İsmail Vehbi Efendi
Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1891 to 1900 (AH 1309 to 1317)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Kütahya
9 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
İsmail Vehbi Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The father’s occupation was Nakşibendi tarikatı halifesi. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye; medrese. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Kütahya in 1891/92 (AH 1309). Dated career entries span 1891/92 (AH 1309) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 9 AH years, from Kütahya to Kütahya, beginning with Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Sandık emini. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Kütahya. [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311) to 497 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311). [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 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 3 · 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.
1 1861/62 (AH 1278)
Kütahya
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 31
Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 31
3 1892/93 (AH 1310) · 8 recorded years
Kütahya
AH entries: 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 32
Continuing service as described
Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Sandık emini
500 kuruşCalculated age 33
Sandık emini
500 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Sandık emini
500 kuruşCalculated age 35
Continuing service as described
Sandık emini (İnfisal)
Calculated age 35
Sandık emini
497 kuruşCalculated age 36
Sandık emini
497 kuruşCalculated age 37
Continuing service as described
Sandık emini
497 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
Sandık emini
497 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Sandık emini (İnfisal)
Calculated age 39
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 55.4% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.4% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 497 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 52.7% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 497 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 56.8% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 497 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 55.7% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 497 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 55.2% | 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- Kütahya497 to 500
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 officialsSüleyman Nafiz Efendi born 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 430 kuruş
- Kütahya52 other officialsSüleyman Nafiz Efendi 9 shared years; highest salary 430 kuruş
- 1891/92 (AH 1309)169 other officialsHacı Rıfat Mollazade Ebubekir Sıddık Efendi first entry in Kütahya; highest salary 250 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye ve medrese şehadetnameleri [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye; medrese [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 31 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Kütahya [source]
- First work year
- 1891/92 (AH 1309) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 2.3 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 117, 118
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 12 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.