İsmail Fehmi Efendi
Born 1856/57 (AH 1273) · Bigadiç · Dated entries 1873 to 1909 (AH 1290 to 1326)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00101/00129
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
İsmail Fehmi Efendi was born in Bigadiç in 1856/57 (AH 1273). Schooling included Bigadiç Sıbyan Mektebi; Balıkesir ve Bigadiç medreseleri. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Bigadiç in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Dated career entries span 1873/74 (AH 1290) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 23 AH years, from Bigadiç to Jerusalem (Kudüs), beginning with Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Tahsil memuru. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Bigadiç, Giresun, Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) and Jerusalem (Kudüs). [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 400 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307). [1]
Life and career
Follow 9 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 9 · Bigadiç
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 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Bigadiç
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 17
3 1875/76 (AH 1292) · 2 recorded years
Bigadiç
AH entries: 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 5 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 12 recorded years
Bigadiç
AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
6 7 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Giresun / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
8 1905/06 (AH 1323)
Place not recorded / Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
9 Tahsilat müfettişi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 52
Recorded service ending
Tahsil memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 53
9 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.
- Tadat itam kol kâtipliği · Bigadiç · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Deavi kâtibi (İstifa) · Bigadiç · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaza sandık emini vekili (İnfisal) · Bigadiç · 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 250 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 21.9% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 250 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 23.5% | 1102 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 8.6% | 1720 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 400 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 46.2% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 400 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 45.4% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 45.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 400 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 45.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 44.7% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.9% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 42.2% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 45.2% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 400 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 44.3% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 44.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 45.1% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 38.7% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 40.1% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 350 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 38.4% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 350 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 37.9% | 1493 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 42.9% | 1232 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rateRanges 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
- Bigadiç6 other officialsİsmail Efendi born 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Bigadiç15 other officialsMehmet Tevvfik Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)129 other officialsAhmet Şükrü Efendi first annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 900 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Bigadiç Sıbyan Mektebi; Balıkesir ve Bigadiç medreseleri [source]
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 Defterlerine göre Bigalı devlet adamları
AHMET TUNCEL · 2019 · Pages 91, 92, 93
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00101/00129.; 100 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00101/00129.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 24 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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