Mehmed Emin Efendi
Born 1903/04 (AH 1321) · Mecca (Mekke) · Dated entries 1904 to 1911 (AH 1322 to 1328)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317
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
- Jeddah (Cidde)
7 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
Mehmed Emin Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The father’s occupation was Cidde şevne memuru. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Taif Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [source]
The first place of work was Jeddah (Cidde). Dated career entries span 1904/05 (AH 1322) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 7 AH years, from Jeddah (Cidde) to Jeddah (Cidde), beginning with Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Jeddah (Cidde). [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322) to 300 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 300 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 2 · Mecca (Mekke)
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 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Mecca (Mekke)
Birth
2 1904/05 (AH 1322) · 7 recorded years
Jeddah (Cidde)
AH entries: 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
150 kuruşCalculated age 1
Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
150 kuruşCalculated age 2
Continuing service as described
Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
150 kuruşCalculated age 3
Continuing service as described
Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
150 kuruşCalculated age 4
Continuing service as described
Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
150 kuruşCalculated age 5
Continuing service as described
Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
150 kuruşCalculated age 6
Continuing service as described
Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
150 kuruşCalculated age 7
Continuing service as described
Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi (Nakil)
Calculated age 7
Recorded service ending
Sancak muhasebesi kaza kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 7
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.
- Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · Jeddah (Cidde) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Jeddah (Cidde) · Year not recorded
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 150 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 10.5% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 150 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 11.4% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 150 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 10.0% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 150 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 10.9% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 7.7% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 150 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 4.6% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 300 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 20.8% | 732 |
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- Jeddah (Cidde)150 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
- Mecca (Mekke)116 other officialsMehmed Ali Efendi born 1896/97 (AH 1314); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Jeddah (Cidde)16 other officialsİbrahim Edhem Efendi 7 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- 1904/05 (AH 1322)109 other officialsMustafa Asım Efendi first entry in Jeddah (Cidde); highest salary 600 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Arabic
- okur yazar ve tekellüm [source]
- Turkish
- okur yazar ve tekellüm [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Sıbyan mektebi; Taif Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- First work place
- Cidde [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 181
247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.