Mehmed Tevfik Efendi
Born 1849/50 (AH 1266) · Bursa · Dated entries 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference 34/84; 165
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
- Mekke-i mükerreme
- Hicaz
4 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
Mehmed Tevfik Efendi was born in Bursa in 1849/50 (AH 1266), within the İslam community. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Bursa mekteb-i rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Mekke-i mükerreme in 1882/83 (AH 1300). Dated career entries span 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1885/86 (AH 1303) across 4 AH years, beginning with kitâbet. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Mekke-i mükerreme and Hicaz. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 500 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303). [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 · Bursa
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1849/50 (AH 1266)
Bursa
Birth
2 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Mekke-i mükerreme
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mekke-i mükerreme
First work as recorded
Calculated age 34
kitâbet
250 kuruşCalculated age 34
3 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 2 recorded years
Mekke-i mükerreme
AH entries: 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Mekke-i mükerreme
4 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Mekke-i mükerreme / Hicaz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mekke-i mükerreme; Hicaz
Mekke-i mükerreme
kitâbet
250 kuruşCalculated age 37
Hicaz
sanduk kitâbeti
500 kuruşCalculated age 37
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.
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 19.4% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 19.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 19.9% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 58.1% | 1787 |
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- Mekke-i mükerreme250
- Hicaz500
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
- Bursa301 other officialsAhmet Recai Efendi born 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1882/83 (AH 1300)236 other officialsAhmed Cemaleddin Efendi first annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 95 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 34 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Mekke-i mükerreme [source]
- First-salary field
- 250 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1882/83 (AH 1300) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 310,311
34/84; 165
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 5 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.