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TAHSİN EFENDİ

Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Varna · Dated entries 1891 to 1904 (AH 1309 to 1321)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 184/246

The career, year by year

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

1891/92 (AH 1309): Askerî hizmet, place unspecified1897/98 (AH 1315): Redif serçavuşu, place unspecified1898/99 (AH 1316): Redif serçavuşu, place unspecified1898/99 (AH 1316): Infisal, place unspecified1903/04 (AH 1321): Sahil muhafaza memuru, place unspecified, 300 kuruşAH 1309AH 1315AH 1321
Places and reading notes

    4 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 4 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.

    1Varna
    ● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

    Stage 1 of 4 · Varna

    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. 1

      1867/68 (AH 1284)

      Varna

      1. Birth

    2. 2

      1891/92 (AH 1309)

      Place not recorded

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Askerî hizmet

        Calculated age 25

    3. 3

      1897/98 (AH 1315) · 2 recorded years

      Place not recorded

      AH entries: 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Redif serçavuşu

        Calculated age 31

      2. Redif serçavuşu

        Calculated age 32

        Continuing service as described

      3. Infisal

        Calculated age 32

    4. 4

      1903/04 (AH 1321)

      Place not recorded

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. Sahil muhafaza memuru

        300 kuruşCalculated age 37

    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.

    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
    1903/04 (AH 1321)300405150 to 1,45029.0%1578

    Career patterns and pay

    Recorded pay over the career

    Kuruş · dated amounts
    01503001903/04AH 13211903/04 (AH 1321) · 300 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.

    Titles across the recorded years

    Distinct AH years with each recorded title
    1. 1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316)
    2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)
    3. 1898/99 (AH 1316)
    4. 1903/04 (AH 1321)

    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

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    Education and personal record

    Schooling Varna Mekteb-i İbtidâîsi; Süleymaniye Mekteb-i Rüşdiyesi [source]

    Qualification Şehadetnamesi olmadığını beyan etmiş [1]

    All personal fields and their sources

    Personal details

    Birthplace
    Varna [source]
    Birth year
    1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
    Archive references
    BOA. DH. SAİDd., 184/246 [1]

    Education and languages

    Education
    Varna Mekteb-i İbtidâîsi; Süleymaniye Mekteb-i Rüşdiyesi [source]
    Qualification
    Şehadetnamesi olmadığını beyan etmiş [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

    Sources and evidence

    1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları

      İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 218, 219

      BOA. DH. SAİDd., 184/246; 333 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 184/246.

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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 · 4 dated AH years

    Annual salary study and register readings

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