Kigork Efendi
Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Tekirdağ · Dated entries 1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)
Languages Armenian, English, French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
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
- Kalas
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
Kigork Efendi was born in Tekirdağ in 1867/68 (AH 1284). Schooling included Edirne Rüşdiye Mektebi; Ortaköy Ermeni Mektebi. The language repertoire included Armenian, English, French, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Kalas in 1884/85 (AH 1302). Dated career entries span 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 1887/88 (AH 1305) across 4 AH years, from Kalas to Kalas. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Kalas. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 400 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302). [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 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 3 · Tekirdağ
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 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Tekirdağ
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi mülazımı
Calculated age 18
Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 18
Recorded service ending
Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 18
3 1885/86 (AH 1303) · 3 recorded years
Kalas
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kançıları
400 kuruşCalculated age 21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 45.1% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 45.8% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 43.8% | 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- Kalas400
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
- Tekirdağ3 other officialsMehmet Rıfat Efendi born 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Kalas1 other officialMaksim Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)173 other officialsABDULKADİR EFENDİ first entry in Kirkuk (Kerkük); highest salary 125 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Edirne Rüşdiye Mektebi; Ortaköy Ermeni Mektebi [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- kalas [source]
- First work year
- 1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 0.25 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Other recorded details
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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