Sırrı Bey
Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Plovdiv (Filibe) · Dated entries 1897 to 1901 (AH 1315 to 1318)
Languages Bulgarian, French, Turkish
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Varna
- Niš (Niş)
3 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Sırrı Bey was born in Plovdiv (Filibe) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The father’s occupation was Filibe İslam cemaati başkâtibi. Schooling included Filibe sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri; Mekteb-i Sultani. The language repertoire included Bulgarian, 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 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 3 AH years, from Varna to Niš (Niş) and ending with entries for Niş Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Varna and Niš (Niş). [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 1,000 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318). [1]
Life and career
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.
Stage 1 of 4 · Plovdiv (Filibe)
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.
1 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Plovdiv (Filibe)
Birth
2 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Place not recorded / Varna
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Place not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 27
Place not recorded
Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 27
Varna Tüccar Vekâleti kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 27
3 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Varna / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Varna Tüccar Vekâleti kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
İstifa
Calculated age 28
4 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Niš (Niş)
Niş Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 30
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.
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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 45.2% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 400 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 44.3% | 1844 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 82.7% | 1761 |
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 rateRanges 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
- Plovdiv (Filibe)4 other officialsMehmed Ragıb Efendi born 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Varna2 other officialsMehmed Kâmil Bey 1 shared year; highest salary 900 kuruş
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)162 other officialsAhmet Cemal Bey first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 1,575 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Bulgarian
- Aşina [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Edebiyat ve ulum şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Filibe sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri; Mekteb-i Sultani [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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