Mehmed Tevfik Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Gelibolu · Dated entries 1876 to 1905 (AH 1293 to 1322)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 65/351

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmed Tevfik Efendi was born in Gelibolu. The father’s occupation was Ketebe (kâtip). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; muallim-i mahsus. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

The first place of work was Gelibolu Telgrafhanesi. Dated career entries span 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 21 AH years, from Feres (Ferecik) to Benghazi (Bingazi), beginning with Merkez muhabere memuru and ending with entries for Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Feres (Ferecik), Baba-yı Atik Telgrafhanesi, Fekye Telgrafhanesi and Kütahya Telgrafhanesi and 9 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1,500 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,500 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Gelibolu · Year not recorded^[source]
Father’s occupation: Ketebe (kâtip)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; muallim-i mahsus^[source]
First work: Gelibolu Telgrafhanesi^[source]
Age at first work: 15^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.

Career in numbers

21
Dated AH years: 14
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 20
Salary years: 400 → 1,500
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 1,500
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 89.6%
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. 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1904/05 (AH 1322); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1904/05 (AH 1322)
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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● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 14 · Feres (Ferecik)

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1
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Feres (Ferecik)
1. Merkez muhabere memuru
  400 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Baba-yı Atik Telgrafhanesi / Fekye Telgrafhanesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Baba-yı Atik Telgrafhanesi; Fekye Telgrafhanesi
1. Baba-yı Atik Telgrafhanesi
  Telgraf Memuru
  300 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Fekye Telgrafhanesi
  Telgraf Memuru
  400 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1878 (AH 1295) · 3 recorded years
Kütahya Telgrafhanesi
AH entries: 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kütahya Telgrafhanesi
1. Telgraf Memuru
  400 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf Memuru
  380 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Infisal
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Medreni
Not yet located on the map: Medreni
1. Merkez muhabere memuru
  380 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Erzincan
1. Posta kâtibi
  500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Van
1. Muhabere Memuru
  500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Üsküp
Not yet located on the map: Üsküp
1. Merkez muhabere memuru
  600 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Eskişehir
1. Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü
  600 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1893/94 (AH 1311) · 4 recorded years
Chios (Sakız)
AH entries: 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Telgraf merkez müdürü
  760 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf merkez müdürü
  684 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
1. Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü
  800 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1900/01 (AH 1318) · 3 recorded years
Kırklareli
AH entries: 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
1. Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü
  720 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü
  720 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
13
1903/04 (AH 1321)
Kırklareli / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Kırklareli
  Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü
  720 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Azil
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
14
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Benghazi (Bingazi)
1. Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü
  1,500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]

4 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.

Telgraf mülazımı · Gelibolu Telgrafhanesi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Telgraf mülazımı (Nakil) · Gelibolu Telgrafhanesi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Birth · Gelibolu · Year not recorded
First work as recorded · Gelibolu Telgrafhanesi · 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

Current collection salary comparison

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Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only

Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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
1876/77 (AH 1293)	400	420	150 to 2,000	43.3%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	400	450	150 to 1,800	43.0%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	400	450	150 to 2,000	42.7%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	400	400	150 to 2,000	44.1%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	400	400	180 to 1,800	44.2%	1534
1884/85 (AH 1302)	380	400	150 to 1,500	43.6%	1748
1886/87 (AH 1304)	500	400	150 to 1,500	57.3%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	500	400	150 to 1,500	54.5%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	600	400	135 to 1,500	66.2%	1797
1892/93 (AH 1310)	600	400	135 to 1,500	65.6%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	760	400	140 to 1,400	77.0%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	760	400	140 to 1,500	76.2%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	760	400	140 to 1,500	75.5%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	760	450	150 to 1,575	74.5%	2119
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	800	400	140 to 1,440	77.3%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	720	400	140 to 1,500	75.4%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	720	400	150 to 1,520	73.8%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	720	400	150 to 1,500	74.5%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	720	405	150 to 1,450	74.1%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	1,500	400	135 to 1,500	89.6%	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

Chios (Sakız)4
1893 to 1897 (AH 1311 to 1314)
Kırklareli4
1900 to 1904 (AH 1318 to 1321)
Kütahya Telgrafhanesi3
1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297)
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)1
1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Baba-yı Atik Telgrafhanesi1
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Benghazi (Bingazi)1
1904/05 (AH 1322)

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

Chios (Sakız)684 to 760
Kırklareli720
Kütahya Telgrafhanesi380 to 400
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)800
Baba-yı Atik Telgrafhanesi300
Benghazi (Bingazi)1,500

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

Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü7
1892 to 1905 (AH 1310 to 1322)
Telgraf Memuru4
1877 to 1880 (AH 1294 to 1297)
Telgraf merkez müdürü4
1893 to 1897 (AH 1311 to 1314)
Merkez muhabere memuru3
1876 to 1889 (AH 1293 to 1306)
Infisal2
1880 to 1904 (AH 1298 to 1321)
Muhabere Memuru1
1887/88 (AH 1305)

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

Gelibolu126 other officialsİsmail Hakkı İsmet Efendi born 1818/19 (AH 1234); highest salary 4,000 kuruş
Chios (Sakız)4 other officialsArtin Şirinyan Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
1876/77 (AH 1293)184 other officialsHacı Hüseyin Cemaleddin Efendi first entry in Refahiye; highest salary 750 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; muallim-i mahsus^[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): 1 (recorded code)^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Gelibolu doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)
OSMAN UMUT NAL · 2026 · Pages 141, 142, 143
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 65/351

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