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Mahmud Derviş Efendi

Born 1845/46 (AH 1262) · Sivas · Dated entries 1875 to 1881 (AH 1292 to 1298)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference DH.SAİD.d.nr.00020, s.483

The career, year by year

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1875/76 (AH 1292): stajyer, Sivas vilayeti tahrir ve vergi kalemi1877/78 (AH 1294): seyyar üçüncü fırka mukayyidi, Sivas vilayeti, 235 kuruş1878 (AH 1295): seyyar üçüncü fırka mukayyidi, Sivas vilayeti, 235 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296): seyyar üçüncü fırka mukayyidi, Sivas vilayeti, 235 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296): seyyar üçüncü fırka mukayyidi (İnfisal), Sivas vilayeti1878/79 (AH 1296): vukuat kitabeti refakati, Hafik kazası, 200 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297): vukuat kitabeti refakati, Hafik kazası, 180 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298): vukuat kitabeti refakati, Hafik kazası, 250 kuruşAH 1292AH 1295AH 1298
Places and reading notes
  • Sivas vilayeti tahrir ve vergi kalemi
  • Sivas vilayeti
  • Hafik kazası

6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 5 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.

1Sivas
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Sivas

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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.

4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1845/46 (AH 1262)

    Sivas

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Sivas vilayeti tahrir ve vergi kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas vilayeti tahrir ve vergi kalemi

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 30

    2. stajyer

      Calculated age 30

  3. 3

    1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years

    Sivas vilayeti

    AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas vilayeti

    1. seyyar üçüncü fırka mukayyidi

      235 kuruşCalculated age 32

    2. seyyar üçüncü fırka mukayyidi

      235 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Sivas vilayeti / Hafik kazası

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas vilayeti; Hafik kazası

    1. Sivas vilayeti

      seyyar üçüncü fırka mukayyidi

      235 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    2. Sivas vilayeti

      seyyar üçüncü fırka mukayyidi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 34

      Recorded service ending

    3. Hafik kazası

      vukuat kitabeti refakati

      200 kuruşCalculated age 34

  5. 5

    1879/80 (AH 1297) · 2 recorded years

    Hafik kazası

    AH entries: 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Hafik kazası

    1. vukuat kitabeti refakati

      180 kuruşCalculated age 35

    2. vukuat kitabeti refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 36

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1877/78 (AH 1294)235450150 to 1,80020.9%1160
1878 (AH 1295)235450150 to 2,00020.7%1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)235400150 to 2,00018.9%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)180400180 to 1,8009.7%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)250400160 to 1,50020.5%1448

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01252501877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981877/78 (AH 1294) · 235 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · 235 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 235 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 200 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 180 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 250 kuruş

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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 entries
  1. Hafik kazası3
    1878 to 1881 (AH 1296 to 1298)
  2. Sivas vilayeti3
    1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)
  3. Sivas vilayeti tahrir ve vergi kalemi1
    1875/76 (AH 1292)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Hafik kazası180 to 250
  2. Sivas vilayeti235

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 title
  1. 1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)
  2. 1878 to 1881 (AH 1296 to 1298)
  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1845/46 (AH 1262) [source]
Father’s occupation
Sipahi [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00020, s.483 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas vilayeti tahrir ve vergi kalemi [source]
First work year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Apprenticeship
2 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 233, 234

    405 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00020, s.483

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years

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