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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

İBRAHİM FEHMİ EFENDİ

Born 1877/78 (AH 1294) · Varna · Dated entries 1895 to 1905 (AH 1313 to 1322)

Languages Bulgarian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 140/235

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1895/96 (AH 1313): Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, Bandırma1896/97 (AH 1314): Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, Bandırma1896/97 (AH 1314): Infisal, place unspecified1900/01 (AH 1318): Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü geçici Koza Müzayede Kâtibi, Bursa, 190 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318): Görevin sona ermesi, place unspecified1900/01 (AH 1318): Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mülazımı, Bandırma1901/02 (AH 1319): Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mülazımı, Bandırma1902/03 (AH 1320): Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mülazımı, Bandırma1902/03 (AH 1320): Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Mukayyidi, Kütahya, 200 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321): Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Mukayyidi, Kütahya, 200 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Mukayyidi, Kütahya, 200 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Tahrirat Kâtibi, Bilecik, 300 kuruşAH 1313AH 1320AH 1322
Places and reading notes
  • Bandırma
  • Bursa
  • Kütahya
  • Bilecik

7 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

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.

1VarnaBandırmaBursaKütahyaBilecik
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 8 · Varna

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. 1

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Varna

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Bandırma

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 19

  3. 3

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Bandırma / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Bandırma

      Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Infisal

      Calculated age 20

  4. 4

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Bursa / Place not recorded / Bandırma

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Bursa

      Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü geçici Koza Müzayede Kâtibi

      190 kuruşCalculated age 24

    2. Place not recorded

      Görevin sona ermesi

      Calculated age 24

    3. Bandırma

      Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mülazımı

      Calculated age 24

  5. 5

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Bandırma

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mülazımı

      Calculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

  6. 6

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Bandırma / Kütahya

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Bandırma

      Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mülazımı

      Calculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kütahya

      Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Mukayyidi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 26

  7. 7

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Kütahya

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Mukayyidi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

  8. 8

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    Kütahya / Bilecik

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Kütahya

      Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Mukayyidi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bilecik

      Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Tahrirat Kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 28

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1900/01 (AH 1318)190400140 to 1,50014.8%1761
1902/03 (AH 1320)200400150 to 1,50014.1%1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)200405150 to 1,45015.2%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)300400135 to 1,50029.3%1493

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01503001900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221900/01 (AH 1318) · 190 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · 200 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 200 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 200 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 300 kuruş

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● 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 entries
  1. 1895 to 1903 (AH 1313 to 1320)
  2. 1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)
  3. 1904/05 (AH 1322)
  4. 1900/01 (AH 1318)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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 title
  1. 1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)
  2. 1900 to 1903 (AH 1318 to 1320)
  3. 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)
  4. 1904/05 (AH 1322)
  5. 1900/01 (AH 1318)
  6. 1900/01 (AH 1318)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye ve Bulgar İdadisi şehadetnameleri [1]

Schooling Mahallî ibtidai mektebi; rüşdiye; Bulgar İdadisi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Bulgarian · tekellüm ve kıraat [source]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Varna [source]
Birth province
Tuna [source]
Birth year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 140/235 [1]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
tekellüm ve kıraat [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye ve Bulgar İdadisi şehadetnameleri [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mahallî ibtidai mektebi; rüşdiye; Bulgar İdadisi [source]
Education level equivalent
9 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bandırma [source]
First work year
1895/96 (AH 1313) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.92 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 119, 120, 121

    271 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 140/235.; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 140/235.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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