SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ
Born 1859/60 (AH 1276) · Varna · Dated entries 1878 to 1900 (AH 1295 to 1317)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 35/159
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ was born in Varna in 1859/60 (AH 1276). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Varna Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [1]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1878 (AH 1295). Dated career entries span 1878 (AH 1295) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 20 AH years, beginning with Nefer. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi, Bingazi vilayeti muhasebe kalemi, Bingazi muhasebesi and Bingazi sancağı and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 900 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 900 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315). [1]
Life and career
Follow 13 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 13 · 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.
12 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1859/60 (AH 1276)
Varna
Birth
2 1878 (AH 1295)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
Nefer
Calculated age 19
3 1878/79 (AH 1296) · 6 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
4 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Place not recorded / Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi
Place not recorded
Nefer
Calculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi
Meclis-i idare ikinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 26
5 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi
Not yet located on the map: Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi
Meclis-i idare ikinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
6 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi / Bingazi vilayeti muhasebe kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi; Bingazi vilayeti muhasebe kalemi
Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi
Meclis-i idare ikinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Bingazi vilayeti muhasebe kalemi
Vâridat kitabeti muavini
500 kuruşCalculated age 28
7 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Bingazi muhasebesi
Not yet located on the map: Bingazi muhasebesi
Vâridat kâtibi
600 kuruşCalculated age 29
8 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 2 recorded years
Bingazi sancağı
AH entries: 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bingazi sancağı
Garp ciheti tahsilat müfrezesi kâtibi
Calculated age 31
Garp ciheti tahsilat müfrezesi kâtibi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 32
Recorded service ending
9 1892/93 (AH 1310) · 2 recorded years
Bingazi sancağı
AH entries: 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bingazi sancağı
Zahire dağıtım memuru
150 kuruşCalculated age 34
Zahire dağıtım memuru (İnfisal)
Calculated age 35
Recorded service ending
10 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi
Not yet located on the map: Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi
Mesârif kâtibi
700 kuruşCalculated age 36
11 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Meriç kazası / Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Meriç kazası; Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi
Meriç kazası
Mali işleri inceleme memuru
Calculated age 38
Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi
Mesârif kâtibi
675 kuruşCalculated age 38
12 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi; Location not recorded
Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi
Mesârif kâtibi
675 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi
Muhasebe mümeyyizi
900 kuruşCalculated age 39
13 1898/99 (AH 1316) · 2 recorded years
Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi
AH entries: 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi
Muhasebe mümeyyizi
900 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Muhasebe mümeyyizi
Calculated age 41
2 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.
- Başçavuş · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mesârif kâtibi · Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi · Undated · 750 kuruş 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 45.1% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 57.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 64.2% | 1762 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 150 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 10.8% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 10.4% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 700 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 72.8% | 2004 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 675 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 70.8% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 81.4% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 900 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 81.1% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 80.3% | 1821 |
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- Bingazi sancağı muhasebesi675 to 900
- Bingazi sancağı150
- Bingazi vilayeti meclis-i idaresi400
- Bingazi muhasebesi600
- Bingazi vilayeti muhasebe 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
- Varna90 other officialsHÜSEYİN HÜSNÜ EFFENDİ (B) born 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 300 kuruş
- 1878 (AH 1295)145 other officialsAhmet Ferdi Efendi first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 545 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 215, 216, 217
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 35/159; 330 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 35/159.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 20 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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