MEHMED ALĠ RAġĠD EFENDĠ
Born 1814/15 (AH 1230) · Gaziantep (Antep) · Dated entries 1840 to 1880 (AH 1256 to 1297)
Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 1/120
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
MEHMED ALĠ RAġĠD EFENDĠ was born in Gaziantep (Antep) in 1814/15 (AH 1230). Schooling included Ayıntab sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1840/41 (AH 1256). Dated career entries span 1840/41 (AH 1256) to 1879/80 (AH 1297) across 20 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with Divân-ı Hümâyûn Kalemi memuriyeti and ending with entries for Selanik, Prizren, Diyarbakır, Mamuretülaziz ve Hüdavendigar vilayetleri kapı kethüdalıkları. More than one post or place appears in 7 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Beriyyetü'ş-Şam, Rumeli and Beyrut; Sayda; Kudüs and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 2,000 kuruş in 1841/42 (AH 1257) to 6,600 kuruş in 1878/79 (AH 1296); the highest recorded monthly rate is 25,000 kuruş in 1856/57 (AH 1273). [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 · Gaziantep (Antep)
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 1814/15 (AH 1230)
Gaziantep (Antep)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 26
Divân-ı Hümâyûn Kalemi memuriyeti
Calculated age 26
3 1841/42 (AH 1257)
Beriyyetü'ş-Şam
Not yet located on the map: Beriyyetü'ş-Şam
Serasker Mustafa Paşa refakatinde memuriyet
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 27
4 1843/44 (AH 1259)
Rumeli
Arnavutluk ihtilalini bastırma görevinde Ali Rıza Paşa refakati
2,500 kuruşCalculated age 29
5 1844/45 (AH 1260)
Beyrut; Sayda; Kudüs / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Beyrut; Sayda; Kudüs
Beyrut; Sayda; Kudüs
Halil ve Esad paşalar ile Kudüs Rum patrikliği hakkında tahkik memuriyeti
Calculated age 30
Hariciye Mektubî Odası mümeyyizliği
Calculated age 30
6 1847/48 (AH 1264)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Meclis-i Vâlâ Başkitabeti yardımcılığı
5,000 kuruşCalculated age 34
7 1853/54 (AH 1270) · 3 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1270, 1271, 1272. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Sadaret Mektubî muavinliği
5,500 kuruşCalculated age 40
Kapı kethüdalığı
Calculated age 42
Continuing service as described
8 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Bağdat; Diyarbakır; Şehrizor / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bağdat; Diyarbakır; Şehrizor
Bağdat; Diyarbakır; Şehrizor
Memurların ahvalini tahkik memuriyeti
25,000 kuruşCalculated age 43
Kapı kethüdalığı
Calculated age 43
9 Nafia Nezareti mektupçuluğu
Calculated age 50
Meclis-i Maarif azalığı
Calculated age 50
10 1871/72 (AH 1288) · 10 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Selanik ve Prizren vilayetleri kapı kethüdalıkları
6,000 kuruşCalculated age 58
Selanik, Prizren, Diyarbakır, Mamuretülaziz ve Hüdavendigar vilayetleri kapı kethüdalıkları
Calculated age 67
5 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.
- Mühimme Odası memuriyeti · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 100 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Sadaret Mektubî Odası memuriyeti · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Nafia Nezareti mektupçuluğu (İnfisal) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mazuliyet · Undated · 2,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Târih-i Enbiya müellifliği · 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1841/42 (AH 1257) | 2,000 | 800 | 133 to 10,000 | 66.7% | 7 |
| 1843/44 (AH 1259) | 2,500 | 725 | 0 to 10,000 | 70.6% | 18 |
| 1844/45 (AH 1260) | 1,000 | 725 | 0 to 10,000 | 66.7% | 16 |
| 1847/48 (AH 1264) | 5,000 | 400 | 100 to 10,000 | 84.4% | 33 |
| 1853/54 (AH 1270) | 5,500 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 93.7% | 64 |
| 1854/55 (AH 1271) | 5,500 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 92.4% | 67 |
| 1855/56 (AH 1272) | 5,500 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 92.2% | 65 |
| 1856/57 (AH 1273) | 25,000 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 94.7% | 76 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 6,000 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 95.4% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 6,000 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 95.7% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 6,000 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 95.8% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 6,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 96.5% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 6,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 96.2% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 6,000 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 96.5% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 6,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 96.5% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 6,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 96.7% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 6,600 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.4% | 1328 |
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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,000 to 6,600
- Bağdat; Diyarbakır; Şehrizor25,000
- Beriyyetü'ş-Şam2,000
- Rumeli2,500
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
- Gaziantep (Antep)58 other officialsSeyyid Ahmed Avni Efendi born 1814/15 (AH 1230); highest salary 830 kuruş
- Istanbul357 other officialsHasan Şevki Bey 17 shared years; highest salary 8,000 kuruş
- 1840/41 (AH 1256)4 other officialsAbdülhalık Nasuhi Bey first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Gaziantepli memurlar
EDA CEREN ERKABALCI · 2019 · Pages 105, 106
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 1/120.; 233 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 1/120.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 20 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 31 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.