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Süleyman Muhyiddin Efendi

Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Giresun, Kapu Mahallesi · Dated entries 1909 to 1914 (AH 1327 to 1332)

Languages Arabic, Persian

Archival reference İST. MFT. MSH. SAİD., No: 235/ 29

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1909/10 (AH 1327): Rüştiye muallim-i sânisi, Giresun Rüştiyesi, 200 kuruş1913/14 (AH 1332): Kâtip ve hat muallimi, Giresun İdadisiAH 1327AH 1332
Places and reading notes
  • Giresun Rüştiyesi
  • Giresun İdadisi

2 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 3 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.

These dated entries have no agreed map position. Their places remain in the account.

Stage 1 of 3 · Giresun, Kapu Mahallesi

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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.

3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Giresun, Kapu Mahallesi

    Not yet located on the map: Giresun, Kapu Mahallesi

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Giresun Rüştiyesi

    Not yet located on the map: Giresun Rüştiyesi

    1. Rüştiye muallim-i sânisi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 39

  3. 3

    1913/14 (AH 1332)

    Giresun İdadisi

    Not yet located on the map: Giresun İdadisi

    1. Kâtip ve hat muallimi

      Calculated age 44

3 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

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.

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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
1909/10 (AH 1327)200600200 to 2,0007.8%1088

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01002001909/10AH 13271909/10 (AH 1327) · 200 kuruş

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. Giresun İdadisi1
    1913/14 (AH 1332)
  2. Giresun Rüştiyesi1
    1909/10 (AH 1327)

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. Giresun Rüştiyesi200

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. 1913/14 (AH 1332)
  2. 1909/10 (AH 1327)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Aliyyülâlâ dereceli şehadetname; icazetname [1]

Schooling Giresun Rüştiye Mektebi; Fatih Tetimme-i Saniye Medresesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Giresun, Kapu Mahallesi [source]
Birth year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Father’s occupation
Âlim [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
İST. MFT. MSH. SAİD., No: 235/ 29 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
bilir [source]
Persian
bilir [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Aliyyülâlâ dereceli şehadetname; icazetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Giresun Rüştiye Mektebi; Fatih Tetimme-i Saniye Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First-salary field
500 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.

Sources and evidence

  1. Osmanlı Devleti'nin son döneminde Giresun uleması (1879-1909)

    HARUN YILMAZ · 2019 · Pages 74

    İST. MFT. MSH. SAİD., No: 235/ 29.

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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 · 2 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 2 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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