Mehmed Şevki Efendi
Born 1849/50 (AH 1266) · Bursa · Dated entries 1875 to 1885 (AH 1292 to 1302)
Languages French, Turkish
Archival reference 25/238; 473
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
- Haleb
6 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
Mehmed Şevki Efendi was born in Bursa in 1849/50 (AH 1266), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Bayrakdar ağası. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; mekteb-i tıbbıye-i şahane. The language repertoire included French and Turkish. [source]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1875/76 (AH 1292). Dated career entries span 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 1884/85 (AH 1302) across 6 AH years and ending with entries for Üsküdar polis tebabeti. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Haleb. [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 500 kuruş in 1875/76 (AH 1292); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1875/76 (AH 1292). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · 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.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1849/50 (AH 1266)
Bursa
Birth
2 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 26
Career entry
Calculated age 26
tebabet
500 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Career entry
Calculated age 28
Career entry
Calculated age 29
4 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Haleb
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
Career entry
Calculated age 30
5 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Career entry
Calculated age 33
6 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Üsküdar polis tebabeti
Calculated age 36
2 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.
- Career entry · Niş merkez · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Career entry · Sofia (Sofya) · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 500 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 54.8% | 976 |
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 officialsAhmet Recai Efendi born 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1875/76 (AH 1292)161 other officialsFaik Efendi first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 304,305
25/238; 473
Read the original source accounts · 10 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 · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 8 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.