Mehmed Tayfun Efendi
Born 1830/31 (AH 1246) · Diyarbakır · Dated entries 1848 to 1889 (AH 1265 to 1306)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Tayfun Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1830/31 (AH 1246), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included mekatib-i adiye. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Kürdistan eyaleti mal kalemi in 1848/49 (AH 1265). Dated career entries span 1848/49 (AH 1265) to 1888/89 (AH 1306) across 36 AH years, from Kürdistan eyaleti to Diyarbakır, beginning with mal kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for muhasebe kalemi refiki. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Kürdistan eyaleti, Siirt, Mosul (Musul) and Diyarbakır. [1]
Monthly pay went from 450 kuruş in 1851/52 (AH 1268) to 1,470 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,470 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · Diyarbakır
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 1830/31 (AH 1246)
Diyarbakır
Birth
2 1848/49 (AH 1265)
Kürdistan eyaleti mal kalemi / Kürdistan eyaleti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kürdistan eyaleti mal kalemi; Kürdistan eyaleti
Kürdistan eyaleti mal kalemi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
Kürdistan eyaleti
mal kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 19
3 1849/50 (AH 1266) · 2 recorded years
Kürdistan eyaleti
AH entries: 1266, 1267. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Kürdistan eyaleti
mal kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 20
Continuing service as described
mal kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 21
Continuing service as described
4 1851/52 (AH 1268)
Kürdistan eyaleti / Siirt
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kürdistan eyaleti
Kürdistan eyaleti
mal kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 22
Continuing service as described
mal kalemi refik-i ulası
450 kuruşCalculated age 22
5 1852/53 (AH 1269) · 10 recorded years
Siirt
AH entries: 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
mal kalemi refik-i ulası
450 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
mal kalemi refik-i ulası (İstifa)
Calculated age 32
Recorded service ending
6 1862/63 (AH 1279) · 6 recorded years
Mosul (Musul)
AH entries: 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284. Gaps remain open.
mal kalemi refik-i sanisi
700 kuruşCalculated age 33
mal kalemi refik-i sanisi
700 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
7 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Mosul (Musul) / Diyarbakır
Within-year entry order unresolved
mal kalemi refik-i sanisi
700 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
muhasebe kalemi refiki
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
8 1869/70 (AH 1286) · 13 recorded years
Diyarbakır
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
muhasebe kalemi refiki
Calculated age 40
Continuing service as described
muhasebe kalemi refiki
472 kuruşCalculated age 52
9 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Diyarbakır
defterdar vekili
Calculated age 57
10 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Diyarbakır
muhasebe kalemi refiki
1,470 kuruşCalculated age 60
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.
- Maden muhasebecisi vekili · Maden · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- muhasebe kalemi refiki · Diyarbakır · Undated · 450 kuruş 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851/52 (AH 1268) | 450 | 500 | 50 to 3,000 | 47.5% | 41 |
| 1852/53 (AH 1269) | 450 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 53.2% | 48 |
| 1853/54 (AH 1270) | 450 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 58.7% | 64 |
| 1854/55 (AH 1271) | 450 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 54.5% | 67 |
| 1855/56 (AH 1272) | 450 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 51.6% | 65 |
| 1856/57 (AH 1273) | 450 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 52.0% | 76 |
| 1857/58 (AH 1274) | 450 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 55.8% | 96 |
| 1858/59 (AH 1275) | 450 | 500 | 150 to 5,000 | 44.2% | 105 |
| 1859/60 (AH 1276) | 450 | 500 | 150 to 3,350 | 46.4% | 111 |
| 1860/61 (AH 1277) | 450 | 500 | 150 to 3,000 | 45.1% | 134 |
| 1861/62 (AH 1278) | 450 | 500 | 150 to 3,000 | 41.9% | 161 |
| 1862/63 (AH 1279) | 700 | 400 | 140 to 3,000 | 65.3% | 197 |
| 1863/64 (AH 1280) | 700 | 475 | 125 to 3,000 | 60.6% | 232 |
| 1864/65 (AH 1281) | 700 | 400 | 125 to 3,000 | 64.3% | 253 |
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 700 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 67.3% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 700 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 66.3% | 399 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 700 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 63.1% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 1,000 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 72.4% | 505 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 600 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 63.4% | 712 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 389.48 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 43.8% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 421 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 52.1% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 472 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 58.5% | 1448 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 1,470 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 89.3% | 1797 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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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- Diyarbakır389.48 to 1,470
- Siirt450
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
- Diyarbakır44 other officialsMehmed Said Paşa born 1832/33 (AH 1248); highest salary 11,280 kuruş
- Diyarbakır68 other officialsPirinçizade Arif Efendi 16 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- 1848/49 (AH 1265)17 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi first annual entry 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 1,750 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahval defterlerinde Diyarbekirli yöneticiler
İSHAK ŞİMŞEK · 2013 · Pages 191, 192
Read the original source accounts · 47 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 36 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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