Mehmet Behçet Efendi
Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Kars · Dated entries 1871 to 1904 (AH 1288 to 1321)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 144/45; BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 144/45
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Behçet Efendi was born in Kars in 1855/56 (AH 1272). The father’s occupation was Jandarma yüzbaşı. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Siirt in 1871/72 (AH 1288). Dated career entries span 1871/72 (AH 1288) to 1903/04 (AH 1321) across 17 AH years, from Siirt to Garzan, beginning with Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Mal Müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Siirt, Şirvan, Bitlis and Bulanık and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 70 kuruş in 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 500 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321); the highest recorded monthly rate is 640 kuruş in 1883/84 (AH 1301). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · Kars
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 1855/56 (AH 1272)
Kars
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 16
3 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Siirt
Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi
70 kuruşCalculated age 17
4 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Siirt
Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi
430 kuruşCalculated age 25
5 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Siirt / Şirvan
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Şirvan
Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi
430 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Şirvan
Mal Müdürü
450 kuruşCalculated age 26
6 1882/83 (AH 1300) · 6 recorded years
Siirt
AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Muhasebe Kalemi varidat başkâtibi
480 kuruşCalculated age 28
Muhasebe kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 33
7 1895/96 (AH 1313) · 3 recorded years
Siirt
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Muhasebeci vekili
360 kuruşCalculated age 41
Muhasebeci vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 43
Recorded service ending
8 Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini
320 kuruşCalculated age 45
Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini
320 kuruşCalculated age 46
Continuing service as described
9 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Bitlis / Bulanık
Within-year entry order unresolved
Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini
320 kuruşCalculated age 47
Continuing service as described
Mal Müdürü
600 kuruşCalculated age 47
10 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Garzan
Mal Müdürü
500 kuruşCalculated age 49
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.
- Mal Müdürü · Ahlat · Undated · 600 kuruş 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 70 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 3.7% | 736 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 430 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 52.6% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 450 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 55.3% | 1448 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 480 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 58.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 640 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 73.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 640 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 73.3% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 640 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 72.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 57.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 43.8% | 1762 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 360 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 42.1% | 1981 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 320 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 37.5% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 320 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 38.2% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 66.5% | 1666 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 500 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 54.0% | 1578 |
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
- Kars192 other officialsMehmet Halit Efendi born 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 50 kuruş
- Siirt19 other officialsAhmet Cemil Paşa 2 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- 1871/72 (AH 1288)115 other officialsAbdülmecid Niyazi Efendi first annual entry 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi [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
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Karslı memurlar (1879-1909)
RÜVEYDE ÇİFÇİ · 2015 · Pages 91, 92, 93
72 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 144/45.; BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 144/45
Read the original source accounts · 27 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 17 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 26 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.