Mehmed Sıdkı Efendi
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Kırşehir · Dated entries 1891 to 1899 (AH 1309 to 1316)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Sıdkı Efendi was born in Kırşehir in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The father’s occupation was müftü. Schooling included ibtidai; rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Kırşehir. Dated career entries span 1891/92 (AH 1309) to 1898/99 (AH 1316) across 6 AH years, from Mecidiye to Develi and ending with entries for bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Mecidiye, Avanos and Develi. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309) to 400 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · Kırşehir
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 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Kırşehir
Birth
2 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Mecidiye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mecidiye
bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini
300 kuruşCalculated age 19
bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtip vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 19
Recorded service ending
3 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Mecidiye / Avanos
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mecidiye
Mecidiye
bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
4 bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 22
bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
5 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Avanos / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 24
6 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Develi
bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 26
4 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 · Kırşehir · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- bidayet mahkemesi kalemi mülazımı · Kırşehir · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- bidayet mahkemesi kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi) · Kırşehir · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Kırşehir · 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 28.5% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1935 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.9% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 42.2% | 2119 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 400 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 44.3% | 1844 |
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 rateRanges 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
- Kırşehir71 other officialsKarabet Bedros Efendi born 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Avanos8 other officialsOsman Fehmi Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- 1891/92 (AH 1309)169 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; rüşdiye şahadetnamesi [1]
Schooling ibtidai; rüşdiye [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Kırşehir doğumlu devlet adamları
TÜLAY TERYAKİOĞLU · 2013 · Pages 141, 142, 143
134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
Read the original source accounts · 13 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 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.