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Mehmed Adil Efendi

Born 1882/83 (AH 1300) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1898 to 1910 (AH 1316 to 1327)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091

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1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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  1. 1

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 16

    2. İdare Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 16

  3. 3

    1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 2 recorded years

    Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı

    AH entries: 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı

    1. İdare Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 17

      Continuing service as described

    2. İdare Kalemi mülazımı

      290 kuruşCalculated age 18

      Continuing service as described

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı / Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı; Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane

    1. Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı

      İdare Kalemi mülazımı

      290 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

    2. Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane

      Evrak Kalemi halifesi

      190 kuruşCalculated age 19

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1902/03 (AH 1320) · 8 recorded years

    Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane

    AH entries: 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane

    1. Evrak Kalemi halifesi

      190 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    2. Evrak Kalemi halifesi

      850 kuruşCalculated age 27

    All 13 recorded entries in this stage →

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.

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Current collection salary comparison

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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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1899/1900 (AH 1317)290400140 to 1,44028.9%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)290400140 to 1,50029.0%1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)290400150 to 1,52028.9%1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)190400150 to 1,50013.9%1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)590405150 to 1,45067.2%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)690400135 to 1,50072.4%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)690430125 to 1,50070.1%1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)915450150 to 1,52577.1%1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)915460135 to 1,61576.6%1290
1908/09 (AH 1326)915400150 to 2,00075.3%1232
1909/10 (AH 1327)915600200 to 2,00068.3%1088

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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● 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. Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane9
    1901 to 1910 (AH 1319 to 1327)
  2. Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı4
    1898 to 1902 (AH 1316 to 1319)

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. Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane190 to 915
  2. Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı200 to 290

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. 1901 to 1910 (AH 1319 to 1327)
  2. 1898 to 1902 (AH 1316 to 1319)

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Related officials in the salary reference

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Education and personal record

Schooling İbtidai mektep; Üsküdar Merkez Rüşdiyesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
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Sources and evidence

  1. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 171

    BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 12 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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