Mehmed Süreyya Efendi
Born 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Bursa · Dated entries 1885 to 1908 (AH 1303 to 1325)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference 85/37; 71
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Süreyya Efendi was born in Bursa in 1872/73 (AH 1289), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Bezzaz. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Bursa mektbe-i rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Hüdâvendigâr in 1885/86 (AH 1303). Dated career entries span 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 1907/08 (AH 1325) across 20 AH years and ending with entries for kitâbet-i mezbure. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Hüdâvendigâr. [1]
Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 720 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325); the highest recorded monthly rate is 720 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [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 · 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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Bursa
Birth
2 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Hüdâvendigâr / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr; Location not recorded
Hüdâvendigâr
First work as recorded
Calculated age 14
Place not recorded
mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati
50 kuruşCalculated age 14
3 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati
50 kuruşCalculated age 15
mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati
80 kuruşCalculated age 15
4 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 7 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati
165 kuruşCalculated age 18
mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati
300 kuruşCalculated age 24
5 1897/98 (AH 1315) · 11 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
hesab fenni kitâbeti refâkati
320 kuruşCalculated age 26
kitâbet-i mezbure
720 kuruşCalculated age 36
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.
- mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati · Undated · 100 kuruş · calculated age 16 Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- hesab fenni kitâbeti refâkati · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- kitâbet-i mezkûr muavinliği · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 50 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 2.4% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 80 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 3.9% | 1725 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 165 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 13.5% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 210 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 19.8% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 210 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 19.1% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 210 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 19.3% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 210 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 19.4% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 210 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 19.8% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 27.1% | 1981 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 320 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 38.4% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 350 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 39.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 44.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 45.1% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 43.9% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 450 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 52.6% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 450 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 50.9% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 450 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 52.1% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 450 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 50.4% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 550 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 61.7% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 720 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 68.8% | 1290 |
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.
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 officialsArif Hilmi Efendi born 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 400 kuruş
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)180 other officialsBayram Fehmi Efendi first annual entry 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 675 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 298,299
85/37; 71
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 20 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 31 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.