MEHMED SIDKI EFENDİ
Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Varna · Dated entries 1865 to 1889 (AH 1282 to 1306)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 95/185
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
MEHMED SIDKI EFENDİ was born in Varna in 1848/49 (AH 1265). Schooling included Varna Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Varna in 1865/66 (AH 1282). Dated career entries span 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1888/89 (AH 1306) across 24 AH years, from Varna to Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı), beginning with Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Varna, Varna Sancağı mülhak kazaları, Hüdavendigâr and Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı). [1]
Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 500 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1878 (AH 1295). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · Varna
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1848/49 (AH 1265)
Varna
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
50 kuruşCalculated age 17
3 1866/67 (AH 1283) · 8 recorded years
Varna
AH entries: 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
50 kuruşCalculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Menafi Sandığı kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
4 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Varna / Varna Sancağı mülhak kazaları
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Varna Sancağı mülhak kazaları
Menafi Sandığı kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Varna Sancağı mülhak kazaları
Menafi sandıkları defterlerinin tarif ve tanzimi
Calculated age 26
5 Menafi Sandığı kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Menafi Sandığı kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
6 1878 (AH 1295)
Varna / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Menafi Sandığı kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 30
7 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Hüdavendigâr
Not yet located on the map: Hüdavendigâr
Müddeiumumi Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 32
8 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Hüdavendigâr / Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdavendigâr; Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı)
Hüdavendigâr
Müddeiumumi Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı)
Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
225 kuruşCalculated age 33
9 1881/82 (AH 1299) · 6 recorded years
Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı)
AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı)
Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
225 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
225 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
10 1887/88 (AH 1305) · 2 recorded years
Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) / Place not recorded
AH entries: 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı); Location not recorded
Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı)
Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
225 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı)
Banka Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 41
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 50 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 1.5% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 150 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 10.1% | 399 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 150 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 8.1% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 300 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 28.0% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 31.7% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 30.7% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 300 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 30.4% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 300 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 31.7% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 300 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 32.6% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 30.2% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 28.5% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 300 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 30.1% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 29.8% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 600 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 64.3% | 1196 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 225 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 16.7% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 16.9% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 16.3% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 16.2% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 16.6% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 17.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 17.9% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 43.8% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1797 |
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- Varna50 to 600
- Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı)225 to 500
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
- Varna90 other officialsMEHMED MUHİDDİN EFENDİ born 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Varna29 other officialsMUSTAFA NAZMİ EFENDİ 13 shared years; highest salary 550 kuruş
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)111 other officialsMehmed Tahir Efendi first entry in Varna; highest salary 1,400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 157, 158
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 95/185; 298 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 95/185.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 24 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 36 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.