İsa Efendi

Born 1859/60 (AH 1276) · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · Dated entries 1882 to 1893 (AH 1300 to 1310)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.785

The career, year by year

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

Places and reading notes

Vidin

9 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

İsa Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The father’s occupation was Çiftçi. Schooling included Mahalli Sıbyan Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

The earliest service point in the record is dated 1882/83 (AH 1300). Dated career entries span 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1892/93 (AH 1310) across 9 AH years, beginning with Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu and ending with entries for Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi muharrir ve tahsildarı. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Vidin.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 200 kuruş in 1892/93 (AH 1310); the highest recorded monthly rate is 200 kuruş in 1892/93 (AH 1310).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Thessaloniki (Selanik) · 1859/60 (AH 1276)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Çiftçi^[source]
Education: Mahalli Sıbyan Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1882/83 (AH 1300)^[source]
Age at first work: 24^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.

Career in numbers

9
Dated AH years: 1
Career place names: 1
Salary years: 200 → 200
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 200
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 15.0%
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.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 1892/93 (AH 1310); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1892/93 (AH 1310).

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 work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Thessaloniki (Selanik)

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
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Thessaloniki (Selanik)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 24
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu
  Calculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1883/84 (AH 1301) · 7 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu
  Calculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu
  Calculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu
  Calculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu
  Calculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu
  Calculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu
  Calculated age 30
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7. Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu
  Calculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8. Görevin sona ermesi
  Calculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Vidin
1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi muharrir ve tahsildarı
  200 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Entry & evidence →[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

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
1892/93 (AH 1310)	200	400	135 to 1,500	15.0%	1935

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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● 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

Vidin1
1892/93 (AH 1310)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Vidin200

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

Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun, Beşinci Nişancı Taburu, dördüncü bölük birinci çavuşu8
1882 to 1890 (AH 1300 to 1307)
Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi muharrir ve tahsildarı1
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Görevin sona ermesi1
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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

Thessaloniki (Selanik)7 other officialsİrfan Bey born 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 3,600 kuruş
Vidin1 other officialOsman Nuri Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
1882/83 (AH 1300)236 other officialsABDULKADİR BEG first annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 400 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Mahalli Sıbyan Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Personal details

Birthplace: Selanik^[source]
Birth province: Selanik^[source]
Birth year: 1859/60 (AH 1276)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Çiftçi^[source]
Archive references: BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.785^[1]

Education and languages

Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Education detail: Mukaddime-i ulum dersleri^[source]
Education: Mahalli Sıbyan Mektebi^[source]
Education level equivalent: 4^[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 24^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year: 1882/83 (AH 1300)^[source]

Sources and evidence

3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar
ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 58, 59
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.785

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