400
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 750
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 45.1%
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.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1855/56 (AH 1272) to 1884/85 (AH 1302); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1884/85 (AH 1302).

Life and career

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Follow 18 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.

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Stage 1 of 18 · Varna

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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.

1
1841/42 (AH 1257)
Varna
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1855/56 (AH 1272)
Varna
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 15
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
  15 kuruşCalculated age 15
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Constanța (Köstence)
1. Karantina kâtibi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Constanța (Köstence) / Place not recorded / Varna
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Constanța (Köstence)
  Arazi kâtibi
  450 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Varna
  Evkaf kâtibi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Varna / Constanța (Köstence)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Varna
  Evkaf kâtibi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Constanța (Köstence)
  Rüsumat Müdürlüğü kâtibi
  750 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Constanța (Köstence) / Place not recorded / Varna
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Constanța (Köstence)
  Rüsumat Müdürlüğü kâtibi
  750 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Varna
  Rüşdiye yazı muallimi
  100 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Varna / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Varna
  Tahrirat Kalemi memuru
  250 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Infisal
  Calculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1868/69 (AH 1285) · 2 recorded years
Ruse (Rusçuk)
AH entries: 1285, 1286. Gaps remain open.
1. Rüsumat Müdürlüğü emtia kâtibi
  490 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Rüsumat Müdürlüğü emtia kâtibi
  490 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Ruse (Rusçuk) / Varna
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Ruse (Rusçuk)
  Rüsumat Müdürlüğü emtia kâtibi
  490 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Varna
  İstasyon rüsumat müdürü
  730 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Varna / Place not recorded / Pervari
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Pervari
1. Varna
  İstasyon rüsumat müdürü
  730 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Pervari
  Tahrirat kâtibi
  475 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Place not recorded / Varna
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Place not recorded
  İstifa
  Calculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Varna
  Evkaf kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1873/74 (AH 1290) · 3 recorded years
Varna
AH entries: 1290, 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Evkaf kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Orman Memuru
  570 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
13
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Varna / Tuna
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Varna
  Orman Memuru
  570 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tuna
  Orman Müfettişliği kâtibi
  570 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
14
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Tuna
1. Orman Müfettişliği kâtibi
  570 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
15
1878 (AH 1295)
Tuna / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Tuna
  Orman Müfettişliği kâtibi
  570 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Infisal
  Calculated age 38
  Entry & evidence →[1]
16
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Fethiye (Meğri) / Place not recorded / Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Fethiye (Meğri)
  Rüsumat kâtibi
  320 kuruşCalculated age 41
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tripoli (Trablusşam)
  Rüsum-ı Sitte Müdürlüğü başkâtibi
  360 kuruşCalculated age 41
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
17
1881/82 (AH 1299) · 2 recorded years
Izmir (İzmir)
AH entries: 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Rüsum-ı Sitte Müdürlüğü icmal mübeyyizi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 42
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Osmanlı Gümrüğü İdaresi rıhtım resmi memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 43
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
18
1883/84 (AH 1301) · 2 recorded years
Izmir (İzmir) / Place not recorded
AH entries: 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Izmir (İzmir)
  Osmanlı Gümrüğü İdaresi rıhtım resmi memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 44
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  İstifa
  Calculated age 45
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

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.

Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · Varna · Undated · 50 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Karantinahane kitabeti refakat memuru · Varna · Undated · 80 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Karantina kâtibi · Constanța (Köstence) · Undated · 300 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [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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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 year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1855/56 (AH 1272)	15	400	100 to 5,000	0.0%	65
1859/60 (AH 1276)	150	500	150 to 3,350	7.3%	111
1864/65 (AH 1281)	450	400	125 to 3,000	53.2%	253
1865/66 (AH 1282)	750	400	150 to 2,000	69.7%	341
1866/67 (AH 1283)	750	400	146 to 2,000	69.6%	399
1867/68 (AH 1284)	250	458	150 to 2,500	21.9%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	490	475	150 to 3,000	51.6%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	490	400	150 to 2,250	54.4%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	730	400	150 to 2,000	70.5%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	730	420.5	125 to 2,375	68.9%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	400	450	140 to 2,350	43.3%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	570	405	130 to 2,200	61.9%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	570	450	150 to 1,800	62.4%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	570	450	150 to 2,000	62.2%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	570	420	150 to 2,000	63.6%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	570	450	150 to 1,800	63.4%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	570	450	150 to 2,000	63.8%	1196
1880/81 (AH 1298)	360	400	160 to 1,500	42.9%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	400	400	150 to 1,500	46.6%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	400	400	150 to 1,400	46.9%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	400	400	150 to 1,400	46.1%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	400	400	150 to 1,500	45.1%	1748

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Varna12
1855 to 1877 (AH 1272 to 1293)
Constanța (Köstence)4
1859 to 1867 (AH 1276 to 1283)
Izmir (İzmir)4
1881 to 1885 (AH 1299 to 1302)
Ruse (Rusçuk)3
1868 to 1871 (AH 1285 to 1287)
Tuna3
1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1295)
Fethiye (Meğri)1
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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

Varna15 to 730
Constanța (Köstence)150 to 750
Izmir (İzmir)125 to 400
Ruse (Rusçuk)490
Tuna570
Fethiye (Meğri)320

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

Evkaf kâtibi4
1864 to 1874 (AH 1281 to 1290)
Orman Memuru4
1873 to 1877 (AH 1290 to 1293)
Infisal3
1867 to 1884 (AH 1284 to 1301)
Orman Müfettişliği kâtibi3
1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1295)
Osmanlı Gümrüğü İdaresi rıhtım resmi memuru3
1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301)
Rüsumat Müdürlüğü emtia kâtibi3
1868 to 1871 (AH 1285 to 1287)

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 officialsAhmed Fehmi Efendi born 1839/40 (AH 1255); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Varna22 other officialsMEHMED SIDKI EFENDİ 10 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Sıbyan Mektebi562 other officialsMehmed Ali Efendi born 1841/42 (AH 1257); no salary recorded

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 0 (recorded code)^[source]
Judicial record as worded: 0 (recorded code)^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 191, 192, 193
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 33/211; 319 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 33/211.; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 33/211

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