MEHMED ARĠF BEY
Born 1858/59 (AH 1275) · Hassa · Dated entries 1873 to 1904 (AH 1290 to 1321)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 22/62
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
MEHMED ARĠF BEY was born in Hassa in 1858/59 (AH 1275). Schooling included Niş ilkokulu; Edirne ortaokulu. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Edirne in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Dated career entries span 1873/74 (AH 1290) to 1903/04 (AH 1321) across 20 AH years, from Edirne to Dersim and ending with entries for Dersim Sancağı mutasarrıfı. More than one post or place appears in 11 of those years. Place names include Edirne, Eslimiye, Haleb and İskenderun and 5 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 350 kuruş in 1873/74 (AH 1290) to 5,400 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321); the highest recorded monthly rate is 5,400 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321). [1]
Life and career
Follow 14 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 14 · Hassa
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.
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1 1858/59 (AH 1275)
Hassa
Not yet located on the map: Hassa
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 15
Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı
350 kuruşCalculated age 15
3 1874/75 (AH 1291) · 3 recorded years
Edirne
AH entries: 1291, 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru
150 kuruşCalculated age 16
Continuing service as described
Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı
350 kuruşCalculated age 18
Continuing service as described
4 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Edirne / Eslimiye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eslimiye
Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru
150 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Vilayet gazetesi başyazarı
Calculated age 19
5 1878 (AH 1295)
Eslimiye / Edirne / Place not recorded / Haleb
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eslimiye; Location not recorded; Haleb
Eslimiye
Eslimiye Sancağı müsevvidi
450 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Haleb
Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
6 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Haleb
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi
360 kuruşCalculated age 21
Said Paşa maiyetinde komiserlik yazı işleri memuru
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 21
7 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Haleb / İskenderun
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
Haleb
Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi
360 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Haleb
Vilayet idare meclisi başkâtibi
1,200 kuruşCalculated age 22
8 1885/86 (AH 1303) · 4 recorded years
Jeddah (Cidde)
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Cidde vali kaymakamı
5,000 kuruşCalculated age 28
Cidde vali kaymakamlığından istifa (İstifa)
Calculated age 31
9 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 4 recorded years
Maden
AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Maden
Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı
4,000 kuruşCalculated age 33
Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı
4,000 kuruşCalculated age 36
Continuing service as described
10 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Maden / Muş
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maden
Maden
Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı
4,000 kuruşCalculated age 37
Continuing service as described
Muş Sancağı mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 37
11 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Muş / Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Muş Sancağı mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 38
Continuing service as described
Bayezid Sancağı mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 38
12 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Bayezid Sancağı mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Mazuliyet
1,875 kuruşCalculated age 39
13 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Mutasarrıflıktan ayrılış (İnfisal)
Calculated age 44
Place not recorded
Mazuliyet
1,800 kuruşCalculated age 44
14 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Dersim
Not yet located on the map: Dersim
Dersim Sancağı mutasarrıfı
5,400 kuruşCalculated age 46
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.
- Meriç gazetesi yazarı · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 350 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 40.4% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 350 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 38.0% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 350 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 36.9% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 350 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 39.3% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 450 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 49.8% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 450 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 49.7% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 76.9% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 1,200 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 82.5% | 1534 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 5,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 97.3% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 5,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 97.8% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 5,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 97.2% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 5,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 97.8% | 1797 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 4,000 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 97.4% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 4,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 97.5% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 4,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 97.9% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 4,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 97.8% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 4,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 97.8% | 2004 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,875 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 91.9% | 2119 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 1,800 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 91.2% | 1666 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 5,400 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 98.8% | 1578 |
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- Edirne20 to 350
- Maden4,000
- Jeddah (Cidde)5,000
- Haleb100 to 1,200
- Eslimiye450
- Dersim5,400
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
- Edirne20 other officialsHüsameddin Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)129 other officialsHasan Tahsin Efendi first entry in Edirne; highest salary 600 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kozan ve Cebel-i bereketli memurlar
SENEM ÖZDEMİR · 2019 · Pages 109, 110, 111
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 22/62; 188 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 22/62.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 21 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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