Mehmet Ali Efendi
Born 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Sivas · Dated entries 1889 to 1895 (AH 1307 to 1312)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference DH.SAİD.d.nr.00074, s.135
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
- Konya telgrafhanesi
- Akşehir
- Adana
6 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
Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Sivas in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The father’s occupation was telgraf memuru. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Aziziye rüştiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Konya telgrafhanesi in 1889/90 (AH 1307). Dated career entries span 1889/90 (AH 1307) to 1893/94 (AH 1311) across 5 AH years, from Konya telgrafhanesi to Adana, beginning with telgraf stajyeri and ending with entries for telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Konya telgrafhanesi, Akşehir and Adana. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 400 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 5 · Sivas
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 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Sivas
Birth
2 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Konya telgrafhanesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Konya telgrafhanesi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
telgraf stajyeri
Calculated age 18
3 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 2 recorded years
Konya telgrafhanesi
AH entries: 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Konya telgrafhanesi
telgraf stajyeri
Calculated age 19
Continuing service as described
telgraf stajyeri
Calculated age 20
Continuing service as described
4 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Konya telgrafhanesi / Akşehir
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Konya telgrafhanesi
Konya telgrafhanesi
telgraf stajyeri
Calculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Konya telgrafhanesi
telgraf stajyeri (Nakil)
Calculated age 21
Recorded service ending
telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 21
5 telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 22
telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru (İnfisal)
Calculated age 23
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
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How the comparison is calculated
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 44.7% | 1929 |
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
- Sivas398 other officialsAhmed Efendi born 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 560 kuruş
- Adana15 other officialsArif Hikmet Bey 2 shared years; highest salary 6,000 kuruş
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)197 other officialsABDURRAZAAK EFENDİ first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Konya telgrafhanesi [source]
- First work year
- 1889/90 (AH 1307) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 3 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları
NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 236, 237
409 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00074, s.135; DH.SAİD.d.nr.00074, s.135
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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