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Mehmed Salih Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Bursa · Dated entries 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference 115/25; 47

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1897/98 (AH 1315): Toptaşı rüşdiye-i askeriyesi ilmi hal vukuat hocalığı, place unspecified, 320 kuruşAH 1315
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    Bursa
    ● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

    Stage 1 of 1 · Place not recorded

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    1. 1

      1897/98 (AH 1315)

      Place not recorded

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. First work as recorded

      2. Toptaşı rüşdiye-i askeriyesi ilmi hal vukuat hocalığı

        320 kuruş

    1 entry without a resolved year

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    • Birth · Bursa · Year not recorded

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    Current collection salary comparison

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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
    1897/98 (AH 1315)320400140 to 1,42538.4%1891

    Career patterns and pay

    Recorded pay over the career

    Kuruş · dated amounts
    01603201897/98AH 13151897/98 (AH 1315) · 320 kuruş

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    1. 1897/98 (AH 1315)

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    Education and personal record

    Schooling Mekteb-i ibtidâî; Bursa rüşdiye-i mülkiye ve askeriyesi; idadi şahane [source]

    Language skills and historical terms

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

    • Arabic · kitâbet ve tekallüm eder [source]
    • Persian · kitâbet ve tekallüm eder [source]
    • Turkish · kitâbet ve tekallüm eder [source]
    All personal fields and their sources

    Personal details

    Birthplace
    Bursa [source]
    Religion
    İslam [source]
    Archive references
    115/25; 47 [1]

    Education and languages

    Arabic
    kitâbet ve tekallüm eder [source]
    Persian
    kitâbet ve tekallüm eder [source]
    Turkish
    kitâbet ve tekallüm eder [source]
    Education
    Mekteb-i ibtidâî; Bursa rüşdiye-i mülkiye ve askeriyesi; idadi şahane [source]

    First work and apprenticeship

    First-salary field
    320 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
    First work year
    1897/98 (AH 1315) [source]

    Sources and evidence

    1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

      DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 295,296

      115/25; 47

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