Mahmud Hilmi Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Kemaliye (Eğin) · Dated entries 1867 to 1904 (AH 1284 to 1321)
Languages Arabic, Persian
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/127
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mahmud Hilmi Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin), within the İslam community. Schooling included Mekteb-i ibtidaiyye; medrese; telgraf mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Persian. [source]
The first place of work was Istanbul (Dersaadet). Dated career entries span 1867/68 (AH 1284) to 1903/04 (AH 1321) across 15 AH years, from Çankırı to Beirut (Beyrut), beginning with Posta müdürü and ending with entries for Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü (becayiş). More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Çankırı, Baf, Suriye and Ioannina (Yanya) and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 2,000 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 3,000 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316); the highest recorded monthly rate is 3,000 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · Çankırı
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 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Çankırı
2 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Baf
Not yet located on the map: Baf
3 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Suriye
Not yet located on the map: Suriye
4 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Ioannina (Yanya) / Damascus (Şam)
Within-year entry order unresolved
5 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 10 recorded years
Damascus (Şam)
AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
6 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Beirut (Beyrut)
9 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.
- Telgrafhane Muhabere Odası mülazımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Pristina (Priştine) · Undated · 500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Serres (Siroz) · 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 92.7% | 1748 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 2,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 92.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 2,000 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 92.9% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 2,000 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 92.0% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 2,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 94.7% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 2,500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 95.2% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 2,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 95.5% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 2,850 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 96.5% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 2,850 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 95.6% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 2,850 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 96.0% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 2,850 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 97.0% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 3,000 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 97.0% | 1844 |
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- Damascus (Şam)2,000 to 3,000
- Ioannina (Yanya)2,000
- Suriye2,000
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
- Kemaliye (Eğin)73 other officialsMahmud Hamdi Efendi born 1832/33 (AH 1248); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Damascus (Şam)16 other officialsFevzi Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 1,300 kuruş
- 1867/68 (AH 1284)85 other officialsAbdulhalim Efendi first entry in Çankırı; highest salary 240 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Mekteb-i ibtidaiyye; medrese; telgraf mektebi [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854)
ÖMER FERİT İMLAK · 2012 · Pages 62, 63
104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/127.; BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/127.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 15 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 19 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.