Şerif Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Ohrid (Ohri) · Dated entries 1887 to 1897 (AH 1305 to 1314)
Languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA., DH. SAİD d... / 143 – 69
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
- Fener Bulgar Mektebi, İstanbul
- Debrei bala
- Erzurum
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
Şerif Efendi was born in Ohrid (Ohri). The father’s occupation was Telgraf Çavuşu. Schooling included Ohri Rüştiyesi; Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye. The language repertoire included Arabic, Bulgarian, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in İstanbul (Fener Bulgar Mektebi) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). Service included Kavaid-i Osmani ve Hüsn-i Hat Muallimi in Fener Bulgar Mektebi, İstanbul (1887 to 1889 (AH 1305 to 1306)). Later posts included Belediye Hekimi in Debrei bala (1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)) and Vilayet Merkez Hekimi in Erzurum (1896/97 (AH 1314)). Debrei bala appears most often, across 4 dated years. [1]
Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 1,200 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,200 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314). [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 · İstanbul (Fener Bulgar Mektebi) / Fener Bulgar Mektebi, İstanbul
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1887/88 (AH 1305)
İstanbul (Fener Bulgar Mektebi) / Fener Bulgar Mektebi, İstanbul
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul (Fener Bulgar Mektebi); Fener Bulgar Mektebi, İstanbul
İstanbul (Fener Bulgar Mektebi)
First work as recorded
Fener Bulgar Mektebi, İstanbul
Kavaid-i Osmani ve Hüsn-i Hat Muallimi
200 kuruş
2 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Fener Bulgar Mektebi, İstanbul
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Fener Bulgar Mektebi, İstanbul
Kavaid-i Osmani ve Hüsn-i Hat Muallimi
200 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Kavaid-i Osmani ve Hüsn-i Hat Muallimi (Görevin sona ermesi)
Recorded service ending
3 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 4 recorded years
Debrei bala
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Belediye Hekimi
800 kuruş
Belediye Hekimi
800 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Belediye Hekimi
800 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Belediye Hekimi
800 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Belediye Hekimi (İstifa)
Recorded service ending
4 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Erzurum
Vilayet Merkez Hekimi
1,200 kuruş
2 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.
- Paris'te sinir ve iç hastalıkları tahsili · Paris · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Ohrid (Ohri) · 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 14.4% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.4% | 1797 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 75.5% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 800 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 76.7% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 77.3% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 76.6% | 2004 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,200 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 84.0% | 2119 |
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- Debrei bala800
- Fener Bulgar Mektebi, İstanbul200
- Erzurum1,200
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
- Ohrid (Ohri)67 other officialsTEVFĠK EFENDĠ born 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Debrei bala1 other officialİlmi Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 600 kuruş
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)190 other officialsMehmet Mazhar Efendi first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid döneminde sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı Devleti'nde Ohri doğumlu memurlar
ÖMER ÖĞÜT · 2026 · Pages 142, 143
BOA., DH. SAİD d... / 143 – 69
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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