Mehmet Rıza Efendi
Born 1879/80 (AH 1297) · Elbistan · Dated entries 1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 166/453
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
- Aleppo (Halep)
- Drama
- Bitola (Manastır)
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.
The life
Mehmet Rıza Efendi was born in Elbistan in 1879/80 (AH 1297). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Elbistan Rüştiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Aleppo (Halep) in 1902/03 (AH 1320). Dated career entries span 1902/03 (AH 1320) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 4 AH years, from Aleppo (Halep) to Bitola (Manastır), beginning with Halep Vilayeti Telgrafhanesi mülazımı and ending with entries for Manastır Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Aleppo (Halep), Drama and Bitola (Manastır). [1]
Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321) to 400 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326). [1]
Life and career
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.
Stage 1 of 5 · Elbistan
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 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Elbistan
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 23
Halep Vilayeti Telgrafhanesi mülazımı
Calculated age 23
3 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Drama
Drama Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi
200 kuruşCalculated age 24
4 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Drama / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Drama Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi
200 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Açığa çıkarılma
Calculated age 25
Place not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 25
5 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Bitola (Manastır)
Manastır Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 29
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.
- Görevin sona ermesi · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 200 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 15.2% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.2% | 1493 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 42.9% | 1232 |
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- Drama200
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
- Elbistan50 other officialsMehmet Şerif Efendi born 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Drama5 other officialsHafız Halil Kamil Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- 1902/03 (AH 1320)156 other officialsİskender Raad Efendi first entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 2,200 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Âliyyülâlâ dereceli rüştiye şahadetnamesi [1]
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Elbistan Rüştiyesi [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Âliyyülâlâ dereceli rüştiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Sıbyan mektebi; Elbistan Rüştiyesi [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
- 23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Halep [source]
- First work year
- 1902/03 (AH 1320) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Other recorded details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Elbistanlı memurlar
ŞEYMA BÜLBÜL · 2025 · Pages 67, 68
56 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 166/453.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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