Mehmed Said Efendi

Born 1832/33 (AH 1248) · Varna · Dated entries 1864 to 1905 (AH 1281 to 1322)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 114/379

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The life

Mehmed Said Efendi was born in Varna in 1832/33 (AH 1248). The father’s occupation was esnaf. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Tulcea (Tulça) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Dated career entries span 1864/65 (AH 1281) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 42 AH years, from İstanbul (Beyoğlu) to Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı, beginning with Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı and ending with entries for Eşya ambarı sevk memuru. More than one post or place appears in 7 of those years. Place names include İstanbul (Beyoğlu), Varna, Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı) and Trabzon and 3 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 240 kuruş in 1864/65 (AH 1281) to 550 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 620 kuruş in 1871/72 (AH 1288).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Varna · 1832/33 (AH 1248)^[source]
Father’s occupation: esnaf^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca^[source]
First work: 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Tulcea (Tulça)^[source]
Age at first work: 29 (calculated from AH year labels)^[source]Difference between AH year labels; approximate age.
First salary: 300 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

42
Dated AH years: 7
Career place names: 1
Entries without a resolved year: 42
Salary years: 240 → 550
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 620
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 65.2%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1864/65 (AH 1281) to 1904/05 (AH 1322); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1904/05 (AH 1322).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 15 · Varna

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1
1832/33 (AH 1248)
Varna
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Tulcea (Tulça)
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 29
  Personal record & evidence →
3
1864/65 (AH 1281) · 7 recorded years
İstanbul (Beyoğlu)
AH entries: 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul (Beyoğlu)
1. Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
  240 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
  240 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 7 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1871/72 (AH 1288)
İstanbul (Beyoğlu) / Varna
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul (Beyoğlu)
1. İstanbul (Beyoğlu)
  Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
  240 kuruşCalculated age 40
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Varna
  Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
  620 kuruşCalculated age 40
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1872/73 (AH 1289) · 6 recorded years
Varna
AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
  620 kuruşCalculated age 41
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
  500 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 7 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1878 (AH 1295)
Varna / Place not recorded / Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)
1. Varna
  Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
  500 kuruşCalculated age 47
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)
  Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  400 kuruşCalculated age 47
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)
Not yet located on the map: Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)
1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  400 kuruşCalculated age 48
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı); Location not recorded
1. Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)
  Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  400 kuruşCalculated age 49
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Infisal
  Calculated age 49
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1880/81 (AH 1298) · 8 recorded years
Trabzon
AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşu
  380 kuruşCalculated age 50
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
  237 kuruşCalculated age 57
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 9 recorded entries in this stage →
10
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Trabzon / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Trabzon
  Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
  237 kuruşCalculated age 58
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  İzin
  Calculated age 58
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11
1889/90 (AH 1307) · 2 recorded years
İnos
AH entries: 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: İnos
1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  285 kuruşCalculated age 59
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  285 kuruşCalculated age 60
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1891/92 (AH 1309)
İnos / Şarköy
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İnos
1. İnos
  Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  285 kuruşCalculated age 61
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Şarköy
  Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  285 kuruşCalculated age 61
  Entry & evidence →[1]
13
1892/93 (AH 1310) · 5 recorded years
Şarköy
AH entries: 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  285 kuruşCalculated age 62
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  285 kuruşCalculated age 66
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
14
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Şarköy / Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı
1. Şarköy
  Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
  285 kuruşCalculated age 67
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı
  Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 67
  Entry & evidence →[1]
15
1898/99 (AH 1316) · 7 recorded years
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı
AH entries: 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı
1. Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 68
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
  550 kuruşCalculated age 74
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 9 recorded entries in this stage →

1 entry 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]

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

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1864/65 (AH 1281)	240	400	125 to 3,000	26.6%	253
1865/66 (AH 1282)	240	400	150 to 2,000	22.4%	341
1866/67 (AH 1283)	240	400	146 to 2,000	23.4%	399
1867/68 (AH 1284)	240	458	150 to 2,500	21.2%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	240	475	150 to 3,000	20.0%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	240	400	150 to 2,250	22.7%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	240	400	150 to 2,000	21.8%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	620	420.5	125 to 2,375	65.7%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	620	450	140 to 2,350	64.8%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	620	405	130 to 2,200	65.0%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	620	450	150 to 1,800	66.2%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	620	450	150 to 2,000	66.4%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	620	420	150 to 2,000	67.8%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	500	450	150 to 1,800	54.6%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	500	450	150 to 2,000	54.4%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	400	400	150 to 2,000	44.1%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	400	400	180 to 1,800	44.2%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	380	400	160 to 1,500	44.5%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	380	400	150 to 1,500	44.4%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	380	400	150 to 1,400	45.4%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	237	400	150 to 1,400	17.6%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	237	400	150 to 1,500	18.0%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	237	400	150 to 1,500	18.2%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	237	400	150 to 1,500	18.9%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	237	400	150 to 1,500	19.9%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	237	400	135 to 1,500	20.8%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	285	400	130 to 1,500	28.8%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	285	400	125 to 1,500	28.2%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	285	400	140 to 1,600	28.2%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	285	400	135 to 1,500	27.7%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	285	400	140 to 1,400	27.7%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	285	400	140 to 1,500	28.2%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	285	400	140 to 1,500	26.8%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	285	450	150 to 1,575	26.0%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	400	400	140 to 1,425	45.2%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	400	400	144 to 1,400	44.3%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	400	400	140 to 1,440	44.1%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	400	400	140 to 1,500	45.1%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	400	400	150 to 1,520	43.9%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	400	400	150 to 1,500	44.4%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	400	405	150 to 1,450	43.1%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	550	400	135 to 1,500	65.2%	1493

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Trabzon9
1880 to 1889 (AH 1298 to 1306)
İstanbul (Beyoğlu)8
1864 to 1872 (AH 1281 to 1288)
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı8
1897 to 1905 (AH 1315 to 1322)
Varna8
1871 to 1878 (AH 1288 to 1295)
Şarköy7
1891 to 1898 (AH 1309 to 1315)
Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)3
1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Trabzon237 to 380
İstanbul (Beyoğlu)240
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı400 to 550
Varna500 to 620
Şarköy285
Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)400

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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 title

Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu12
1878 to 1898 (AH 1295 to 1315)
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı8
1864 to 1872 (AH 1281 to 1288)
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru8
1897 to 1905 (AH 1315 to 1322)
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu8
1871 to 1878 (AH 1288 to 1295)
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu7
1882 to 1889 (AH 1300 to 1306)
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşu3
1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)

The 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

Varna90 other officialsOsman Nuri Efendi born 1836/37 (AH 1252); highest salary 450 kuruş
Trabzon36 other officialsBekir Feyzi Efendi 9 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
1864/65 (AH 1281)72 other officialsAhmed Efendi first annual entry 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 300 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 156, 157
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 114/379; 297 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 114/379.

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