Ömer Recmi Efendi
Born 1847/48 (AH 1264) · Tokat · Dated entries 1863 to 1894 (AH 1280 to 1311)
Languages Persian, Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
Ömer Recmi Efendi was born in Tokat in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The father’s occupation was Hekim. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; özel hocalar. The language repertoire included Persian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Tokat in 1863/64 (AH 1280). Dated career entries span 1863/64 (AH 1280) to 1893/94 (AH 1311) across 21 AH years, from Tokat Gümrük İdaresi to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with Gümrük stajyeri and ending with entries for Vergi Tahsildarı (Altıncı/İkinci Daire, Emlak), Tahsil Kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Tokat Gümrük İdaresi, Erbaa, Sivas and Zile and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1866/67 (AH 1283) to 400 kuruş in 1868/69 (AH 1285); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1868/69 (AH 1285). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 8 · Tokat
How to read this map
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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 1847/48 (AH 1264)
Tokat
Birth
2 1863/64 (AH 1280)
Tokat / Tokat Gümrük İdaresi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tokat Gümrük İdaresi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
Tokat Gümrük İdaresi
Gümrük stajyeri
Calculated age 16
3 1864/65 (AH 1281)
Tokat Gümrük İdaresi / Erbaa
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tokat Gümrük İdaresi
Tokat Gümrük İdaresi
Gümrük stajyeri
Calculated age 17
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat Kâtip Muavini
Calculated age 17
4 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Erbaa
Tahrirat Kâtip Muavini
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
5 1866/67 (AH 1283)
Erbaa / Sivas
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrirat Kâtip Muavini
Calculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Tahrir Kayıt Memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 19
6 Vukuat Kâtipliği Refakati
Calculated age 20
Vukuat Kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 21
7 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Maden-i Sim / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maden-i Sim; Location not recorded
Maden-i Sim
Vukuat Kâtibi
Calculated age 23
Place not recorded
istifa (İnfisal)
Calculated age 23
8 1880/81 (AH 1298) · 14 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Vergi Tahsildarı (Altıncı/İkinci Daire, Emlak), Tahsil Kâtibi
Calculated age 34
Vergi Tahsildarı (Altıncı/İkinci Daire, Emlak), Tahsil Kâtibi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 47
Recorded service ending
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.
- Arzuhalci ve Dava Vekâlet Kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 250 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 23.9% | 399 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 400 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 40.9% | 505 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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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 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
- Tokat122 other officialsAhmed Hilmi Efendi born 1847/48 (AH 1264); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Istanbul476 other officialsSâlih Münir Paşa 14 shared years; highest salary 21,500 kuruş
- 1863/64 (AH 1280)71 other officialsNişan Safer Efendi first annual entry 1863/64 (AH 1280); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )
ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 257, 258, 259
Read the original source accounts · 28 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 · 21 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 27 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.