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Mehmet Şemsülvahdet Efendi (1875-1915)

Born 1875/76 (AH 1292) · Menteşe, Görele · Dated entries 1902 to 1915 (AH 1320 to 1333)

Archival reference İST.MFT. MSH. SAİD., No: 208/5

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1902/03 (AH 1320): Ders verme görevi, Tepeköy, Görele, 150 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321): Ders verme görevi, Tepeköy, Görele, 150 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Ders verme görevi, Tepeköy, Görele, 150 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Ders verme görevi, Tepeköy, Görele, 150 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): Ders verme görevi, Tepeköy, Görele, 150 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325): Ders verme görevi, Tepeköy, Görele, 150 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326): Ders verme görevi, Tepeköy, Görele, 150 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326): Ders verme görevi (Nakil), Tepeköy, Görele1909/10 (AH 1327): Darülhadis Medresesi ders verme görevi, Eke Köyü Darülhadis Medresesi, Görele, 200 kuruş1914/15 (AH 1333): Vefat, place unspecifiedAH 1320AH 1325AH 1333
Places and reading notes
  • Tepeköy, Görele
  • Eke Köyü Darülhadis Medresesi, Görele

9 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

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.

These dated entries have no agreed map position. Their places remain in the account.

Stage 1 of 5 · Menteşe, Görele

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. 1

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Menteşe, Görele

    Not yet located on the map: Menteşe, Görele

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Tepeköy, Görele

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Tepeköy, Görele

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 28

    2. Ders verme görevi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 28

  3. 3

    1903/04 (AH 1321) · 6 recorded years

    Tepeköy, Görele

    AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Tepeköy, Görele

    1. Ders verme görevi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    2. Ders verme görevi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

    3. Ders verme görevi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

    4. Ders verme görevi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

    5. Ders verme görevi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

    6. Ders verme görevi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    7. Ders verme görevi (Nakil)

      Calculated age 34

      Recorded service ending

  4. 4

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Eke Köyü Darülhadis Medresesi, Görele

    Not yet located on the map: Eke Köyü Darülhadis Medresesi, Görele

    1. Darülhadis Medresesi ders verme görevi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 35

  5. 5

    1914/15 (AH 1333)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Vefat

      Calculated age 41

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.

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1902/03 (AH 1320)150400150 to 1,5009.0%1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)150405150 to 1,4509.9%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)150400135 to 1,50010.5%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)150430125 to 1,50011.4%1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)150450150 to 1,52510.0%1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)150460135 to 1,61510.9%1290
1908/09 (AH 1326)150400150 to 2,0007.7%1232
1909/10 (AH 1327)200600200 to 2,0007.8%1088

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01002001902/03AH 13201906/07AH 13241909/10AH 13271902/03 (AH 1320) · 150 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 150 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 150 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 150 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 150 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · 150 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · 150 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · 200 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. Tepeköy, Görele7
    1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)
  2. Eke Köyü Darülhadis Medresesi, Görele1
    1909/10 (AH 1327)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Tepeköy, Görele150
  2. Eke Köyü Darülhadis Medresesi, Görele200

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 title
  1. 1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)
  2. 1909/10 (AH 1327)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; İcazetname [1]

Schooling Menteşe İptidai Mektebi; Görele Hüseyin Hoca Medresesi; İstanbul Sultan Ahmet Han-ı Evvel Medresesi [source]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Menteşe, Görele [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
Müderris [source]
Archive references
İST.MFT. MSH. SAİD., No: 208/5 [1]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İcazetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Menteşe İptidai Mektebi; Görele Hüseyin Hoca Medresesi; İstanbul Sultan Ahmet Han-ı Evvel Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
28 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Tepeköy, Görele [source]
First-salary field
150 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
1902/03 (AH 1320) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Osmanlı Devleti'nin son döneminde Giresun uleması (1879-1909)

    HARUN YILMAZ · 2019 · Pages 64

    İST.MFT. MSH. SAİD., No: 208/5.; S. Albayrak, a. g. e., s.472.

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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 · 9 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 10 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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