Selim Efendi
Born 1824/25 (AH 1240) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1869 to 1902 (AH 1286 to 1319)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 113-82
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Selim Efendi was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1824/25 (AH 1240). The father’s occupation was Mektep muallimi. Schooling included İlk bilgiler ve bir miktar yazım kuralları öğrenimi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). Dated career entries span 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1901/02 (AH 1319) across 23 AH years, beginning with Kaymakam. More than one post or place appears in 7 of those years. Place names include Botevgrad (Orhaniye), Adakale, Belgradcık and İvranya and 8 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 1,750 kuruş in 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 800 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,000 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314). [1]
Life and career
Follow 18 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 18 · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
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.
9 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1824/25 (AH 1240)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Birth
2 1858/59 (AH 1275)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
First work as recorded
Calculated age 35
3 1869/70 (AH 1286) · 2 recorded years
Botevgrad (Orhaniye)
AH entries: 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Kaymakam
1,750 kuruşCalculated age 46
Kaymakam (İnfisal)
Calculated age 47
Recorded service ending
4 1873/74 (AH 1290) · 3 recorded years
Adakale
AH entries: 1290, 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Adakale
5 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Adakale / Belgradcık
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Adakale; Belgradcık
6 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Belgradcık / İvranya
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Belgradcık; İvranya
Belgradcık
Kaymakam
1,550 kuruşCalculated age 54
Continuing service as described
İvranya
Geçici iskân-ı muhacirin sevk memuru
Calculated age 54
7 Kaymakam
1,750 kuruşCalculated age 55
Kaymakam (İnfisal)
Calculated age 55
Recorded service ending
8 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)
Kaymakam vekili
875 kuruşCalculated age 59
9 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) / Koçkiri
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Koçkiri
Kaymakam vekili
875 kuruşCalculated age 60
Continuing service as described
Koçkiri
Aşar Memuru
800 kuruşCalculated age 60
10 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Koçkiri / Aziziye / Koçhisar
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Koçkiri; Aziziye; Koçhisar
Koçkiri
Aşar Memuru
800 kuruşCalculated age 61
Continuing service as described
Koçhisar
Kaymakam vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 61
Recorded service ending
11 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Koçkiri
Not yet located on the map: Koçkiri
Aşar Memuru
800 kuruşCalculated age 62
Continuing service as described
12 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Koçkiri / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Koçkiri; Location not recorded
Koçkiri
Aşar Memuru
800 kuruşCalculated age 63
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 63
13 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Filorina
Not yet located on the map: Filorina
Reji Memuru
Calculated age 66
14 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Adakale
Not yet located on the map: Adakale
Müdür
720 kuruşCalculated age 70
15 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Adakale / Bodrum
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Adakale
Adakale
Müdür
720 kuruşCalculated age 71
Continuing service as described
Hapishane Müdürü
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 71
16 Hapishane Müdürü
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 72
Continuing service as described
Hapishane müdürü (İnfisal)
Calculated age 72
Recorded service ending
17 1896/97 (AH 1314) · 5 recorded years
Adakale
AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Adakale
18 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Adakale / Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Adakale; Location not recorded
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Nahiye Müdürü · yenice · Undated 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 1,750 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 86.5% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 1,750 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 88.1% | 649 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 900 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 74.6% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 900 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 75.4% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 900 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 74.7% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 1,550 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 87.9% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 1,550 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 88.1% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 1,750 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 88.4% | 1196 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 875 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 80.8% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 875 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 80.6% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 78.2% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 77.2% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 75.9% | 1787 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 720 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 74.5% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 1,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 90.3% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 1,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 89.7% | 2004 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 2,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 92.1% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 79.0% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 800 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 78.4% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 77.3% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 77.7% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 75.7% | 1666 |
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- Adakale720 to 2,000
- Koçkiri800
- Belgradcık1,550
- Bodrum1,500
- Botevgrad (Orhaniye)1,750
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
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)80 other officialsHüsameddin Efendi born 1825/26 (AH 1241); highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Botevgrad (Orhaniye)1 other officialOsman Nuri Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1869/70 (AH 1286)133 other officialsHasan Efendi first entry in Malatya; highest salary 760 kuruş
Education and personal record
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Aşina [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar
SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 176, 177, 178
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 113-82
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 23 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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