Mehmet Sait Efendi
Born 1879/80 (AH 1297) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1901 to 1905 (AH 1319 to 1322)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA.DH.SAİD., No:185, s.103; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:151, s.413
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Trabzon Vilayeti Postanesi
4 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mehmet Sait Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The father’s occupation was Van Vilayeti eski Evkaf Müdürü. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1901/02 (AH 1319). Service included Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye Merkez Kalemi memuru (1901 to 1904 (AH 1319 to 1321)). Later posts included Postane havalename memuru in Trabzon Vilayeti Postanesi (1904/05 (AH 1322)). [1]
Monthly pay went from 30 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319) to 400 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322). [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 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 4 · Kütahya
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Kütahya
Birth
2 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 22
Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye Merkez Kalemi memuru
30 kuruşCalculated age 22
3 1902/03 (AH 1320) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye Merkez Kalemi memuru
30 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye Merkez Kalemi memuru
30 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye Merkez Kalemi memuru (İnfisal)
Calculated age 24
4 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Trabzon Vilayeti Postanesi
Not yet located on the map: Trabzon Vilayeti Postanesi
Postane havalename memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 25
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 30 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 0.8% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 30 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 1.2% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 30 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 1.6% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 400 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 42.2% | 1493 |
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- Trabzon Vilayeti Postanesi400
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
- Kütahya149 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi born 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 400 kuruş
- 1901/02 (AH 1319)129 other officialsHayim Politi Efendi first annual entry 1901/02 (AH 1319); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First-salary field
- 30 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1901/02 (AH 1319) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 147, 148
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:185, s.103; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:151, s.413; 156 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:151, s.413.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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