Mehmed Said Efendi
Complete career chronology
Life and career
Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.
1864/65 (AH 1281)Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalıİstanbul (Beyoğlu) · 240 kuruş
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
İstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Calculated age 33 · 240 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
1865/66 (AH 1282)Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalıİstanbul (Beyoğlu) · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
İstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Calculated age 34 · 240 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1866/67 (AH 1283)Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalıİstanbul (Beyoğlu) · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
İstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Calculated age 35 · 240 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1867/68 (AH 1284)Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalıİstanbul (Beyoğlu) · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
İstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Calculated age 36 · 240 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1868/69 (AH 1285)Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalıİstanbul (Beyoğlu) · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
İstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Calculated age 37 · 240 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1869/70 (AH 1286)Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalıİstanbul (Beyoğlu) · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
İstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Calculated age 38 · 240 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1870/71 (AH 1287)Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalıİstanbul (Beyoğlu) · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
İstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Calculated age 39 · 240 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1871/72 (AH 1288)Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı · 2 career entriesİstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Varna · 240; 620 kuruş
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
İstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Calculated age 40 · 240 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
Varna · Calculated age 40 · 620 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
1872/73 (AH 1289)Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşuVarna · 620 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
Varna · Calculated age 41 · 620 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1873/74 (AH 1290)Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşuVarna · 620 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
Varna · Calculated age 42 · 620 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1874/75 (AH 1291)Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşuVarna · 620 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
Varna · Calculated age 43 · 620 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1875/76 (AH 1292)Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşuVarna · 620 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
Varna · Calculated age 44 · 620 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1876/77 (AH 1293)Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşuVarna · 500; 620 kuruş
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
Varna · Calculated age 45 · 620 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
Varna · Calculated age 45 · 500 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
1877/78 (AH 1294)Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşuVarna · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
Varna · Calculated age 46 · 500 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1878 (AH 1295)Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu · 3 career entriesVarna · Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı) · 400; 500 kuruş
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
Varna · Calculated age 47 · 500 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı) · Calculated age 47 · 400 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
1878/79 (AH 1296)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşuHadımköy (İstanbul civarı) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı) · Calculated age 48 · 400 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1879/80 (AH 1297)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu · 2 career entriesHadımköy (İstanbul civarı) · 400 kuruş
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı) · Calculated age 49 · 400 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1880/81 (AH 1298)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşuTrabzon · 380 kuruş
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 50 · 380 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
1881/82 (AH 1299)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşuTrabzon · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 51 · 380 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1882/83 (AH 1300)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşu · 2 career entriesTrabzon · 237; 380 kuruş
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 52 · 380 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 52 · 237 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
1883/84 (AH 1301)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşuTrabzon · 237 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 53 · 237 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1884/85 (AH 1302)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşuTrabzon · 237 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 54 · 237 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1885/86 (AH 1303)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşuTrabzon · 237 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 55 · 237 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1886/87 (AH 1304)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşuTrabzon · 237 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 56 · 237 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1887/88 (AH 1305)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşuTrabzon · 237 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 57 · 237 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1888/89 (AH 1306)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu · 2 career entriesTrabzon · 237 kuruş
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
Trabzon · Calculated age 58 · 237 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1889/90 (AH 1307)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşuİnos · 285 kuruş
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
İnos · Calculated age 59 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
1890/91 (AH 1308)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşuİnos · 285 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
İnos · Calculated age 60 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1891/92 (AH 1309)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşuİnos · Şarköy · 285 kuruş
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
İnos · Calculated age 61 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Şarköy · Calculated age 61 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşuŞarköy · 285 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Şarköy · Calculated age 62 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşuŞarköy · 285 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Şarköy · Calculated age 63 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşuŞarköy · 285 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Şarköy · Calculated age 64 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşuŞarköy · 285 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Şarköy · Calculated age 65 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşuŞarköy · 285 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Şarköy · Calculated age 66 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu · 2 career entriesŞarköy · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · 285; 400 kuruş
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
Şarköy · Calculated age 67 · 285 kuruş
Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
Continuing service described by the source
1898/99 (AH 1316)Eşya ambarı sevk memuruTelgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · Calculated age 68 · 400 kuruş
Continuing service described by the source
1899/1900 (AH 1317)Eşya ambarı sevk memuruTelgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · Calculated age 69 · 400 kuruş
Continuing service described by the source
1900/01 (AH 1318)Eşya ambarı sevk memuruTelgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · Calculated age 70 · 400 kuruş
Continuing service described by the source
1901/02 (AH 1319)Eşya ambarı sevk memuruTelgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · Calculated age 71 · 400 kuruş
Continuing service described by the source
1902/03 (AH 1320)Eşya ambarı sevk memuruTelgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · Calculated age 72 · 400 kuruş
Continuing service described by the source
1903/04 (AH 1321)Eşya ambarı sevk memuruTelgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · Calculated age 73 · 400 kuruş
Continuing service described by the source
1904/05 (AH 1322)Eşya ambarı sevk memuruTelgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · 400; 490; 550 kuruş
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı · Calculated age 74 · 400 kuruş
Continuing service described by the source
Recorded pay
Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 29 (calculated from AH year labels) [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Tulça [source]
- First-salary field
- 300 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
- 1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Documentary details and source passages
These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.
Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN. 2024. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları · PDF pages 156, 157
Read cited source passages · 4
Esnafdan İbrahim Ağa’nın oğludur. Bin iki yüz kırk sekiz sene -i hicriyesinde
(sene-i maliye 1248) Varna’da tevellüd ettiği nüfus tezkere-i osmânîyesinde muharrerdir.
Sıbyan mektebinde mukaddimat-ı ulûmu ve muallim-i mahsûsdan sarf ve nahv
ve gülistan ile fenn-i hesâb okumuşdur. Türkçe okuryazar.
Notes on the source account
- 1277'de başlayan üç buçuk yıllık Tulça hizmeti ve 300 kuruş maaş yalnız şahsi beyandır. Başlangıç ayı/günü ve kesin bitiş tarihi yoktur; 1281 tayinine kadar uzatılmadı.
- 29 Zilkade 1306 izinle bağlantılı tarihtir; izin aşımı, yerine başkasının tayini ve açıkta kalmanın kesin tarihi ayrıca verilmez. Metindeki 'me’mûriyeti başına geleceği cihetle' ibaresi anlatımla sorunludur; sessizce düzeltilmedi.
- Resmî izin ve izin aşımı döneminde 237 kuruş maaşın ödenmeye devam edip etmediği belirtilmez.
Documentary sources
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 156, 157
Birth
First work as recorded
Calculated age 29
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
240 kuruşCalculated age 33
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
240 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
240 kuruşCalculated age 35
Continuing service as described
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
240 kuruşCalculated age 36
Continuing service as described
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
240 kuruşCalculated age 37
Continuing service as described
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
240 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
240 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
İstanbul (Beyoğlu)
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
240 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
620 kuruşCalculated age 40
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
620 kuruşCalculated age 41
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
620 kuruşCalculated age 42
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
620 kuruşCalculated age 43
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
620 kuruşCalculated age 44
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
620 kuruşCalculated age 45
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
500 kuruşCalculated age 45
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
500 kuruşCalculated age 46
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi serçavuşu
500 kuruşCalculated age 47
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 47
Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
400 kuruşCalculated age 47
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
400 kuruşCalculated age 48
Continuing service as described
Hadımköy (İstanbul civarı)
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
400 kuruşCalculated age 49
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 49
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşu
380 kuruşCalculated age 50
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşu
380 kuruşCalculated age 51
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi başçavuşu
380 kuruşCalculated age 52
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
237 kuruşCalculated age 52
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
237 kuruşCalculated age 53
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
237 kuruşCalculated age 54
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
237 kuruşCalculated age 55
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
237 kuruşCalculated age 56
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
237 kuruşCalculated age 57
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi surre çavuşu
237 kuruşCalculated age 58
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
İzin
Calculated age 58
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 59
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 60
Continuing service as described
İnos
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 61
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 61
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 62
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 63
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 64
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 65
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 66
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi çavuşu
285 kuruşCalculated age 67
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Eşya Ambarı
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 67
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 68
Continuing service as described
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 69
Continuing service as described
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 70
Continuing service as described
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 71
Continuing service as described
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 72
Continuing service as described
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 73
Continuing service as described
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 74
Continuing service as described
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
490 kuruşCalculated age 74
Eşya ambarı sevk memuru
550 kuruşCalculated age 74