Mehmet Zühtü Efendi
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Dated entries 1895 to 1911 (AH 1313 to 1328)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 192/169
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmet Zühtü Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Schooling included İptidai; Rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Alucra Tapu Kalemi in 1904/05 (AH 1322). Dated career entries span 1895/96 (AH 1313) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 13 AH years, beginning with askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş) and ending with entries for tapu kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Alucra Tapu Kalemi, Alucra, İskefser and Niksar. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325) to 400 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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 7 · 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 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Birth
2 1895/96 (AH 1313) · 7 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)
Calculated age 23
askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş) (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 29
Recorded service ending
3 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Alucra Tapu Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Alucra Tapu Kalemi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 32
Mülazım
Calculated age 32
4 1905/06 (AH 1323)
Alucra Tapu Kalemi / Alucra
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Alucra Tapu Kalemi
Alucra Tapu Kalemi
Mülazım
Calculated age 33
Continuing service as described
tahsildar (ilave-i memuriyet)
Calculated age 33
5 1907/08 (AH 1325) · 2 recorded years
İskefser
AH entries: 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: İskefser
tapu kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 35
tapu kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 36
Continuing service as described
6 1909/10 (AH 1327)
İskefser / Niksar
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İskefser
İskefser
tapu kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 37
Continuing service as described
tapu kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 37
7 tapu kâtibi
Calculated age 38
Continuing service as described
tapu kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 38
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.
- tapu kâtibi (becayiş) · Erbaa · Undated · 400 kuruş 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 250 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 22.7% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 24.4% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 250 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 15.1% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 400 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 31.3% | 732 |
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- İskefser250
- Niksar250 to 400
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 officialsMehmet Kasım Efendi born 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Niksar3 other officialsKostantin Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- 1895/96 (AH 1313)179 other officialsAhmet Mithat Efendi first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Giresunlu devlet adamları (1879-1909)
AHMET YADİ · 2014 · Pages 123, 124
375 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 192/169.; BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 192/169.
Read the original source accounts · 20 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 · 13 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 19 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.