Karabet Efendi
Born 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Harput · Dated entries 1884 to 1890 (AH 1302 to 1307)
Languages Armenian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 27-89
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Malatya
- Harput
- Erzurum
6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Karabet Efendi was born in Harput in 1862/63 (AH 1279), within the Hristiyan community. The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included Ermeni mektebi. The language repertoire included Armenian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Malatya in 1884/85 (AH 1302). Dated career entries span 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 1889/90 (AH 1307) across 6 AH years, from Malatya to Erzurum, beginning with Tarik peygurluğu and ending with entries for Üçüncü sınıf kondüktör. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Malatya, Harput and Erzurum. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 500 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303). [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 · Harput
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 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Harput
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 23
Tarik peygurluğu
300 kuruşCalculated age 23
3 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Malatya / Harput
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tarik peygurluğu
300 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Üçüncü sınıf muvakkat kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 24
4 1886/87 (AH 1304) · 2 recorded years
Harput
AH entries: 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Üçüncü sınıf muvakkat kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Üçüncü sınıf muvakkat kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Üçüncü sınıf muvakkat kondüktör (İnfisal)
Calculated age 26
5 1888/89 (AH 1306) · 2 recorded years
Erzurum
AH entries: 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Üçüncü sınıf kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 27
Üçüncü sınıf kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Üçüncü sınıf kondüktör (Azil)
Calculated age 28
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.2% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 58.1% | 1787 |
| 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) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 56.1% | 1874 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 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
- Harput168 other officialsMığırdıç Efendi born 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 360 kuruş
- Harput2 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)173 other officialsAli Avni Efendi first entry in Malatya; highest salary 800 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Ermeni mektebi [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Malatya [source]
- First-salary field
- 300 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Other recorded details
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları
ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 183, 184
BOA. DH. SAİD 27-89
Read the original source accounts · 9 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 · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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