ÖMER LÜTF İ EFEND İ
Born Year not recorded · Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) · Dated entries 1877 to 1906 (AH 1294 to 1323)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 54, s. 475; BOA, DH. SAİD, no. 54, s. 475
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
ÖMER LÜTF İ EFEND İ was born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib). Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Bursa Telgrafhanesi. Dated career entries span 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 1905/06 (AH 1323) across 16 AH years and ending with entries for Telgraf ve posta müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Ruse (Rusçuk), Baruthane, Hadımköy and Kırklareli and 11 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 600 kuruş in 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 720 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,200 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307). [1]
Life and career
Follow 16 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 16 · Ruse (Rusçuk) / Baruthane
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 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Ruse (Rusçuk) / Baruthane
Within-year entry order unresolved
Muvakkat muhabere memuru
500 kuruş
Muvakkat muhabere memuru
600 kuruş
2 1878 (AH 1295)
Hadımköy
Muvakkat muhabere memuru
750 kuruş
3 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Kırklareli
Muvakkat muhabere memuru
600 kuruş
4 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Kırklareli / Zufeyr
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zufeyr
Muvakkat muhabere memuru (İnfisal)
Zufeyr
Muhabere Memuru
712 kuruş
5 1880/81 (AH 1298)
San'a
Not yet located on the map: San'a
Muhabere Memuru
800 kuruş
6 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Bajil (Bacil)
Muhabere Memuru
950 kuruş
7 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Manakhah (Menaha)
Muhabere Memuru
950 kuruş
8 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Bajil (Bacil)
Muhabere Memuru
950 kuruş
9 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Az Zaydiyah (Zeydiye)
Telgraf Müdürü
1,200 kuruş
10 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Lice
Telgraf ve posta müdürü
1,200 kuruş
11 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Tarsus
Telgraf ve posta müdürü
800 kuruş
12 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Tarsus
Telgraf ve posta müdürü
720 kuruş
13 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Bethlehem (Beytüllahim)
Telgraf ve posta müdürü
700 kuruş
14 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Tyre (Sur)
Telgraf ve posta müdürü
675 kuruş
15 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Malatya
Telgraf ve posta müdürü
720 kuruş
16 1905/06 (AH 1323)
Mamuretülaziz
Not yet located on the map: Mamuretülaziz
Telgraf ve posta müdürü
720 kuruş
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.
- Telgraf mülazımı · Bursa · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) · Year not recorded
- First work as recorded · Bursa Telgrafhanesi · Year not recorded
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 600 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 63.8% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 750 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 71.5% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 63.5% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 712 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 72.7% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 800 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 77.8% | 1448 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 950 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 81.3% | 1655 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 950 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 79.8% | 1787 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 950 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 78.5% | 1762 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 1,200 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 84.8% | 1874 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 1,200 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 83.5% | 1927 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 76.6% | 2004 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 720 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 72.5% | 2119 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 700 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 74.8% | 1844 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 675 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 71.5% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 720 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 73.7% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 720 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 72.4% | 1423 |
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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rateSix places with the most recorded career years. 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
- Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)124 other officialsAli Rıza Bey born 1825/26 (AH 1241); highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Kırklareli2 other officialsMehmed Sırrı Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)160 other officialsMehmed Efendi first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Afyonkarahisarlı devlet memurları (1879-1909)
AHMET ASLAN · 2006 · Pages 121, 122
142 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 54, s. 475.; BOA, DH. SAİD, no. 54, s. 475
Read the original source accounts · 19 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 · 16 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 18 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.