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Mehmed Ali Efendi (Ökselizâde)

Born 1874/75 (AH 1291) · Uşak · Dated entries 1888 to 1915 (AH 1306 to 1333)

Archival reference İST. MFT. MŞH. SAİD., 0123

The career, year by year

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

Follow 8 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.

1UşakBolvadin
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 8 · Uşak

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. 1

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Uşak

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Uşak

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 15

    2. Nüfus kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 15

  3. 3

    1889/90 (AH 1307) · 20 recorded years

    Uşak

    AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.

    1. Nüfus kâtibi

      125 kuruşCalculated age 16

    2. Nüfus memuru

      150 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    All 20 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Uşak / Bolvadin

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Uşak

      Nüfus memuru

      150 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bolvadin

      Nüfus memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 36

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    Bolvadin

    1. Nüfus memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

  6. 6

    1911 (AH 1329)

    Bolvadin / Uşak

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Bolvadin

      Nüfus memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

    2. Uşak

      Nüfus memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 38

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  7. 7

    1911/12 (AH 1330) · 3 recorded years

    Uşak

    AH entries: 1330, 1331, 1332. Gaps remain open.

    1. Nüfus memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

    2. Nüfus memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  8. 8

    1914/15 (AH 1333)

    Uşak / Uşak medresesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Uşak medresesi

    1. Uşak

      Nüfus memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

    2. Uşak medresesi

      Hat muallimi (ek görev)

      100 kuruşCalculated age 42

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
1889/90 (AH 1307)125400130 to 1,5008.6%1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)150400125 to 1,50011.0%1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)150400140 to 1,60010.5%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)150400135 to 1,50010.8%1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)150400140 to 1,40010.4%1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)150400140 to 1,50010.5%2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)150400140 to 1,50010.4%1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)150450150 to 1,5759.0%2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)150400140 to 1,42510.3%1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)150400144 to 1,40010.0%1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)150400140 to 1,44010.4%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)150400140 to 1,50010.3%1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)150400150 to 1,5209.8%1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)150400150 to 1,5009.0%1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)150405150 to 1,4509.9%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)150400135 to 1,50010.5%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)150430125 to 1,50011.4%1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)150450150 to 1,52510.0%1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)150460135 to 1,61510.9%1290
1908/09 (AH 1326)150400150 to 2,0007.7%1232
1909/10 (AH 1327)400600200 to 2,00031.0%1088
1910/11 (AH 1328)400500200 to 2,00031.3%732
1911 (AH 1329)500600250 to 2,50038.4%402
1911/12 (AH 1330)5001,000300 to 3,00025.4%233
1912/13 (AH 1331)5001,200300 to 4,00019.3%151
1913/14 (AH 1332)5001,250300 to 3,00018.0%51
1914/15 (AH 1333)500450250 to 1,75052.4%22

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. 1888 to 1915 (AH 1306 to 1333)
  2. 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)
  3. Uşak medresesi1
    1914/15 (AH 1333)

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. Uşak125 to 500
  2. Uşak medresesi100

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. 1890 to 1915 (AH 1308 to 1333)
  2. 1914/15 (AH 1333)
  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)
  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 Uşak İbtidai mektebi; Uşak Rüşdiye mektebi [source]

All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Tanzimat'tan II. Meşrutiyet'e Uşak kazasında ilmȋ ve kültürel hayat (1839-1908)

    VELİ DOMBAYCI · 2016 · Pages 268, 269

    İST. MFT. MŞH. SAİD., 0123 00125, Dosya No: 1462B, (123/12/1)

Read the original source accounts · 33 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 · 28 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 33 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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