Saferyan Merkar Efendi
Born 1854/55 (AH 1271) · Harput · Dated entries 1890 to 1897 (AH 1308 to 1314)
Languages Armenian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 66-51
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
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
3 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
Saferyan Merkar Efendi was born in Harput in 1854/55 (AH 1271), within the Hristiyan community. The language repertoire included Armenian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1890/91 (AH 1308). Dated career entries span 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 1891/92 (AH 1309) across 2 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with İstanbul polisi sekizinci bölük beşinci çavuşunun beşinci neferi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 350 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309); the highest recorded monthly rate is 350 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309). Death is recorded in 1896/97 (AH 1314). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 4 · Harput
How to read this map
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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 1854/55 (AH 1271)
Harput
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 37
İstanbul polisi sekizinci bölük beşinci çavuşunun beşinci neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 37
3 İstanbul polisi sekizinci bölük beşinci çavuşunun beşinci neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
İstanbul polisi sekizinci bölük beşinci çavuşunun beşinci neferi (Nakil)
Calculated age 38
Recorded service ending
İkinci bölük yedinci polis çavuşu
350 kuruşCalculated age 38
4 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Vefat
Calculated age 43
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Tertib-i harç polis üçüncü komiseri · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 500 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
Pay in its time
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 300 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 28.5% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 39.2% | 1927 |
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 rate- Istanbul (Dersaadet)300 to 350
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 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 officialsBedros Sezai Efendi born 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Istanbul223 other officialsAhmed Ârifî Paşa 2 shared years; highest salary 100,000 kuruş
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)189 other officialsABDULKADİR SİRRİ EFENDİ first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,100 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 37 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstanbul [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
- 1890/91 (AH 1308) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları
ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 254, 255
BOA. DH. SAİD 66-51
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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