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Mehmed Sabri Efendi

Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Ohrid (Ohri) · Dated entries 1887 to 1896 (AH 1305 to 1313)

Languages Bulgarian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA., DH. SAİD d... / 109 – 97

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1887/88 (AH 1305): Nüfus Kalemi stajyeri, Ohrid (Ohri)1892/93 (AH 1310): Duyun-u Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci katibi, Ohrid (Ohri), 300 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312): Duyun-u Umumiye memuru (ilave), Pogradec (İstarova)1894/95 (AH 1312): Duyun-u Umumiye memuru (ilave) (Görevin sona ermesi), Pogradec (İstarova)1895/96 (AH 1313): Duyun-u Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci katibi, Ohrid (Ohri), 100 kuruşAH 1305AH 1310AH 1313
Places and reading notes
  • Ohrid (Ohri)
  • Pogradec (İstarova)

4 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 5 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.

1Ohrid (Ohri)Pogradec (İstarova)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Ohrid (Ohri)

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

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Ohrid (Ohri)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Ohrid (Ohri)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 15

    2. Nüfus Kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 15

  3. 3

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Ohrid (Ohri)

    1. Duyun-u Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci katibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 20

  4. 4

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Pogradec (İstarova)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Duyun-u Umumiye memuru (ilave)

      Calculated age 22

    2. Duyun-u Umumiye memuru (ilave) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

  5. 5

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Ohrid (Ohri)

    1. Duyun-u Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci katibi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 23

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.

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

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

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.

View the yearly values
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
1892/93 (AH 1310)300400135 to 1,50028.0%1935
1895/96 (AH 1313)100400140 to 1,5005.0%1981

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01503001892/93AH 13101895/96AH 13131892/93 (AH 1310) · 300 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 100 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. 1887 to 1896 (AH 1305 to 1313)
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Ohrid (Ohri)100 to 300

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. 1892 to 1896 (AH 1310 to 1313)
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)
  3. 1887/88 (AH 1305)

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

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ohri [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tütün Fabrikası memuru [source]
Archive references
BOA., DH. SAİD d... / 109 – 97 [1]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ohri [source]
First work year
1887/88 (AH 1305) [source]
Apprenticeship
2 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. II. Abdülhamid döneminde sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı Devleti'nde Ohri doğumlu memurlar

    ÖMER ÖĞÜT · 2026 · Pages 151, 152

    BOA., DH. SAİD d... / 109 – 97

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 5 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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