Selim Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Aleppo (Halep) · Dated entries 1879 to 1909 (AH 1297 to 1326)
Languages Arabic, French, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 407
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
- Aleppo (Halep)
- Mosul (Musul)
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
- Ioannina (Yanya)
11 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
Selim Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1860/61 (AH 1277), within the Katolik community. The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included Halep mahalli Millet Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic, French and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Aleppo (Halep) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). Service included İkinci Daire-i Belediye sandık memuru in Aleppo (Halep) (1879/80 (AH 1297)). Later posts included Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi kâtip muavini in Aleppo (Halep) (1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)), Muhasebe maiyeti evveli in Aleppo (Halep) (1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)) and Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu muhasebe başkâtibi in Ioannina (Yanya) (1908/09 (AH 1326)). Aleppo (Halep) appears most often, across 7 dated years. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1879/80 (AH 1297) to 2,250 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,250 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321). [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 · Aleppo (Halep)
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 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Aleppo (Halep)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 20
İkinci Daire-i Belediye sandık memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
3 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 6 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi kâtip muavini
250 kuruşCalculated age 24
Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi kâtip muavini
500 kuruşCalculated age 25
Muhasebe maiyeti evveli
600 kuruşCalculated age 26
Muhasebe maiyeti evveli
700 kuruşCalculated age 27
Muhasebe maiyeti evveli
700 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Muhasebe maiyeti evveli
800 kuruşCalculated age 29
4 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Mosul (Musul)
Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu muhasebecisi
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 40
5 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Baghdad (Bağdat)
Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu muhasebecisi
2,250 kuruşCalculated age 44
6 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Ioannina (Yanya)
Vilayet Emlak-ı Miriyye İdaresi muhasebe başkâtibi
Calculated age 47
7 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Ioannina (Yanya)
Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu muhasebe başkâtibi
2,250 kuruşCalculated age 49
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.
- Infisal · Undated 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 300 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 27.1% | 1534 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 19.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 59.8% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 66.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 700 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 72.2% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 700 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 71.8% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 800 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 77.0% | 1797 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 94.0% | 1821 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 2,250 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 94.8% | 1578 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 2,250 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 91.6% | 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- Aleppo (Halep)250 to 800
- Ioannina (Yanya)2,250
- Baghdad (Bağdat)2,250
- Mosul (Musul)2,000
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
- Aleppo (Halep)72 other officialsİskender Efendi born 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 650 kuruş
- Aleppo (Halep)64 other officialsMehmed Lâmi Efendi 7 shared years; highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)206 other officialsİskender Efendi first entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 650 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Halep [source]
- First-salary field
- 300 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar
ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 59, 60
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 407
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated AH years
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