Mehmed Arif Efendi
Born 1878 (AH 1295) · Çitok · Dated entries 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,148/ 385; BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,135/25
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
2 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
Mehmed Arif Efendi was born in Çitok in 1878 (AH 1295). Schooling included Taşköprü Rüşdiyesi; Mülkiye-i Şahane İdadisi; Mekteb-i Hukuk-ı Şahane. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). Service included İstinaf Hukuk Kalemi mülazımı in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)). [1]
Monthly pay went from 42 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318) to 42 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 42 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318). [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 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 3 · Çitok
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.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1878 (AH 1295)
Çitok
Not yet located on the map: Çitok
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 22
İstinaf Hukuk Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 22
3 İstinaf Hukuk Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 23
Continuing service as described
İstinaf Hukuk Kalemi mülazımı
42 kuruşCalculated age 23
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.
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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 42 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 1.9% | 1761 |
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 rateRanges 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
- Istanbul238 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Paşa 2 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- 1899/1900 (AH 1317)143 other officialsMehmed Ragıb Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 20 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye ve idadi şahadetnameleri [1]
Schooling Taşköprü Rüşdiyesi; Mülkiye-i Şahane İdadisi; Mekteb-i Hukuk-ı Şahane [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstanbul [source]
- First work year
- 1899/1900 (AH 1317) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 0.42 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Taşköprülü memurlar
VİLDAN ŞAHİN · 2023 · Pages 118, 119
BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,148/ 385; BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,135/25
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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 · 2 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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