Muharrem Sıdkı Efendi
Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Drama · Dated entries 1892 to 1897 (AH 1310 to 1314)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217
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
- Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi
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
Muharrem Sıdkı Efendi was born in Drama in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The father’s occupation was debbağ. Schooling included sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye (bazı dersler). The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Drama in 1892/93 (AH 1310). Dated career entries span 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 1896/97 (AH 1314) across 4 AH years, from Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi to Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi, beginning with muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi and ending with entries for hububat aşar kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 300 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 300 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314). [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 · Drama
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Drama
Birth
2 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Drama / Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 22
Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi
muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 22
3 1893/94 (AH 1311) · 2 recorded years
Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi
AH entries: 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi
muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 23
Recorded service ending
Mülazemet
Calculated age 23
mülazemet (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 23
Recorded service ending
muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 23
muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 24
Recorded service ending
tütün öşrü hisse-i iane kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 24
4 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi
mülazemet (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 26
Recorded service ending
hububat aşar kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 26
2 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.
- Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mülazemet · Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi · 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.
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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 21.3% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 21.2% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 21.9% | 2004 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 26.4% | 2119 |
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- Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi250 to 300
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
- Drama55 other officialsKudret Fehmi Efendi born 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 450 kuruş
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)165 other officialsAhmet Şükrü Efendi first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310); highest salary 375 kuruş
- Mulazemet4 other officialsPol Şişmanyan 1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Education
- sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye (bazı dersler) [source]
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Drama [source]
- First-salary field
- 250 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
- 1892/93 (AH 1310) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 0.61 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dramalı devlet adamları
HÜSEYİN ZEYNO · 2026 · Pages 96, 97
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 10 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.