Mehmed Mazhar Bey
Born 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1886 to 1900 (AH 1304 to 1317)
Languages French, Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Mazhar Bey was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The father’s occupation was Ziraatçi. Schooling included Hususi dinî tahsil; Mekteb-i Sultanî. The language repertoire included French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Dated career entries span 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 8 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Poti (Faş), beginning with İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet) and Poti (Faş). [1]
Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 900 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 900 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). [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.
Stage 1 of 8 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1869/70 (AH 1286)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi
200 kuruşCalculated age 18
3 İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi
200 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi
300 kuruşCalculated age 19
4 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
İdare-i Mahsusa Tercüme Kalemi müdür muavini
400 kuruşCalculated age 20
5 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 3 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi
300 kuruşCalculated age 21
Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi
450 kuruşCalculated age 23
6 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi halifesi
Calculated age 26
7 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 30
8 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Poti (Faş)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Poti (Faş)
Poti şehbenderi vekili
900 kuruşCalculated age 31
Poti şehbender vekili (asaleten)
900 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.
- Kars şehbender vekili ve kançılar · Kars · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İzin · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 13.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.2% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 400 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 45.6% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 300 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 300 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 28.5% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 450 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 53.5% | 1927 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 80.3% | 1821 |
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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)200 to 300
- Poti (Faş)900
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
- Istanbul665 other officialsAleko Âdem Efendi born 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Istanbul222 other officialsAhmed Ârifî Paşa 3 shared years; highest salary 100,000 kuruş
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)175 other officialsHafız Đsmail Hakkı Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 203, 204
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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