Mehmet Ağa
Born 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Ürgüp · Dated entries 1886 to 1898 (AH 1304 to 1315)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00106/00137
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
- İstranca Vakıf Ormanları
7 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
Mehmet Ağa was born in Ürgüp in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The father’s occupation was Tatar. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in İstranca in 1897/98 (AH 1315). Service included Asker (1886 to 1891 (AH 1304 to 1308)). Later posts included Infisal (1893/94 (AH 1311)) and Vakıf ormanları piyade korucusu in İstranca Vakıf Ormanları (1897/98 (AH 1315)). [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 250 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315); the highest recorded monthly rate is 250 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315). [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 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 4 · Ürgüp
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Ürgüp
Birth
2 1886/87 (AH 1304) · 5 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
3 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 32
4 1897/98 (AH 1315)
İstranca / İstranca Vakıf Ormanları
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstranca; İstranca Vakıf Ormanları
İstranca
First work as recorded
Calculated age 36
İstranca Vakıf Ormanları
Vakıf ormanları piyade korucusu
250 kuruşCalculated age 36
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 20.6% | 1891 |
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- İstranca Vakıf Ormanları250
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
- Ürgüp117 other officialsAhmet Hamdi Efendi born 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 380 kuruş
- Sıbyan Mektebi562 other officialsAhmed Rüşdü Efendi born 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 800 kuruş
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)175 other officialsİSMAİL HAKKI EFENDİ(A) first annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 450 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 36 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstranca [source]
- First-salary field
- 250 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
- 1897/98 (AH 1315) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları
HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 101, 102
132 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00106/00137.; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00106/00137.
Read the original source accounts · 8 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 · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 8 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.