Şaban Efendi
Born 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Dated entries 1898 to 1911 (AH 1316 to 1328)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Şaban Efendi was born in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1862/63 (AH 1279). Schooling included Gümülcine'de ilk tahsil; İstanbul'da Arapça tahsili; Edirne Dârülmuallimîni. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Xanthi (İskeçe) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). Dated career entries span 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 13 AH years, from İskeçe Rüşdiyesi to Praveşte Rüşdiyesi, beginning with Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisi and ending with entries for Rüşdiye muallim-i evveli. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include İskeçe Rüşdiyesi and Praveşte Rüşdiyesi. [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 500 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · Komotini (Gümülcine)
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 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Komotini (Gümülcine)
Birth
2 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Xanthi (İskeçe) / İskeçe Rüşdiyesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İskeçe Rüşdiyesi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 37
İskeçe Rüşdiyesi
Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisi
150 kuruşCalculated age 37
3 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 6 recorded years
İskeçe Rüşdiyesi
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: İskeçe Rüşdiyesi
Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisi
150 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisi
150 kuruşCalculated age 43
Continuing service as described
4 1905/06 (AH 1323)
İskeçe Rüşdiyesi / Praveşte Rüşdiyesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İskeçe Rüşdiyesi; Praveşte Rüşdiyesi
İskeçe Rüşdiyesi
Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisi
150 kuruşCalculated age 44
Continuing service as described
Praveşte Rüşdiyesi
Rüşdiye muallim-i evveli
400 kuruşCalculated age 44
5 1906/07 (AH 1324) · 5 recorded years
Praveşte Rüşdiyesi
AH entries: 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Praveşte Rüşdiyesi
Rüşdiye muallim-i evveli
400 kuruşCalculated age 45
Continuing service as described
Rüşdiye muallim-i evveli
500 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.
- Rüşdiye muallim-i evveli · Praveşte Rüşdiyesi · Undated · 400 kuruş 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.
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 150 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 10.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 10.4% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 10.3% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 9.8% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 9.0% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 150 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 9.9% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 150 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 10.5% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 400 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 41.3% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 41.1% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 400 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 40.8% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 42.9% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 400 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 31.0% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 500 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 44.6% | 732 |
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- İskeçe Rüşdiyesi150
- Praveşte Rüşdiyesi400 to 500
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
- Komotini (Gümülcine)63 other officialsAHMED KANİ EFENDİ born 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 300 kuruş
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)151 other officialsAhmet Nazif Efendi first annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 607.5 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Arapça icazetname; aliyyü'l-a‘lâ dereceli Dârülmuallimîn şahadetnamesi [1]
Schooling Gümülcine'de ilk tahsil; İstanbul'da Arapça tahsili; Edirne Dârülmuallimîni [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbet [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Gümülcineli devlet adamları
ŞEHADET ORAN · 2025 · Pages 126, 127
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
Read the original source accounts · 17 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 16 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.