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Mehmed Tal’at Efendi

Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) · Dated entries 1862 to 1910 (AH 1279 to 1327)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 11 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.

1Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Beirut (Beyrut)Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 11 · Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

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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.

5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

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    1. Birth

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    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 14

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1863/64 (AH 1280) · 17 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      All 37 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1879/80 (AH 1297)

      Place not recorded / Beirut (Beyrut)

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

        All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1883/84 (AH 1301)

        Beirut (Beyrut) / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

        Within-year entry order unresolved

          All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2 recorded years

          Istanbul (Dersaadet)

          AH entries: 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

          Within-year entry order unresolved

            All 7 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1890/91 (AH 1308) · 7 recorded years

            Istanbul (Dersaadet)

            AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.

            Within-year entry order unresolved

              All 8 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1898/99 (AH 1316)

              Place not recorded

              Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

              1. 9

                1901/02 (AH 1319)

                Place not recorded

                Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                  All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1903/04 (AH 1321) · 5 recorded years

                  Istanbul (Dersaadet)

                  AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.

                    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1908/09 (AH 1326) · 2 recorded years

                    Place not recorded

                    AH entries: 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.

                    Within-year entry order unresolved

                    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                    1. Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği

                      7,000 kuruşCalculated age 61

                    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

                  3 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.

                  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

                  Current collection salary comparison

                  Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

                  Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
                  Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

                  Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

                  Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

                  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
                  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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
                  1864/65 (AH 1281)150400125 to 3,00011.1%253
                  1865/66 (AH 1282)200400150 to 2,00015.6%341
                  1866/67 (AH 1283)200400146 to 2,00017.3%399
                  1867/68 (AH 1284)250458150 to 2,50021.9%435
                  1868/69 (AH 1285)340475150 to 3,00036.3%505
                  1869/70 (AH 1286)600400150 to 2,25063.2%609
                  1870/71 (AH 1287)600400150 to 2,00064.8%649
                  1871/72 (AH 1288)500420.5125 to 2,37554.4%712
                  1872/73 (AH 1289)550450140 to 2,35060.1%736
                  1873/74 (AH 1290)800405130 to 2,20070.9%805
                  1874/75 (AH 1291)900450150 to 1,80075.4%882
                  1875/76 (AH 1292)1,000450150 to 2,00077.1%976
                  1876/77 (AH 1293)1,000420150 to 2,00077.9%1102
                  1877/78 (AH 1294)1,000450150 to 1,80077.9%1160
                  1878 (AH 1295)1,000450150 to 2,00078.9%1196
                  1878/79 (AH 1296)1,200400150 to 2,00081.4%1328
                  1879/80 (AH 1297)2,500400180 to 1,80092.9%1534
                  1883/84 (AH 1301)1,200400150 to 1,40086.3%1720
                  1884/85 (AH 1302)1,200400150 to 1,50084.4%1748
                  1885/86 (AH 1303)1,350400150 to 1,50088.3%1787
                  1890/91 (AH 1308)2,400400125 to 1,50094.6%1896
                  1891/92 (AH 1309)2,800400140 to 1,60095.8%1927
                  1892/93 (AH 1310)2,800400135 to 1,50096.3%1935
                  1893/94 (AH 1311)2,800400140 to 1,40096.4%1929
                  1894/95 (AH 1312)2,800400140 to 1,50096.4%2004
                  1895/96 (AH 1313)2,900400140 to 1,50095.8%1981
                  1896/97 (AH 1314)2,900450150 to 1,57596.2%2119
                  1898/99 (AH 1316)2,810400144 to 1,40096.6%1844
                  1901/02 (AH 1319)4,050400150 to 1,52097.2%1666
                  1903/04 (AH 1321)4,050405150 to 1,45097.8%1578
                  1904/05 (AH 1322)4,050400135 to 1,50097.8%1493
                  1905/06 (AH 1323)4,050430125 to 1,50097.1%1423
                  1906/07 (AH 1324)4,050450150 to 1,52597.1%1371
                  1907/08 (AH 1325)4,050460135 to 1,61597.2%1290
                  1908/09 (AH 1326)7,000400150 to 2,00097.6%1232
                  1909/10 (AH 1327)7,000600200 to 2,00097.6%1088

                  Career patterns and pay

                  Recorded pay over the career

                  Kuruş · dated amounts

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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 entries
                  1. 1883 to 1908 (AH 1301 to 1325)
                  2. 1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301)

                  Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

                  Amounts recorded by place

                  Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
                  1. Beirut (Beyrut)1,200 to 2,500

                  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 title
                  1. 1890 to 1897 (AH 1308 to 1314)
                  2. 1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325)
                  3. 1866 to 1869 (AH 1283 to 1285)
                  4. 1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)
                  5. 1862 to 1865 (AH 1279 to 1281)
                  6. 1864 to 1867 (AH 1281 to 1283)

                  The 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

                  All related groups and salary ranks

                  Education and personal record

                  Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şehadetname [1]

                  Schooling Üsküdar Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]

                  Language skills and historical terms

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

                  Honours and other personal details

                  Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
                  0 (recorded code) [source]
                  Judicial record as worded
                  0 (recorded code) [source]
                  All personal fields and their sources

                  Sources and evidence

                  1. Sicili Ahval Defterlerine göre Afyonlu devlet adamları

                    İPEK KÜLTEKİN · 2021 · Pages 59, 60, 61, 62

                    22 BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284.

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                  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 · 38 dated AH years

                  Annual salary study and register readings

                  The separate annual salary reference account has 70 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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