Mehmed Reşid Efendi
Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Pristina (Priştine) · Dated entries 1877 to 1910 (AH 1294 to 1327)
Languages Bulgarian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 152 -377
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Reşid Efendi was born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1848/49 (AH 1265). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Priştine Sultan Mehmed Medresesi. The language repertoire included Bulgarian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Sofia (Sofya) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). Dated career entries span 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 16 AH years, beginning with Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Sofia (Sofya), Skopje (Üsküp), Ioannina (Yanya) and Ersekë (Kolonya) and 3 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 600 kuruş in 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 600 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 750 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · Pristina (Priştine)
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1848/49 (AH 1265)
Pristina (Priştine)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 29
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 29
3 1878 (AH 1295)
Sofia (Sofya) / Skopje (Üsküp) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 30
4 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Ioannina (Yanya) / Place not recorded / Ersekë (Kolonya)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Merkez Posta seyyar memuru
750 kuruşCalculated age 33
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 33
5 1881/82 (AH 1299) · 5 recorded years
Ersekë (Kolonya)
AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
6 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Ersekë (Kolonya) / Premedi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Premedi
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Premedi
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 39
7 1887/88 (AH 1305) · 4 recorded years
Premedi
AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Premedi
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 43
Continuing service as described
8 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Premedi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Premedi; Location not recorded
Premedi
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 44
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Açığa çıkarılma
Calculated age 44
9 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Rodohini
Not yet located on the map: Rodohini
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere müdürü
600 kuruşCalculated age 61
10 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Rodohini / Palata
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Rodohini; Palata
Rodohini
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere müdürü
600 kuruşCalculated age 62
Continuing service as described
Palata
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere müdürü
500 kuruşCalculated age 62
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.
- Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere müdürü (Nakil) · Palata · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi ikinci sınıf müdürü · Püdire · Undated · 700 kuruş 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 600 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 63.8% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 600 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 64.3% | 1196 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 750 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 75.9% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 67.9% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 67.4% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 68.1% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 67.7% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 66.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 66.1% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 64.2% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 600 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 66.2% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 600 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 66.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 600 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 65.5% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 600 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 65.3% | 1927 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 62.0% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 600 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 49.8% | 1088 |
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 entriesThe 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- Premedi600
- Rodohini600
- Palata500
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 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
- Pristina (Priştine)90 other officialsMustafa Sıdkı Efendi born 1847/48 (AH 1264); highest salary 2,100 kuruş
- Sofia (Sofya)3 other officialsAli Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)160 other officialsAgabyos Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,400 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Priştine Sultan Mehmed Medresesi [source]
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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 16 dated AH years
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