Mehmed Fehmi Efendi
Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Tokat · Dated entries 1885 to 1912 (AH 1303 to 1330)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival references BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 75, s. 55; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 75, s. 56
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Fehmi Efendi was born in Tokat in 1867/68 (AH 1284). Schooling included İbtidâî mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Küçükçekmece in 1885/86 (AH 1303). Dated career entries span 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 1911/12 (AH 1330) across 25 AH years, beginning with Tahrîrât stajyeri. More than one post or place appears in 9 of those years. Place names include Küçükçekmece, Katar, Katar ve Suyolu and İstanbul (Makriköy) and 6 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307) to 350 kuruş in 1911/12 (AH 1330); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [1]
Life and career
Follow 16 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 16 · Tokat
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.
8 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Tokat
Birth
2 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Küçükçekmece
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Küçükçekmece
First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
Tahrîrât stajyeri
Calculated age 19
3 1888/89 (AH 1306) · 2 recorded years
Küçükçekmece
AH entries: 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Küçükçekmece
Ağnam kâtibi (geçici)
Calculated age 22
Belediye kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 23
4 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Küçükçekmece / Katar
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Küçükçekmece; Katar
Küçükçekmece
Belediye kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Katar
Nahiye kâtibi
200 kuruşCalculated age 24
5 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 4 recorded years
Katar
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Katar
Nahiye kâtibi
200 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Nahiye kâtibi
200 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
6 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Katar / Katar ve Suyolu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Katar; Katar ve Suyolu
Katar
Nahiye kâtibi
200 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Katar ve Suyolu
Tapu kâtibi (ilave görev)
Calculated age 29
7 1897/98 (AH 1315) · 7 recorded years
Küçükçekmece
AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Küçükçekmece
Tapu kâtibi
Calculated age 31
Tapu kâtibi
Calculated age 37
Continuing service as described
8 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Küçükçekmece / İstanbul (Makriköy)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Küçükçekmece; İstanbul (Makriköy)
Küçükçekmece
Tapu kâtibi
Calculated age 38
Continuing service as described
İstanbul (Makriköy)
Baştahsildar
Calculated age 38
9 1905/06 (AH 1323)
İstanbul (Makriköy)
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul (Makriköy)
Baştahsildar
Calculated age 39
Continuing service as described
10 1906/07 (AH 1324)
İstanbul (Makriköy) / Kartal
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul (Makriköy)
İstanbul (Makriköy)
Baştahsildar
Calculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Tapu kâtibi
Calculated age 40
11 Tapu kâtibi
600 kuruşCalculated age 41
Tapu kâtibi (Azil)
Calculated age 41
Recorded service ending
12 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Bandırma
Tapu kâtibi (1. sınıf)
500 kuruşCalculated age 42
13 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Bandırma / Silivri
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tapu kâtibi (1. sınıf)
500 kuruşCalculated age 43
Continuing service as described
Tapu kâtibi (2. sınıf)
400 kuruşCalculated age 43
14 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Silivri / Büyükçekmece (Çekmece-i Kebir)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tapu kâtibi (2. sınıf)
400 kuruşCalculated age 44
Continuing service as described
Büyükçekmece (Çekmece-i Kebir)
Kaza kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 44
15 1911 (AH 1329)
Büyükçekmece (Çekmece-i Kebir)
Kaza kâtibi
350 kuruşCalculated age 45
16 1911/12 (AH 1330)
Şile / Çatalca
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tapu kâtibi
350 kuruşCalculated age 46
Merkez tapu kâtibi
350 kuruşCalculated age 46
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 14.9% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 14.0% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 15.5% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 14.9% | 1981 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 600 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 61.5% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 52.4% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 500 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 41.1% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 400 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 31.3% | 732 |
| 1911 (AH 1329) | 350 | 600 | 250 to 2,500 | 24.9% | 402 |
| 1911/12 (AH 1330) | 350 | 1,000 | 300 to 3,000 | 15.5% | 233 |
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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Küçükçekmece300
- Katar200
- Bandırma500
- Büyükçekmece (Çekmece-i Kebir)300 to 350
- Kartal600
- Silivri400
Six places with the most recorded career years. 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
- Tokat122 other officialsHafız Mehmed Efendi born 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Kartal2 other officialsMehmed Mekki Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)180 other officialsKiyork Efendi first annual entry 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 500 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling İbtidâî mektebi; medrese [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )
ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 207, 208, 209, 210, 211
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 75, s. 55; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 75, s. 56
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 25 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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