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Ömer Fevzi Efendi

Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Bozat · Dated entries 1871 to 1915 (AH 1288 to 1333)

Archival references BOA, ŞD. No: 3087/16; İST. MFT. MSH. SAİD., No:198/2

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1871/72 (AH 1288): Tıp Medresesi öğrencisi, Istanbul (Dersaadet)1909/10 (AH 1327): Eyüp Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi müşavir yardımcısı, Eyüpsultan, 1,000 kuruş1912/13 (AH 1331): Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi başkâtibi, Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi, 800 kuruş1913/14 (AH 1332): Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi başkâtibi, Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi, 800 kuruş1914/15 (AH 1333): Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi başkâtibi, Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi, 800 kuruş1914/15 (AH 1333): Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi başkâtibi (İnfisal), Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesiAH 1288AH 1333
Places and reading notes
  • Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  • Eyüpsultan
  • Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi

5 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.

Istanbul (Dersaadet)Eyüpsultan
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Bozat

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.

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

  1. 1

    1853/54 (AH 1270)

    Bozat

    Not yet located on the map: Bozat

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Tıp Medresesi öğrencisi

      Calculated age 18

  3. 3

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Eyüpsultan

    1. Eyüp Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi müşavir yardımcısı

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 57

  4. 4

    1912/13 (AH 1331) · 3 recorded years

    Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi

    AH entries: 1331, 1332, 1333. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi

    1. Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi başkâtibi

      800 kuruşCalculated age 61

    2. Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi başkâtibi

      800 kuruşCalculated age 62

      Continuing service as described

    3. Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi başkâtibi

      800 kuruşCalculated age 63

      Continuing service as described

    4. Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 63

6 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.

View the yearly values
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)1,000600200 to 2,00068.9%1088
1912/13 (AH 1331)8001,200300 to 4,00033.3%151
1913/14 (AH 1332)8001,250300 to 3,00030.0%51
1914/15 (AH 1333)800450250 to 1,75057.1%22

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
05001,0001909/10AH 13271911/12AH 13301914/15AH 13331909/10 (AH 1327) · 1,000 kuruş1912/13 (AH 1331) · 800 kuruş1913/14 (AH 1332) · 800 kuruş1914/15 (AH 1333) · 800 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. Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi3
    1912 to 1915 (AH 1331 to 1333)
  2. 1909/10 (AH 1327)
  3. 1871/72 (AH 1288)

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. Mahmutpaşa Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyesi800

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. 1912 to 1915 (AH 1331 to 1333)
  2. 1909/10 (AH 1327)
  3. 1871/72 (AH 1288)

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; İcazet; Mekteb-i Nüvvâb imtihanı şehadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Giresun İptidaî Mektebi; babasının medresesi; Tıp Medresesi [source]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bozat [source]
Birth year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bozat müderrisi [source]
Archive references
BOA, ŞD. No: 3087/16 [1]İST. MFT. MSH. SAİD., No:198/2 [1]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İcazet; Mekteb-i Nüvvâb imtihanı şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Giresun İptidaî Mektebi; babasının medresesi; Tıp Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Kassam Dairesi [source]

Sources and evidence

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

    HARUN YILMAZ · 2019 · Pages 72, 73

    221 BOA, ŞD. No: 3087/16, 3 Ekim 1911.; İST. MFT. MSH. SAİD., No:198/2.; BOA, ŞD. No: 3087/16, 3 Ekim 1911.

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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 · 5 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 6 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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