Mehmet Fahri Efendi
Dated entries 1895 to 1910 (AH 1313 to 1327)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD. No:184, s.100
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
The father’s occupation was Uşak kazası Düyun-ı Umumiye memurluğundan emekli. Schooling included Mekteb-i İbtidaî; Mekteb-i Rüştiye; Kurşunlu Medresesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [source]
The first place of work was Bilecik. Dated career entries span 1896/97 (AH 1314) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 14 AH years, from Ertugrul to Ertugrul, beginning with Teftiş idaresi ikinci kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Ertugrul. [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314) to 400 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327). [1]
Life and career
Follow 2 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 2 · Bilecik
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 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Bilecik
Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü geçici müzayede kâtibi (İnfisal)
Recorded service ending
2 1896/97 (AH 1314) · 14 recorded years
Ertugrul
AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Teftiş idaresi ikinci kâtibi
150 kuruş
Teftiş idaresi başkâtibi
400 kuruş
4 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.
- Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü geçici müzayede kâtibi · Bilecik · Undated · 190 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Düyun-ı Umumiye idareleri mahsul tezkeresi memuru · Feske ve Gölpazarı · Undated · 250 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Teftiş idaresi ikinci kâtip vekili · Ertugrul · Undated · 75 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Bilecik · Year not recorded
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.
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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 150 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 9.0% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 10.3% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 150 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 10.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 10.4% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 10.3% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 9.8% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 9.0% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 150 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 9.9% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 150 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 10.5% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 150 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 11.4% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 150 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 10.0% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 150 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 10.9% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 7.7% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 400 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 31.0% | 1088 |
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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Ertugrul150 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 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
- Ertugrul15 other officialsAbkaryan Necip Efendi 14 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- 1895/96 (AH 1313)179 other officialsDerviş Ali Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları
MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 56, 57
79 BOA.DH.SAİD. No:184, s.100.
Read the original source accounts · 20 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 · 15 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 16 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.