Mahmud Hamdi Efendi
Born 1832/33 (AH 1248) · Kemaliye (Eğin) · Dated entries 1856 to 1892 (AH 1273 to 1309)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 24/209
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mahmud Hamdi Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1832/33 (AH 1248). The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Viransehir. Dated career entries span 1856/57 (AH 1273) to 1891/92 (AH 1309) across 2 AH years, from Kemaliye (Eğin) to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with Posta Memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Kemaliye (Eğin) and Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1856/57 (AH 1273) to 500 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309). [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 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 3 · Kemaliye (Eğin)
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 1832/33 (AH 1248)
Kemaliye (Eğin)
Birth
2 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Viransehir / Kemaliye (Eğin)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Viransehir
Sancak Zaptiye (Zabit) Kâtibi ve Hazine memuru (Nakil)
Calculated age 25
Recorded service ending
Posta Memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 25
3 Kapı memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 61
Kapı Kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 61
11 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.
- Sancak Zaptiye (Zabit) Kâtibi ve Hazine memuru · Viransehir · Undated · 300 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Evkaf Muhasebeciliği Vekili · Kayseri · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856/57 (AH 1273) | 300 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 37.3% | 76 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 56.1% | 1927 |
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
- Kemaliye (Eğin)73 other officialsMehmed Sadık Efendi born 1834/35 (AH 1250); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Istanbul185 other officialsAhmed Ârifî Paşa 1 shared year; highest salary 100,000 kuruş
- 1856/57 (AH 1273)32 other officialsAhmet Rüştü Efendi first annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854)
ÖMER FERİT İMLAK · 2012 · Pages 42
59 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 24/209.
Read the original source accounts · 14 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 · 2 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 4 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.