Mehmet Şükrü Bey
Born Year not recorded · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Dated entries 1897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)
Languages Armenian, French, Turkish
The career, year by year
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Places and reading notes
- Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi
2 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mehmet Şükrü Bey was born in Baghdad (Bağdat). The father’s occupation was Karahisar-ı Sahib Sancağı Redif kumandanı, mirliva. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Koca Mustafa Paşa Askerî Rüştiyesi; Mekteb-i Sultani. The language repertoire included Armenian, French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi in 1897/98 (AH 1315). Service included Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı in Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi (1897/98 (AH 1315)). Later posts included Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi ikinci sınıf halifesi in Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi (1906/07 (AH 1324)). [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324) to 500 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324). [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 · Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi
First work as recorded
Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı
2 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi
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6 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.
- Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı · Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · Undated · 100 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi merkez mukayyidi · Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · Undated · 250 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi merkez mukayyidi · Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · Undated · 280 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi üçüncü sınıf halifesi · Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi ikinci sınıf halifesi · Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Baghdad (Bağdat) · 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 500 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 51.5% | 1371 |
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- Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi500
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
- Baghdad (Bağdat)25 other officialsDERVİŞ ALİ EFENDİ born 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 960 kuruş
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)162 other officialsAbdülkadir Şükrü Efendi first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Armenian
- Aşina [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Mekteb-i Sultani ehliyetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Sıbyan Mektebi; Koca Mustafa Paşa Askerî Rüştiyesi; Mekteb-i Sultani [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
Sources and evidence
- Sicili Ahval Defterlerine göre Afyonlu devlet adamları
İPEK KÜLTEKİN · 2021 · Pages 122, 123
Read the original source accounts · 7 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 2 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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