Recep Hıfzı Paşa
Born 1845/46 (AH 1262) · Prizren · Dated entries 1865 to 1907 (AH 1282 to 1324)
Languages Arabic, Bulgarian, French, Italian, Rum (as recorded), Russian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. 77/51
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Recep Hıfzı Paşa was born in Prizren in 1845/46 (AH 1262). Schooling included Prizren Rüştiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Bulgarian, French, Italian, Rum (as recorded), Russian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). Dated career entries span 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1906/07 (AH 1324) across 38 AH years, from Thessaloniki (Selanik) to harire, beginning with Zabtiye Alayı 1. Merkez Taburu 4. Bölük mülazım-ı evveli and ending with entries for Mutasarrıf. More than one post or place appears in 13 of those years. Place names include Thessaloniki (Selanik), Aleppo (Halep), Tuna and Trabzon and 9 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 6,000 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313) to 7,500 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324); the highest recorded monthly rate is 7,500 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323). [1]
Life and career
Follow 23 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 23 · Prizren
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 1845/46 (AH 1262)
Prizren
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 20
3 1866/67 (AH 1283) · 5 recorded years
Thessaloniki (Selanik)
AH entries: 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.
4 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Thessaloniki (Selanik) / Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
5 6 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Aleppo (Halep) / Tuna
Within-year entry order unresolved
7 1876/77 (AH 1293) · 2 recorded years
Tuna
AH entries: 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
8 1878 (AH 1295)
Tuna / Trabzon / Izmir (İzmir)
Within-year entry order unresolved
9 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Izmir (İzmir) / Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
10 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Within-year entry order unresolved
11 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Thessaloniki (Selanik)
12 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Thessaloniki (Selanik) / Preveza (Preveze)
Within-year entry order unresolved
13 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Preveza (Preveze)
14 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Preveza (Preveze) / Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid
15 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid / Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid
16 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Thessaloniki (Selanik)
17 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Thessaloniki (Selanik) / Aydın
Within-year entry order unresolved
18 1887/88 (AH 1305) · 8 recorded years
Aydın
AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
19 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Aydın / Preveza (Preveze)
Within-year entry order unresolved
20 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Preveza (Preveze) / Servia (Serfiçe)
Within-year entry order unresolved
21 22 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Servia (Serfiçe) / Yozgat / Menteşe
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Menteşe
23 1905/06 (AH 1323) · 2 recorded years
harire
AH entries: 1323, 1324. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: harire
Mutasarrıf
Calculated age 61
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.
- Mutasarrıf · Serres (Siroz) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mutasarrıf (Azil) · Serres (Siroz) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İzin · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 6,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 98.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 6,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 98.5% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 5,400 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 98.6% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 5,400 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 98.8% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 5,410 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 98.9% | 1821 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 7,500 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 98.9% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 7,500 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 98.6% | 1371 |
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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Preveza (Preveze)6,000
- Servia (Serfiçe)5,400 to 6,000
- harire7,500
- Menteşe4,500
- Yozgat5,410
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
- Prizren5 other officialsHACI HAFIZ HÜSEYİN NECMEDDİN EFENDİ born 1857/58 (AH 1274); no salary recorded
- Thessaloniki (Selanik)45 other officialsMustafa Efendi 7 shared years; highest salary 1,600 kuruş
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)111 other officialsAbdülgani Efendi first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 38 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 59 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.