Muharrem Bey
Born 1838/39 (AH 1254) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1868 to 1901 (AH 1285 to 1318)
Languages Rum (as recorded), Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 04/530, s.1056
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Muharrem Bey was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1838/39 (AH 1254). Schooling included Atik Mekteb-i Mülki. The language repertoire included Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Dated career entries span 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 32 AH years, from Shkodër (İşkodra) to Bartın, beginning with Zabtiye müfettişi and ending with entries for Kaymakam. More than one post or place appears in 14 of those years. Place names include Shkodër (İşkodra), Istanbul (Dersaadet), Stolac (İstolça) and Langaza and 15 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1,575 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,850 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293). [1]
Life and career
Follow 25 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 25 · Shkodër (İşkodra)
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1838/39 (AH 1254)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 31
3 1869/70 (AH 1286) · 4 recorded years
Shkodër (İşkodra)
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Shkodër (İşkodra) / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
5 6 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Stolac (İstolça)
Within-year entry order unresolved
7 1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years
Stolac (İstolça)
AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
8 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Langaza / Katerini (Katerin)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Langaza
9 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Katerini (Katerin) / Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
Within-year entry order unresolved
10 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) / Evreşe (Gelibolu Sancağı) / Ahtebolu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Evreşe (Gelibolu Sancağı); Ahtebolu
11 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Ahtebolu / Babaeski (Baba-yı Atik)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ahtebolu
12 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Babaeski (Baba-yı Atik) / Lüleburgaz
Within-year entry order unresolved
13 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Lüleburgaz
14 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Lüleburgaz / Çorlu
Within-year entry order unresolved
15 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Çorlu / Havza / Hayrabolu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Havza
16 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Hayrabolu / Lüleburgaz
Within-year entry order unresolved
17 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Lüleburgaz
18 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Lüleburgaz / Cesrarkene
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Cesrarkene
19 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Cesrarkene
Not yet located on the map: Cesrarkene
20 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Cesrarkene / Ahtebolu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Cesrarkene; Ahtebolu
21 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Ahtebolu / Margilic
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ahtebolu
22 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Gerenbe
Not yet located on the map: Gerenbe
23 1895/96 (AH 1313) · 4 recorded years
Kastoria (Kesriye)
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
24 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Erdek
25 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Bartın
Kaymakam
1,575 kuruşCalculated age 64
10 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.
- Kaymakam · Margilic · Undated · 1,750 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam (Nakil) · Margilic · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam · Gerenbe · Undated · 1,750 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.
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 300 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 28.0% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 31.7% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 30.7% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 400 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 42.9% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 400 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 43.3% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 500 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 55.9% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 500 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 55.4% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 500 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 54.8% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 1,850 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 89.6% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 1,850 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 90.2% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 1,850 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 89.5% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 73.0% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 1,750 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 88.8% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 1,750 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 91.8% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 1,250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 86.6% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 1,250 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 86.8% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 750 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 76.4% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 750 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 75.6% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 1,250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 86.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 1,750 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 91.8% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 1,750 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 91.0% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 1,750 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 91.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 1,750 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 91.8% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 1,750 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 90.6% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 1,750 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 90.6% | 1927 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 1,750 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 91.9% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 1,750 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 91.0% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,575 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 90.0% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 1,575 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 91.3% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 1,575 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 91.3% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 1,575 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 91.5% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,575 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 91.3% | 1761 |
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- Lüleburgaz750 to 1,750
- Shkodër (İşkodra)300 to 400
- Ahtebolu1,000 to 1,750
- Kastoria (Kesriye)1,575 to 1,750
- Cesrarkene1,750
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
- Shkodër (İşkodra)310 other officialsBekir Hulusi Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Shkodër (İşkodra)33 other officialsSelim Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)111 other officialsBEKİR İSMET EFENDİ first entry in Shkodër (İşkodra); highest salary 800 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Atik Mekteb-i Mülki [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 bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları
AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251
339 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 04/530, s.1056. zeyl 80/157, s. 311.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 32 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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