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Mehmed Nuri Efendi

Born 1870/71 (AH 1287) · Kilis · Dated entries 1888 to 1908 (AH 1306 to 1325)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

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.

1KilisAcre (Akka)Aleppo (Halep)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Kilis

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

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Kilis

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Acre (Akka)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

    2. İdare-i Mahsusa Akka acentesi

      Calculated age 19

  3. 3

    1889/90 (AH 1307) · 15 recorded years

    Acre (Akka)

    AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. İdare-i Mahsusa Akka acentesi

      Calculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    2. Muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i câriye kâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    All 30 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    Acre (Akka) / Aleppo (Halep)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Acre (Akka)

      İdare-i Mahsusa Akka acentesi

      Calculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    2. Aleppo (Halep)

      Vilâyet muhasebe kalemi memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 35

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1905/06 (AH 1323) · 3 recorded years

    Aleppo (Halep)

    AH entries: 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Vilâyet muhasebe kalemi memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    2. Vilâyet muhasebe kalemi memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 38

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

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
1891/92 (AH 1309)280400140 to 1,60028.1%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)280400135 to 1,50027.4%1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)350400140 to 1,40038.9%1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)350400140 to 1,50039.7%2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)350400140 to 1,50038.7%1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)350450150 to 1,57536.8%2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)350400140 to 1,42540.0%1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)350400144 to 1,40039.0%1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)400400140 to 1,44044.1%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)400400140 to 1,50045.1%1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)400400150 to 1,52043.9%1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)400400150 to 1,50044.4%1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)400405150 to 1,45043.1%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)400400135 to 1,50042.2%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)350430125 to 1,50036.9%1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)350450150 to 1,52537.5%1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)400460135 to 1,61540.8%1290

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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. 1888 to 1905 (AH 1306 to 1322)
  2. 1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325)

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. Acre (Akka)280 to 400
  2. Aleppo (Halep)350 to 400

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. 1888 to 1905 (AH 1306 to 1322)
  2. 1891 to 1905 (AH 1309 to 1322)
  3. 1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325)
  4. 1904/05 (AH 1322)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şehâdetnâmesi [1]

Schooling Mahallî sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Arabic · Aşina [1]
  • Persian · Aşina [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicili Ahval kayıtlarına göre Kilisli memurlar

    MEHMET YILMAZ · 2022 · Pages 98, 99, 100

Read the original source accounts · 40 source entries →

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 · 20 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 40 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

Open the salary study and register readings →

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