Süleyman Asaf Bey
Born 1879/80 (AH 1297) · Bursa vilâyeti · Dated entries 1897 to 1911 (AH 1315 to 1328)
Languages Arabic, French, Turkish
Archival reference 104/228; 452
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Süleyman Asaf Bey was born in Bursa vilâyeti in 1879/80 (AH 1297), within the İslam community. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Mekke-i mükerreme mektebi rüşdiyesi; Bursa idadi mektebi; mekteb-i hukuk-ı şâhâne. The language repertoire included Arabic, French and Turkish. [1]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1897/98 (AH 1315). Dated career entries span 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 13 AH years, beginning with muhâsebe-i tenzil baş mer’ umûmiliği (mülazemet) and ending with entries for Kudüs sancağı Bidâyet mahkemesi riyaseti. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Manastır vilâyeti. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317) to 2,500 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,500 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [1]
Life and career
Follow 8 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.
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Stage 1 of 8 · Bursa vilâyeti
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.
8 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Bursa vilâyeti
Not yet located on the map: Bursa vilâyeti
Birth
2 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
muhâsebe-i tenzil baş mer’ umûmiliği (mülazemet)
Calculated age 18
3 1898/99 (AH 1316) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
muhâsebe-i tenzil baş mer’ umûmiliği (mülazemet)
Calculated age 19
muhâsebe-i tenzil baş mer’ umûmiliği
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
4 1901/02 (AH 1319) · 5 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
İstinaf hukuk mahkemesi mülâzımlığı
50 kuruşCalculated age 22
(Okunamadı) sancağı ticaret mahkemesi riyâseti
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 26
5 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Place not recorded / Manastır vilâyeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Manastır vilâyeti
Place not recorded
(Okunamadı) sancağı ticaret mahkemesi riyâseti
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 27
Manastır vilâyeti
İstinaf mahkemesi müdde-i umûmiye muavinliği
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 27
6 1907/08 (AH 1325) · 2 recorded years
Manastır vilâyeti
AH entries: 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Manastır vilâyeti
İstinaf mahkemesi müdde-i umûmiye muavinliği
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 28
İstinaf mahkemesi müdde-i umûmiye muavinliği
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 29
7 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Manastır vilâyeti / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Manastır vilâyeti; Location not recorded
Manastır vilâyeti
İstinaf mahkemesi müdde-i umûmiye muavinliği
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 30
Place not recorded
İstifa
Calculated age 30
8 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Kudüs sancağı Bidâyet mahkemesi riyaseti
2,500 kuruşCalculated age 31
2 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.
- Divan-ı Harp Kozan hey’eti tahkikası (ilâveten) · Adana · Undated · calculated age 29 Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Tiran kazası kai’makamlığı · Tirana (Tiran) · Undated · 2,500 kuruş · calculated age 32 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 29.1% | 1821 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 29.0% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 81.9% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1,000 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 81.4% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 1,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 81.7% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 1,000 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 80.5% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1,500 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 88.3% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 1,500 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 87.6% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 1,500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 85.4% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 2,000 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 86.0% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 2,500 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 94.0% | 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- Manastır vilâyeti1,500
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
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)162 other officialsAli Ziya Efendi first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Mekke-i mükerreme mektebi rüşdiyesi; Bursa idadi mektebi; mekteb-i hukuk-ı şâhâne [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 362,363,364
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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 21 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.