MEHMET ZARİF EFENDİ
Born Year not recorded · Erzincan · Dated entries 1886 to 1899 (AH 1304 to 1316)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD, 321/30
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
MEHMET ZARİF EFENDİ was born in Erzincan, within the İslam community. Schooling included Erzincan sıbyan mektebi; Hafız Hamdi Efendi'den Arabî dersi (icazetname). The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Ergani in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Dated career entries span 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 1898/99 (AH 1316) across 8 AH years, from Ergani to İzmit, beginning with Evkaf Müdürü and ending with entries for Evkaf Müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Ergani, Mersin and İzmit. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 581 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316); the highest recorded monthly rate is 650 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313). Death is recorded in 1898/99 (AH 1316). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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.
Stage 1 of 5 · Ergani
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.
1 First work as recorded
Evkaf Müdürü
250 kuruş
2 Evkaf Müdürü
500 kuruş
Evkaf Müdürü
500 kuruş
Continuing service as described
3 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Mersin / İzmit
Within-year entry order unresolved
Evkaf Müdürü
500 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Evkaf Müdürü
650 kuruş
4 1896/97 (AH 1314) · 2 recorded years
İzmit
AH entries: 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Evkaf Müdürü
Continuing service as described
Evkaf Müdürü
581 kuruş
Continuing service as described
5 1898/99 (AH 1316)
İzmit / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Evkaf Müdürü
581 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Vefat
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.
- Evkaf Müdürü (Nakil) · Ergani · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Erzincan · 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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.1% | 1725 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 56.2% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 55.4% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.4% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 650 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 71.4% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 581 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 63.8% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 581 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 70.0% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 581 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 68.3% | 1844 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● 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
- Erzincan187 other officialsMehmet Kamil Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Mersin8 other officialsAvramaki Papa Dopulos Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)175 other officialsMehmed Bey first entry in Hama; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar
ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 76, 77
115 BOA, DH. SAİD, 321/30; BOA, DH. SAİD, 321/30
Read the original source accounts · 15 source entries →
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 · 8 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 13 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.