Mehmed Fehim Efendi

Born 1849/50 (AH 1266) · Gelibolu · Dated entries 1866 to 1908 (AH 1283 to 1325)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 35/49

The career, year by year

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

Places and reading notes

Gelibolu

8 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

Mehmed Fehim Efendi was born in Gelibolu in 1849/50 (AH 1266). The father’s occupation was Sandık Emini. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

The first place of work was Gelibolu. Service included Muhasebe Kalemi memuru in Gelibolu (1866 to 1872 (AH 1283 to 1288)). Later posts included Muhasebe Başkâtibi in Gelibolu (1887/88 (AH 1305)) and Muhasebe Başkâtibi in Gelibolu (1907/08 (AH 1325)). Gelibolu appears most often, across 8 dated years.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 41.5 kuruş in 1866/67 (AH 1283) to 600 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Gelibolu · 1849/50 (AH 1266)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Sandık Emini^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi^[source]
First work: Gelibolu^[source]
Age at first work: 17^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.

Career in numbers

8
Dated AH years: 1
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 7
Salary years: 41.5 → 600
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 600
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 61.5%
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. 1866/67 (AH 1283) to 1907/08 (AH 1325); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1907/08 (AH 1325)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1907/08 (AH 1325).

Life and career

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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.

● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Gelibolu

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
1849/50 (AH 1266)
Gelibolu
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1866/67 (AH 1283) · 6 recorded years
Gelibolu
AH entries: 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  41.5 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  41.5 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  41.5 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  41.5 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  41.5 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  41.5 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  281 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Gelibolu
1. Muhasebe Başkâtibi
  Calculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1907/08 (AH 1325)
Gelibolu
1. Muhasebe Başkâtibi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 59
  Entry & evidence →[1]

3 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.

Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · Gelibolu · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil) · Gelibolu · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
First work as recorded · Gelibolu · 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

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

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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
1866/67 (AH 1283)	41.5	400	146 to 2,000	2.3%	399
1867/68 (AH 1284)	41.5	458	150 to 2,500	2.1%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	41.5	475	150 to 3,000	1.4%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	41.5	400	150 to 2,250	2.6%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	41.5	400	150 to 2,000	1.7%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	281	420.5	125 to 2,375	29.0%	712
1907/08 (AH 1325)	600	460	135 to 1,615	61.5%	1290

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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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

Gelibolu8
1866 to 1908 (AH 1283 to 1325)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Gelibolu41.5 to 600

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

Muhasebe Kalemi memuru6
1866 to 1872 (AH 1283 to 1288)
Muhasebe Başkâtibi2
1887 to 1908 (AH 1305 to 1325)

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 officialsYanko Efendi born 1850/51 (AH 1267); highest salary 600 kuruş
Gelibolu27 other officialsMehmed İzzet Efendi 7 shared years; highest salary 650 kuruş
1866/67 (AH 1283)95 other officialsKarabet Ağa first entry in Gelibolu; highest salary 300 kuruş

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace: Gelibolu^[source]
Birth year: 1849/50 (AH 1266)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Sandık Emini^[source]
Archive references: BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 35/49^[1]

Education and languages

Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi^[source]
Education level equivalent: 7^[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 17^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: Gelibolu^[source]

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Gelibolu doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)
OSMAN UMUT NAL · 2026 · Pages 135
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 35/49

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