Süleyman Efendi
Born 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Bursa · Dated entries 1897 to 1904 (AH 1315 to 1321)
Languages French, Turkish
Archival reference 106/80; 157
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
- Aleppo (Halep)
5 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
Süleyman Efendi was born in Bursa in 1872/73 (AH 1289), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Çiftçi. Schooling included Ulûm-ı ibtidâî ve îdâdî-i husûsî muallimlerden tahsil; Halkalı Zirâat mektebi. The language repertoire included French and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Aleppo (Halep) in 1897/98 (AH 1315). Dated career entries span 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 1903/04 (AH 1321) across 5 AH years, beginning with Halep numûne tarlası müdir muâvinliği and ending with entries for bi’lcümle muâyene-i hayvaniye mevâki umur-ı hesâbatı müfettişliği. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Aleppo (Halep). [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 1,500 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,500 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321). [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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Bursa
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 26
Halep numûne tarlası müdir muâvinliği
500 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Aleppo (Halep) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Halep numûne tarlası müdir muâvinliği
500 kuruşCalculated age 27
Place not recorded
zirâat hey’et-i fenniyyesi muhâsebesinde zabıta-ı sıhhıyye-i hayvaniye (Okunamadı) mukayyidliği
675 kuruşCalculated age 27
4 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
zirâat müfettişliği
900 kuruşCalculated age 28
zirâat müfettişliği
900 kuruşCalculated age 29
Hüdâvendigâr zirâat ameliyat mektebi müdir-i sâniliği
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 29
5 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
bi’lcümle muâyene-i hayvaniye mevâki umur-ı hesâbatı müfettişliği
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 32
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 56.9% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 675 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 72.9% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 80.3% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 82.7% | 1761 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1,500 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 90.1% | 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rateRanges 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 officialsArif Hilmi Efendi born 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Aleppo (Halep)29 other officialsMehmed Raif Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)162 other officialsMahmud Cevad Bey first entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 26 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Halep [source]
- First-salary field
- 500 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
- 1897/98 (AH 1315) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 361
106/80; 157
Read the original source accounts · 7 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 7 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.