SALİH LÜTFİ EFENDİ
Born 1858/59 (AH 1275) · Varna · Dated entries 1880 to 1901 (AH 1298 to 1318)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 64/245
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
SALİH LÜTFİ EFENDİ was born in Varna in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The father’s occupation was Prevadi kazası mal müdürü. Schooling included Sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Ayvalık in 1880/81 (AH 1298). Dated career entries span 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 12 AH years, from Ayvalık to Bergama, beginning with Duhan Fabrikası memuru and ending with entries for Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti kâtip ve sandık eminliği refakati. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Ayvalık, Gelibolu, Mytilene (Midilli) and Bozcaada and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 270 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 500 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308). [1]
Life and career
Follow 9 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 9 · Varna
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 1858/59 (AH 1275)
Varna
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 23
Duhan Fabrikası memuru
270 kuruşCalculated age 23
3 1881/82 (AH 1299) · 4 recorded years
Ayvalık
AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Duhan Fabrikası memuru
270 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi
450 kuruşCalculated age 27
4 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Gelibolu
Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 33
5 Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü tezkire kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 38
Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü tezkire kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
6 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Mytilene (Midilli) / Ayvalık
Within-year entry order unresolved
Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü tezkire kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 40
7 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Ayvalık / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 41
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Memleha müdürü vekili
166.66 kuruşCalculated age 41
8 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Ayvalık / Place not recorded / Bozcaada / Bergama
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 42
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 42
9 Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti kâtip ve sandık eminliği refakati
Calculated age 43
Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti kâtip ve sandık eminliği refakati (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 43
Recorded service ending
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
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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.
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| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 270 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 25.6% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 41.3% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 41.7% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 41.1% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 450 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 54.7% | 1748 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 500 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 56.0% | 1896 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 42.2% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 56.9% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 500 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 55.8% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 55.3% | 1821 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● 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 rateRanges 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
- Varna90 other officialsİsmail Şevki Efendi born 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Ayvalık14 other officialsArtin Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)181 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Paşa(Saraylızade) first annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 6,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 198, 199, 200
322 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 64/245.
Read the original source accounts · 22 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 12 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 22 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.