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Mehmed Emin Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Gelibolu · Dated entries 1869 to 1911 (AH 1286 to 1328)

Languages Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/131

The career, year by year

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

Follow 14 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.

1GeliboluKeşanŞarköyKomotini (Gümülcine)YozgatAmasyaAydın
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 14 · Gelibolu

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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. 1

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Gelibolu

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

    2. Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Kalemi mülazımı

  2. 2

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Bolayır

    Not yet located on the map: Bolayır

    1. Rüsumat Memuru

      235 kuruş

  3. 3

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Keşan

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1878 (AH 1295) · 3 recorded years

      Gelibolu

      AH entries: 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

        All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1880/81 (AH 1298)

        Şarköy

          All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

        1. 6

          1883/84 (AH 1301) · 3 recorded years

          Gelibolu

          AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

          Within-year entry order unresolved

            All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1887/88 (AH 1305) · 10 recorded years

            Gelibolu

            AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.

            Within-year entry order unresolved

              All 15 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1897/98 (AH 1315)

              Gelibolu / Komotini (Gümülcine)

              Within-year entry order unresolved

                All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1898/99 (AH 1316) · 6 recorded years

                Yozgat

                AH entries: 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.

                  All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1904/05 (AH 1322)

                  Yozgat / Teke

                  Within-year entry order unresolved

                  Not yet located on the map: Teke

                    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1905/06 (AH 1323)

                    Teke

                    Not yet located on the map: Teke

                      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                    1. 12

                      1906/07 (AH 1324)

                      Teke / Amasya

                      Within-year entry order unresolved

                      Not yet located on the map: Teke

                        All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                      1. 13

                        1907/08 (AH 1325) · 3 recorded years

                        Amasya

                        AH entries: 1325, 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.

                          All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                        1. 14

                          1910/11 (AH 1328)

                          Amasya / Aydın

                          Within-year entry order unresolved

                          1. Amasya

                            Muhasebeci

                            1,800 kuruş

                            Continuing service as described

                          2. Aydın

                            Muhasebeci

                            3,000 kuruş

                        7 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.

                        Read all 7 undated entries and their source evidence →

                        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

                        Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

                        Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

                        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
                        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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
                        1872/73 (AH 1289)235450140 to 2,35021.4%736
                        1876/77 (AH 1293)500420150 to 2,00055.0%1102
                        1879/80 (AH 1297)350400180 to 1,80039.5%1534
                        1880/81 (AH 1298)500400160 to 1,50061.0%1448
                        1883/84 (AH 1301)600400150 to 1,40068.1%1720
                        1884/85 (AH 1302)600400150 to 1,50067.7%1748
                        1885/86 (AH 1303)600400150 to 1,50066.1%1787
                        1887/88 (AH 1305)360400150 to 1,50041.4%1762
                        1888/89 (AH 1306)550400135 to 1,50065.0%1797
                        1889/90 (AH 1307)550400130 to 1,50065.1%1874
                        1890/91 (AH 1308)700400125 to 1,50073.0%1896
                        1891/92 (AH 1309)700400140 to 1,60072.3%1927
                        1892/93 (AH 1310)700400135 to 1,50073.3%1935
                        1893/94 (AH 1311)700400140 to 1,40073.4%1929
                        1894/95 (AH 1312)700400140 to 1,50072.8%2004
                        1895/96 (AH 1313)700400140 to 1,50072.6%1981
                        1896/97 (AH 1314)700450150 to 1,57571.5%2119
                        1897/98 (AH 1315)700400140 to 1,42576.0%1891
                        1898/99 (AH 1316)1,620400144 to 1,40091.9%1844
                        1899/1900 (AH 1317)1,620400140 to 1,44092.1%1821
                        1900/01 (AH 1318)1,620400140 to 1,50091.7%1761
                        1901/02 (AH 1319)1,620400150 to 1,52090.5%1666
                        1902/03 (AH 1320)1,620400150 to 1,50092.1%1627
                        1903/04 (AH 1321)1,620405150 to 1,45091.8%1578
                        1904/05 (AH 1322)1,620400135 to 1,50091.3%1493
                        1905/06 (AH 1323)1,620430125 to 1,50091.3%1423
                        1906/07 (AH 1324)1,800450150 to 1,52591.5%1371
                        1907/08 (AH 1325)1,800460135 to 1,61590.7%1290
                        1908/09 (AH 1326)1,800400150 to 2,00088.8%1232
                        1909/10 (AH 1327)1,800600200 to 2,00085.6%1088
                        1910/11 (AH 1328)3,000500200 to 2,00095.8%732

                        Career patterns and pay

                        Recorded pay over the career

                        Kuruş · dated amounts

                        Select 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 entries
                        1. 1869 to 1898 (AH 1286 to 1315)
                        2. 1898 to 1905 (AH 1316 to 1322)
                        3. 1906 to 1911 (AH 1324 to 1328)
                        4. Teke3
                          1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324)
                        5. 1910/11 (AH 1328)
                        6. Bolayır1
                          1872/73 (AH 1289)

                        The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

                        Amounts recorded by place

                        Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
                        1. Gelibolu350 to 700
                        2. Yozgat1,620
                        3. Amasya1,800
                        4. Teke1,620
                        5. Aydın3,000
                        6. Bolayır235

                        Six places with the most recorded career years. 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
                        1. 1898 to 1911 (AH 1316 to 1328)
                        2. 1888 to 1898 (AH 1306 to 1315)
                        3. 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
                        4. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297)
                        5. 1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)
                        6. 1887/88 (AH 1305)

                        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

                        All related groups and salary ranks

                        Education and personal record

                        Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Gelibolu Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]

                        Language skills and historical terms

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

                        • Rum (as recorded) · Tekellüm [source]
                        • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
                        All personal fields and their sources

                        Sources and evidence

                        1. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Gelibolu doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)

                          OSMAN UMUT NAL · 2026 · Pages 129, 130, 131

                          BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/131

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                        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 · 34 dated AH years

                        Annual salary study and register readings

                        The separate annual salary reference account has 48 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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