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Mehmet Haydar Paşa

Born 1838/39 (AH 1254) · Çorum · Dated entries 1854 to 1894 (AH 1271 to 1311)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference DH. SAID 18/192

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 20 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.

1ÇorumVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)Ruse (Rusçuk)Serres (Siroz)Sliven (İslimiye)Thessaloniki (Selanik)KütahyaKayseriBursaErzurum
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 20 · Çorum

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

    1838/39 (AH 1254)

    Çorum

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1854/55 (AH 1271)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

    2. Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi stajyeri

      Calculated age 17

  3. 3

    1855/56 (AH 1272) · 2 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1272, 1273. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi stajyeri

      70 kuruşCalculated age 18

    2. Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi stajyeri

      70 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1857/58 (AH 1274) · 4 recorded years

    Cibal-i Kozan

    AH entries: 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Cibal-i Kozan

    1. Cibal-i Kozan yazı işleri memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 20

    2. Cibal-i Kozan yazı işleri memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1861/62 (AH 1278)

    Cibal-i Kozan / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Cibal-i Kozan; Location not recorded

    1. Cibal-i Kozan

      Cibal-i Kozan yazı işleri memuru (İstifa)

      Calculated age 24

    2. Place not recorded

      Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi memuru

      Calculated age 24

  6. 6

    1862/63 (AH 1279) · 2 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1279, 1280. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi memuru

      Calculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

    2. Telgraf Nezareti muhasebe memuru

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 26

  7. 7

    1864/65 (AH 1281)

    Place not recorded / Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Place not recorded

      Telgraf Nezareti muhasebe memuru (İstifa)

      Calculated age 27

    2. Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

      Tırnova Sancağı yazı işleri memuru

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 27

  8. 8

    1865/66 (AH 1282) · 2 recorded years

    Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

    AH entries: 1282, 1283. Gaps remain open.

    1. Tırnova Sancağı yazı işleri memuru

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

    2. Tırnova Sancağı yazı işleri memuru

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

  9. 9

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Ruse (Rusçuk)

    1. Rusçuk Sancağı mutasarrıf muavini

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 30

  10. 10

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Ruse (Rusçuk) / Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Ruse (Rusçuk)

      Rusçuk Sancağı mutasarrıf muavini

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

    2. Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

      Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      10,330 kuruşCalculated age 31

  11. 11

    1869/70 (AH 1286) · 3 recorded years

    Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

    AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      10,330 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

    2. Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfı (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 34

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  12. 12

    1872/73 (AH 1289) · 4 recorded years

    Serres (Siroz)

    AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.

    1. Siroz mutasarrıfı

      6,760 kuruşCalculated age 35

    2. Siroz mutasarrıfı

      6,760 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  13. 13

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Sliven (İslimiye)

    1. İslimye mutasarrıfı

      8,000 kuruşCalculated age 39

  14. 14

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1. İskân-ı Muhacirin memuru

      7,500 kuruşCalculated age 42

  15. 15

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Thessaloniki (Selanik) / Kütahya

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

      İskân-ı Muhacirin memuru

      7,500 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kütahya

      Kütahya Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      6,000 kuruşCalculated age 43

  16. 16

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Kütahya

    1. Kütahya Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      6,000 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

  17. 17

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Kütahya / Kayseri / Bursa

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Kütahya

      Kütahya Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      6,000 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bursa

      Hüdavendigar Vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfı

      4,000 kuruşCalculated age 45

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  18. 18

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Bursa

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Hüdavendigar Vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfı

      4,000 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

    2. Hüdavendigar Vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfı (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 46

  19. 19

    1886/87 (AH 1304) · 5 recorded years

    Kayseri

    AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      6,000 kuruşCalculated age 50

    2. Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfı (Azil)

      Calculated age 54

    All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

  20. 20

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Erzurum

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Erzurum valisi

      20,000 kuruşCalculated age 57

    2. Vefat

      Calculated age 57

3 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
1855/56 (AH 1272)70400100 to 5,0006.3%65
1856/57 (AH 1273)70400100 to 5,0004.0%76
1857/58 (AH 1274)500400100 to 3,00056.8%96
1858/59 (AH 1275)500500150 to 5,00046.2%105
1859/60 (AH 1276)500500150 to 3,35048.2%111
1860/61 (AH 1277)500500150 to 3,00047.4%134
1863/64 (AH 1280)1,200475125 to 3,00075.3%232
1864/65 (AH 1281)1,500400125 to 3,00079.8%253
1865/66 (AH 1282)1,500400150 to 2,00083.8%341
1866/67 (AH 1283)1,500400146 to 2,00085.2%399
1867/68 (AH 1284)1,500458150 to 2,50082.5%435
1868/69 (AH 1285)10,330475150 to 3,00096.8%505
1869/70 (AH 1286)10,330400150 to 2,25097.9%609
1870/71 (AH 1287)10,330400150 to 2,00098.0%649
1871/72 (AH 1288)10,330420.5125 to 2,37597.2%712
1872/73 (AH 1289)6,760450140 to 2,35096.0%736
1873/74 (AH 1290)6,760405130 to 2,20096.1%805
1874/75 (AH 1291)6,760450150 to 1,80096.7%882
1875/76 (AH 1292)6,760450150 to 2,00096.7%976
1876/77 (AH 1293)8,000420150 to 2,00097.4%1102
1878/79 (AH 1296)7,500400150 to 2,00097.7%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)7,500400180 to 1,80097.9%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)6,000400160 to 1,50098.1%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)6,000400150 to 1,50098.1%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)4,000400150 to 1,40097.5%1655
1886/87 (AH 1304)6,000400150 to 1,50098.4%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)6,000400150 to 1,50097.8%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)6,000400135 to 1,50098.2%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)6,000400130 to 1,50098.1%1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)6,000400125 to 1,50098.0%1896
1893/94 (AH 1311)20,000400140 to 1,40099.3%1929

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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. 1864 to 1872 (AH 1281 to 1288)
  2. 1881 to 1891 (AH 1299 to 1308)
  3. Cibal-i Kozan5
    1857 to 1862 (AH 1274 to 1278)
  4. 1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292)
  5. 1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)
  6. 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

The six most recorded places. 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. Kayseri6,000
  2. Cibal-i Kozan500
  3. Bursa4,000

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1881 to 1891 (AH 1299 to 1308)
  2. 1857 to 1861 (AH 1274 to 1277)
  3. 1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292)
  4. 1868 to 1872 (AH 1285 to 1288)
  5. 1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)
  6. 1854 to 1857 (AH 1271 to 1273)

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; Mezun [1]

Schooling Mekteb-i Maarif-i Adliyye [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Turkish · KitâbetOkur yazar [1]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Çorumlu devlet memurları (1879-1909)

    HAYRETTİN ÖRS · 2019 · Pages 64, 65, 66, 67

    DH. SAID 18/192

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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 · 34 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 44 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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