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Mehmed Sunullah Efendi

Born 1847/48 (AH 1264) · Dated entries 1871 to 1891 (AH 1288 to 1308)

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 8 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.

Istanbul (Dersaadet)Targovishte (Eski Cuma)TaşköprüTosyaAlanya (Alaiye)ErganiAlaşehirHârșova (Hırsova)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 8 · Place not recorded

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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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1847/48 (AH 1264)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Muallimhâne-i Nüvvâb tahsili

      Calculated age 24

  3. 3

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Targovishte (Eski Cuma)

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1878 (AH 1295)

      Taşköprü

        All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

      1. 5

        1881/82 (AH 1299)

        Tosya

          All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

        1. 6

          1882/83 (AH 1300)

          Alanya (Alaiye)

            All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

          1. 7

            1886/87 (AH 1304) · 4 recorded years

            Ergani

            AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.

              All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1890/91 (AH 1308)

              Ergani / Alaşehir

              Within-year entry order unresolved

              1. Ergani

                naib (4. sınıf)

                Calculated age 44

                Continuing service as described

              2. Alaşehir

                naib

                1,850 kuruşCalculated age 44

            10 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.

            Read all 10 undated entries and their source evidence →

            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
            1877/78 (AH 1294)1,350450150 to 1,80085.5%1160
            1878 (AH 1295)1,350450150 to 2,00085.5%1196
            1881/82 (AH 1299)1,000400150 to 1,50081.5%1489
            1882/83 (AH 1300)1,250400150 to 1,40086.8%1655
            1886/87 (AH 1304)1,500400150 to 1,50089.3%1725
            1890/91 (AH 1308)1,850400125 to 1,50091.8%1896

            Career patterns and pay

            Recorded pay over the career

            Kuruş · dated amounts

            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. 1886 to 1891 (AH 1304 to 1308)
            2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
            3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)
            4. 1871/72 (AH 1288)
            5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
            6. 1878 (AH 1295)

            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
            1. Ergani1,500
            2. Tosya1,000

            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. 1877 to 1891 (AH 1294 to 1308)
            2. 1886 to 1891 (AH 1304 to 1308)
            3. 1871/72 (AH 1288)

            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 Muallimhâne-i Nüvvâb [source]

            Qualification 5. sınıf naiblik belgesi [1]

            Honours and other personal details

            Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
            0 (recorded code) [source]
            All personal fields and their sources

            Sources and evidence

            1. Tanzimat'tan II. Meşrutiyet'e Uşak kazasında ilmȋ ve kültürel hayat (1839-1908)

              VELİ DOMBAYCI · 2016 · Pages 292, 293, 294

            Read the original source accounts · 20 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 · 10 dated AH years

            Annual salary study and register readings

            The separate annual salary reference account has 11 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

            Open the salary study and register readings →

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