Mehmet Şevki Efendi
Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Bosna · Dated entries 1876 to 1902 (AH 1293 to 1319)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 73/143; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 73/143; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 73/143, s.143
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Şevki Efendi was born in Bosna in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The father’s occupation was Müderris. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1876/77 (AH 1293). Dated career entries span 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1901/02 (AH 1319) across 20 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 17 of those years. Place names include Kavaniçe, Konitsa (Koniçe), Kırıkkilise and Kırklareli and 1 other named places. [1] [2]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 300 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319); the highest recorded monthly rate is 300 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). [1] [2]
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 · Bosna
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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1853/54 (AH 1270)
Bosna
Not yet located on the map: Bosna
Birth
2 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Place not recorded / Kavaniçe / Konitsa (Koniçe)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Kavaniçe
Place not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 23
Rüsûmat İdaresi Duhan Tahrir Kol Memurluğu kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 23
3 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Kavaniçe / Konitsa (Koniçe)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kavaniçe
Kavaniçe
Rüsûmat idaresi dühan tahrir kol memurluğu kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Rüsûmat İdaresi Duhan Tahrir Kol Memurluğu kâtibi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 24
4 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 11 recorded years
Kırıkkilise / Kırklareli
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kırıkkilise
Kırıkkilise
Evkaf kâtibi
150 kuruşCalculated age 31
Nüfus kâtibi (İstifa)
Calculated age 41
5 1895/96 (AH 1313) · 7 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
İstanbul Postanesi Mühimme Dairesi memuru
50 kuruşCalculated age 43
Fatih Posta Şubesi refakat memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 49
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.
- Postahane Mühimme Dairesi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 150 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [2]
- Postahane Mühimme Dairesi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 165 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [2]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 250 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 23.5% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 250 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 23.3% | 1160 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 8.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 8.2% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 19.6% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.1% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.9% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 21.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 250 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 21.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 250 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 21.5% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 21.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 21.3% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 21.2% | 1929 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 50 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 1.9% | 1981 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 29.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 29.1% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 29.0% | 1666 |
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- Kırıkkilise150 to 250
- Kırklareli150 to 250
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)50 to 300
- Kavaniçe250
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
- Kırklareli15 other officialsAhmed Nuri Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 1,600 kuruş
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)184 other officialsALİ RIZA EFENDİ first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 450 kuruş
Education and personal record
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Okur yazar [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar
MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 103, 104
BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 73/143.
- II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları
DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 240, 241, 242
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 73/143; 329 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 73/143, s.143.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 20 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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