Mehmet Hamdi Efendi
Born 1837/38 (AH 1253) · Ürgüp · Dated entries 1849 to 1889 (AH 1266 to 1306)
Languages Bulgarian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00042/00113
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmet Hamdi Efendi was born in Ürgüp in 1837/38 (AH 1253). The father’s occupation was Hazinedar. Schooling included Ürgüp sıbyan mektebi ve medresesi. The language repertoire included Bulgarian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Ürgüp in 1849/50 (AH 1266). Dated career entries span 1849/50 (AH 1266) to 1888/89 (AH 1306) across 13 AH years, beginning with Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Ürgüp, Niš (Niş), Geylan and Bereşova (?). [1]
Monthly pay went from 260 kuruş in 1855/56 (AH 1272) to 280 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306); the highest recorded monthly rate is 280 kuruş in 1883/84 (AH 1301). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 6 · Ürgüp
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1837/38 (AH 1253)
Ürgüp
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 13
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 13
3 1850/51 (AH 1267) · 5 recorded years
Ürgüp
AH entries: 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271. Gaps remain open.
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 14
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
4 1855/56 (AH 1272)
Ürgüp / Niš (Niş)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Emtia gümrüğü görevi
260 kuruşCalculated age 19
5 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 5 recorded years
Geylan
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Geylan
Tahrirat katibi
280 kuruşCalculated age 48
Tahrirat katibi
280 kuruşCalculated age 52
Continuing service as described
6 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Geylan / Bereşova (?)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Geylan; Bereşova (?)
Geylan
Tahrirat katibi
280 kuruşCalculated age 53
Continuing service as described
Bereşova (?)
Tahrirat katibi
280 kuruşCalculated age 53
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Infisal · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1855/56 (AH 1272) | 260 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 35.9% | 65 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 280 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 27.5% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 280 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 27.1% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 280 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 27.0% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 280 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 27.2% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 280 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 27.5% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 280 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 29.1% | 1797 |
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- Geylan280
- Bereşova (?)280
- Niš (Niş)260
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
- Ürgüp117 other officialsİbrahim Ethem Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 900 kuruş
- 1849/50 (AH 1266)23 other officialsMahmud Es'ad Paşa first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları
HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 89, 90
¹⁰¹ BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00042/00113.
Read the original source accounts · 16 source entries →
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 · 13 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 15 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.