Mehmed Şerif Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Erzincan · Dated entries 1861 to 1888 (AH 1278 to 1305)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Şerif Efendi was born in Erzincan, within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Erzincan müfettişi. Schooling included Mekatib-i idadiye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
The first place of work was Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun nüfus kalemi. Dated career entries span 1861/62 (AH 1278) to 1887/88 (AH 1305) across 9 AH years, from Erzurum to Beirut (Beyrut), beginning with arazi memuru (Defter-i Hakani müdürü) and ending with entries for Defterdar. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Erzurum, Tripoli (Trablusgarp), Beirut (Beyrut) and Suriye and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 2,500 kuruş in 1861/62 (AH 1278) to 6,000 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305); the highest recorded monthly rate is 6,000 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302). An undated death entry survives. [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 · Erzurum
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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1861/62 (AH 1278)
Erzurum
arazi memuru (Defter-i Hakani müdürü)
2,500 kuruş
2 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
Muhasebeci
2,375 kuruş
3 1875/76 (AH 1292) · 5 recorded years
Beirut (Beyrut)
AH entries: 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Suriye / Haleb
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Suriye; Haleb
5 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Haleb / Beirut (Beyrut)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
Haleb
çiftlikat-ı hümayun nazırı (Azil)
Recorded service ending
Defterdar
6,000 kuruş
18 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.
- nüfus kalemi katibi · Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun · Undated · 150 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- ruznamçe kalemi katibi · Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun · Undated · 800 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- ruznamçe kalemi katibi (Görevin sona ermesi) · Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1861/62 (AH 1278) | 2,500 | 500 | 150 to 3,000 | 88.1% | 161 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 2,375 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 92.2% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 2,375 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 91.4% | 976 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 2,500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 91.6% | 1328 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 6,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 98.1% | 1748 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 6,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 97.8% | 1762 |
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- Beirut (Beyrut)2,350 to 6,000
- Erzurum2,500
- Haleb6,000
- Suriye5,000
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
- Erzincan187 other officialsMehmet Kamil Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Beirut (Beyrut)19 other officialsMustafa Sabri Efendi 5 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1861/62 (AH 1278)36 other officialsAGOB EFENDİ first annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar
ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 20, 21
49 BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1; BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1
Read the original source accounts · 29 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 · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 13 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.