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Mahmud Nazım Efendi

Born 1877/78 (AH 1294) · Pristina (Priştine) · Dated entries 1902 to 1906 (AH 1320 to 1323)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 149-239

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1902/03 (AH 1320): Telgrafhane stajyeri, Pristina (Priştine)1903/04 (AH 1321): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi, Mitrovica (Mitroviça), 250 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi, Mitrovica (Mitroviça), 250 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi, Mitrovica (Mitroviça), 250 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru, Pristina (Priştine), 250 kuruşAH 1320AH 1323
Places and reading notes
  • Pristina (Priştine)
  • Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

4 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 4 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.

1Pristina (Priştine)Mitrovica (Mitroviça)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Pristina (Priştine)

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. 1

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Pristina (Priştine)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Pristina (Priştine)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 26

    2. Telgrafhane stajyeri

      Calculated age 26

  3. 3

    1903/04 (AH 1321) · 2 recorded years

    Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

    AH entries: 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 27

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Mitrovica (Mitroviça) / Pristina (Priştine)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

      Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    2. Pristina (Priştine)

      Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      250 kuruşCalculated age 29

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

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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
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
1903/04 (AH 1321)250405150 to 1,45022.1%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)250400135 to 1,50022.1%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)250430125 to 1,50022.6%1423

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01252501903/04AH 13211905/06AH 13231903/04 (AH 1321) · 250 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 250 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 250 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 250 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. 1903 to 1906 (AH 1321 to 1323)
  2. 1902 to 1906 (AH 1320 to 1323)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1903 to 1906 (AH 1321 to 1323)
  2. 1905/06 (AH 1323)
  3. 1902/03 (AH 1320)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüştiye diploması [1]

Schooling Sıbyan ve rüştiye mektepleri [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

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

Personal details

Birthplace
Priştine [source]
Birth province
Kosova [source]
Birth year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]
Father’s occupation
Ziraatçı [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 149-239 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]Okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Orta derece diploma [source]
Education
Sıbyan ve rüştiye mektepleri [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
26 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Priştine [source]
First work year
1902/03 (AH 1320) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 181, 182

    BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 149-239

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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 · 4 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 5 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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