Mahmud Hamdi Efendi

Born 1864/65 (AH 1281) · Çemişgezek · Dated entries 1881 to 1906 (AH 1299 to 1323)

Archival reference DH_SAİDd_____00148_00054

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The life

Mahmud Hamdi Efendi was born in Çemişgezek in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The father’s occupation was İstanbul Umumi Hapishanesi eski sergardiyanı. Schooling included Çemişgezek sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri.^[source]

Service began in Çemişgezek in 1881/82 (AH 1299). Dated career entries span 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 1905/06 (AH 1323) across 19 AH years, from Çemişgezek to Hozat, beginning with Rüşdiye rik'a muallimi. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Çemişgezek, Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi, Mazgirt and Hozat.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 80 kuruş in 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 85 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323); the highest recorded monthly rate is 320 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Çemişgezek · 1864/65 (AH 1281)^[source]
Father’s occupation: İstanbul Umumi Hapishanesi eski sergardiyanı^[source]
Education: Çemişgezek sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri^[source]
First work: 1881/82 (AH 1299) · Çemişgezek^[source]
Age at first work: 18^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 80 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

19
Dated AH years: 4
Career place names: 1
Entries without a resolved year: 19
Salary years: 80 → 85
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 320
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 5.2%
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. 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 1905/06 (AH 1323); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1905/06 (AH 1323).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 8 · Çemişgezek

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1864/65 (AH 1281)
Çemişgezek
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Çemişgezek
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 18
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Rüşdiye rik'a muallimi
  80 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1882/83 (AH 1300) · 7 recorded years
Çemişgezek
AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Rüşdiye rik'a muallimi
  80 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tahrirat kâtibi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 12 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Çemişgezek / Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi
1. Çemişgezek
  Tahrirat kâtibi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi
  Muhasebe kalemi varidat kâtibi refakat memuru
  250 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1890/91 (AH 1308) · 4 recorded years
Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi
AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi
1. Muhasebe kalemi varidat kâtibi refakat memuru
  250 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Muhasebe kalemi yevmiye kâtibi
  300 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi / Mazgirt
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi
1. Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi
  Muhasebe kalemi yevmiye kâtibi
  300 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi
  Muhasebe kalemi yevmiye kâtibi
  320 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1901/02 (AH 1319) · 4 recorded years
Hozat
AH entries: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Hozat
1. Rüşdiye hüsn-i hat muallimi
  85 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Rüşdiye hüsn-i hat muallimi
  85 kuruşCalculated age 41
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1905/06 (AH 1323)
Hozat / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hozat; Location not recorded
1. Hozat
  Rüşdiye hüsn-i hat muallimi
  85 kuruşCalculated age 42
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Infisal
  Calculated age 42
  Entry & evidence →[1]

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Mukavelat muharriri · Çemişgezek · Undated 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

Current collection salary comparison

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Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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How the comparison is calculated

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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
1881/82 (AH 1299)	80	400	150 to 1,500	3.4%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	80	400	150 to 1,400	3.6%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	80	400	150 to 1,400	3.8%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	80	400	150 to 1,500	3.5%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	80	400	150 to 1,500	4.1%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	110	400	150 to 1,500	6.3%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	150	400	150 to 1,500	9.7%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	150	400	135 to 1,500	10.6%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	250	400	130 to 1,500	21.3%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	250	400	125 to 1,500	21.5%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	300	400	140 to 1,600	28.5%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	300	400	135 to 1,500	28.0%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	300	400	140 to 1,400	27.9%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	320	400	140 to 1,500	37.9%	2004
1901/02 (AH 1319)	85	400	150 to 1,520	4.4%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	85	400	150 to 1,500	4.1%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	85	405	150 to 1,450	4.6%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	85	400	135 to 1,500	4.6%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	85	430	125 to 1,500	5.2%	1423

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Çemişgezek9
1881 to 1890 (AH 1299 to 1307)
Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi6
1889 to 1895 (AH 1307 to 1312)
Hozat5
1901 to 1906 (AH 1319 to 1323)
Mazgirt1
1894/95 (AH 1312)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Çemişgezek80 to 150
Dersim sancağı muhasebe kalemi250 to 320
Hozat85
Mazgirt160

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

Rüşdiye rik'a muallimi7
1881 to 1888 (AH 1299 to 1305)
Rüşdiye hüsn-i hat muallimi5
1901 to 1906 (AH 1319 to 1323)
Muhasebe kalemi yevmiye kâtibi4
1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)
Muhasebe kalemi varidat kâtibi refakat memuru3
1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309)
Tahrirat kâtibi3
1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)
Belediye kâtibi ve sandık emini2
1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 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

Çemişgezek104 other officialsEmin Muhlis Efendi born 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 450 kuruş
Çemişgezek18 other officialsHasan Rıza Efendi 9 shared years; highest salary 250 kuruş
1881/82 (AH 1299)187 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi first entry in Çemişgezek; highest salary 700 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi^[1]

Schooling Çemişgezek sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre çemişgezekli devlet memurları
YETER ÖZDEMİR BIYIK · 2024 · Pages 341, 342, 343
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