Mehmet Hilmi Efendi

Born 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Sivas · Dated entries 1893 to 1907 (AH 1311 to 1324)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference DH.SAİD.d,nr.00090,s.255

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The life

Mehmet Hilmi Efendi was born in Sivas in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The father’s occupation was Sivas vilayeti belediye müfettişi. Schooling included Sivas mekteb-i iptidaiyesi; mekteb-i rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Sivas in 1887/88 (AH 1305). Dated career entries span 1893/94 (AH 1311) to 1906/07 (AH 1324) across 13 AH years, from Kastamonu to Ağrı (Karakilise), beginning with telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru and ending with entries for telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Kastamonu, Erzurum, Erzincan and Kemah and 1 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311) to 600 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Sivas · 1872/73 (AH 1289)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Sivas vilayeti belediye müfettişi^[source]
Education: Sivas mekteb-i iptidaiyesi; mekteb-i rüşdiye^[source]
First work: 1887/88 (AH 1305) · Sivas^[source]
Age at first work: 18^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 400 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

13
Dated AH years: 6
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 13
Salary years: 400 → 600
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 600
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 63.3%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1893/94 (AH 1311) to 1906/07 (AH 1324); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1906/07 (AH 1324).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 8 · Sivas

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1872/73 (AH 1289)
Sivas
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Sivas
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 16
  Personal record & evidence →
3
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Kastamonu
1. telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Erzurum / Erzincan
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Erzurum
  telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Erzincan
  telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1895/96 (AH 1313) · 7 recorded years
Erzincan
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
1. telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
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6
1902/03 (AH 1320) · 2 recorded years
Kemah
AH entries: 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
1. telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Erzincan
1. telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1906/07 (AH 1324)
Ağrı (Karakilise)
1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü
  600 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Entry & evidence →[1]

2 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.

tarik anbarı kâtibi · Sivas · Undated · 400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
tarik anbarı kâtibi (İnfisal) · Sivas · 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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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 year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1893/94 (AH 1311)	400	400	140 to 1,400	44.7%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.4%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.1%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	500	450	150 to 1,575	52.8%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	500	400	140 to 1,425	56.9%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	500	400	144 to 1,400	55.8%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	500	400	140 to 1,440	55.3%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.5%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	500	400	150 to 1,520	54.4%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	500	400	150 to 1,500	55.5%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	500	405	150 to 1,450	54.0%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	500	400	135 to 1,500	55.0%	1493
1906/07 (AH 1324)	600	450	150 to 1,525	63.3%	1371

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Erzincan9
1894 to 1905 (AH 1312 to 1322)
Kemah2
1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)
Ağrı (Karakilise)1
1906/07 (AH 1324)
Erzurum1
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Kastamonu1
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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Amounts recorded by place

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Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title

telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru9
1893 to 1902 (AH 1311 to 1319)
telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru3
1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)
telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü1
1906/07 (AH 1324)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Sivas398 other officialsAhmed Efendi born 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 560 kuruş
Erzincan23 other officialsHafız Süleyman Efendi 9 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
1893/94 (AH 1311)195 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi (Tüccardan Halil İbrahim Efendi oğlu) first entry in Akşehir; highest salary 500 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sivas mekteb-i iptidaiyesi; mekteb-i rüşdiye^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları
NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 254, 255
437 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00090,s.255; DH.SAİD.d,nr.00090,s.255

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