Mehmet Eşref Efendi
Born 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1881 to 1910 (AH 1299 to 1327)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA.DH.SAİD., No:67, s.341; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:67, s.341-342
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Eşref Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The father’s occupation was Kütahya Sancağı Tahrir-i Vergi memuru. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Dağardı in 1881/82 (AH 1299). Dated career entries span 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 19 AH years, from Dağardı to Bitlis, beginning with Vergi kâtibi and ending with entries for Muhasebe mümeyyizi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Dağardı, Pazar Köyü, Ertugrul and Aziziye and 4 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 810 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 900 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [1]
Life and career
Follow 12 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 12 · Kütahya
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.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Kütahya
Birth
2 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Dağardı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dağardı
First work as recorded
Calculated age 20
Vergi kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
3 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Dağardı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dağardı
Vergi kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Vergi kâtibi (İstifa)
Calculated age 21
4 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Pazar Köyü / Ertugrul
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Pazar Köyü
Pazar Köyü
Tahrir-i Vergi kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 22
Vergi kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 22
5 1884/85 (AH 1302) · 9 recorded years
Ertugrul
AH entries: 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Vergi kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Vergi kâtibi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 31
6 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Sandıklı / Aziziye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Aziziye
Tahrir-i Vergi kâtibi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 34
Aziziye
Mal Müdürü
600 kuruşCalculated age 34
7 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Aziziye
Not yet located on the map: Aziziye
Mal müdürü (İnfisal)
Calculated age 38
8 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Aziziye
Not yet located on the map: Aziziye
Mal müdürü (Azil)
Calculated age 41
9 1904/05 (AH 1322) · 2 recorded years
Çal
AH entries: 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Mal Müdürü
540 kuruşCalculated age 43
Mal müdürü (Azil)
Calculated age 44
10 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Bodrum
Mal Müdürü
540 kuruşCalculated age 45
11 1907/08 (AH 1325)
Aydın Vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Aydın Vilayeti
Tadilat-ı Umumiye 4. Fırka memuru
900 kuruşCalculated age 46
Tadilat-ı Umumiye 4. Fırka memuru (Azil)
Calculated age 46
12 1908/09 (AH 1326) · 2 recorded years
Bitlis
AH entries: 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Muhasebe mümeyyizi
810 kuruşCalculated age 47
Muhasebe mümeyyizi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 48
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.
- Tahrir-i Vergi kâtibi · Sandıklı · Undated · 500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mal Müdürü · Aziziye · Undated · 540 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mal Müdürü · Çal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mal müdürü (İnfisal) · Bodrum · 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 27.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 60.4% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 59.8% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 58.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 57.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 54.5% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 56.1% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 500 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 56.0% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 56.1% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 56.2% | 1935 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 600 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 64.9% | 1981 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 540 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 63.0% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 540 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 61.2% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 540 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 60.3% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 900 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 75.1% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 810 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 72.7% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 810 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 66.0% | 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 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 rateSix 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
- Kütahya149 other officialsAgop Efendi born 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 270 kuruş
- Ertugrul14 other officialsAbkaryan Necip Efendi 10 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- 1881/82 (AH 1299)187 other officialsALİ RIZA EFENDİ first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 200 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Memurin Maliye İtimat Komisyonu imtihanı; âlâ dereceli şehadetname [1]
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 125, 126, 127, 128, 129
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:67, s.341; 138 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:67, s.341-342.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 21 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 28 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.