Mehmet Şerif Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Dated entries 1901 to 1909 (AH 1319 to 1326)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Şerif Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki). The father’s occupation was Jandarma süvari çavuşu. Schooling included Sıbyan, İptidai, Rüşdiye mektepleri (Karahisar-ı Şarki). The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki). Dated career entries span 1901/02 (AH 1319) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 8 AH years, from Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) to Alucra, beginning with Evrak Kalemi ikinci mukayyidi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), Mindeval nahiyesi and Alucra. [1]
Monthly pay went from 30 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319) to 200 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 200 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1901/02 (AH 1319) · 2 recorded years
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
AH entries: 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
Evrak Kalemi ikinci mukayyidi
30 kuruş
Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi
40 kuruş
2 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Mindeval nahiyesi
Not yet located on the map: Mindeval nahiyesi
Nahiye kâtibi
150 kuruş
3 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Mindeval nahiyesi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mindeval nahiyesi; Location not recorded
Mindeval nahiyesi
Nahiye kâtibi
150 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Askerlik
4 1905/06 (AH 1323) · 3 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Place not recorded / Alucra
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Place not recorded
Askerlik
Continuing service as described
Tahsil-i Müfredat kâtibi
200 kuruş
4 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.
- Mülazım (Bidayet Mahkemesi ve Vergi kalemleri) · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mülazım (Bidayet Mahkemesi ve Vergi kalemleri) (Görevin sona ermesi) · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Year not recorded
- First work as recorded · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 30 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 0.8% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 40 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 1.7% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 150 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 9.9% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 150 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 10.5% | 1493 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 12.8% | 1232 |
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- Mindeval nahiyesi150
- Alucra200
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
- Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)66 other officialsKarabet Fehmi Efendi born 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)10 other officialsNikolaki Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- 1901/02 (AH 1319)129 other officialsMehmed Emin Efendi first annual entry 1901/02 (AH 1319); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Giresunlu devlet adamları (1879-1909)
AHMET YADİ · 2014 · Pages 119, 120
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.; BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217
Read the original source accounts · 15 source entries →
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 · 8 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 13 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.