Mehmet Şakir Efendi
Born 1876/77 (AH 1293) · Tosya · Dated entries 1898 to 1905 (AH 1316 to 1322)
Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
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
- Tosya
- Hereke
5 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 Şakir Efendi was born in Tosya in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Schooling included İbtidaî; Tosya Rüştiye Mektebi; Tosya Adürrezzak Camii Medresesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Persian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Tosya in 1898/99 (AH 1316). Dated career entries span 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 5 AH years, from Tosya to Hereke, beginning with Telgrafhane stajyeri. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Tosya and Hereke. [1]
Monthly pay went from 380 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318) to 590 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 590 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322). [1]
Life and career
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.
Stage 1 of 4 · Tosya
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 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Tosya
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 23
Telgrafhane stajyeri
Calculated age 23
3 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Tosya
Ağnam memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 25
4 1902/03 (AH 1320) · 3 recorded years
Hereke
AH entries: 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
303 kuruşCalculated age 27
Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
303 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
490 kuruşCalculated age 28
Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
490 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi, üçüncü derece
Calculated age 29
Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
590 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.
- Ağnam memuru · Tosya · Undated · 400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 380 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.1% | 1761 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 303 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 38.1% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 490 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 53.8% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 590 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 66.8% | 1493 |
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 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
- Tosya33 other officialsMehmet Behçet Bey born 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- Hereke3 other officialsAndon Tasaki Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)151 other officialsABDULLAH EFENDİ (A) first annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 200 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Arabic
- Aşina [source]
- French
- Aşina [source]
- Persian
- Aşina [source]
- Rum (as recorded)
- Aşina [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Aliyyü’l-âlâ dereceyle mezuniyet [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- İbtidaî; Tosya Rüştiye Mektebi; Tosya Adürrezzak Camii Medresesi [source]
First work and apprenticeship
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'ne göre Tosyalı memurlar (1879-1909)
BETÜL MERVE HAMAMCI · 2022 · Pages 37, 38
BOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
Read the original source accounts · 9 source entries →
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 · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 8 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.