Mehmed Şakir Efendi

Born 1845 (AH 1261) · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Dated entries 1864 to 1906 (AH 1281 to 1323)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 58/209

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The life

Mehmed Şakir Efendi was born in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1845 (AH 1261). Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; özel hoca. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Svishtov (Ziştovi) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). Dated career entries span 1864/65 (AH 1281) to 1905/06 (AH 1323) across 36 AH years, from Svishtov (Ziştovi) to Edirne, beginning with Telgrafhane mülazımı and ending with entries for Telgraf ve Posta Baş Müdürlüğü vekili. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Svishtov (Ziştovi), Ruse (Rusçuk), Lovech (Lofça) and Sofia (Sofya) and 2 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 480 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 216 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323); the highest recorded monthly rate is 650 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Komotini (Gümülcine) · 1845 (AH 1261)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan Mektebi; özel hoca^[source]
First work: 1864/65 (AH 1281) · Svishtov (Ziştovi)^[source]
Age at first work: 19^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.

Career in numbers

36
Dated AH years: 6
Career place names: 35
Salary years: 480 → 216
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 650
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 21.4%
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.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1905/06 (AH 1323); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1905/06 (AH 1323).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 12 · Komotini (Gümülcine)

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1
1845 (AH 1261)
Komotini (Gümülcine)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Svishtov (Ziştovi)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 20
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Telgrafhane mülazımı
  Calculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Svishtov (Ziştovi)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Telgrafhane mülazımı
  Calculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgrafhane memuru
  480 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Svishtov (Ziştovi) / Ruse (Rusçuk)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Svishtov (Ziştovi)
  Telgrafhane memuru
  480 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Ruse (Rusçuk)
  Merkez muhabere memuru
  480 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Ruse (Rusçuk)
1. Merkez muhabere memuru
  480 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Ruse (Rusçuk) / Lovech (Lofça)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Ruse (Rusçuk)
  Merkez muhabere memuru
  480 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Lovech (Lofça)
  Merkez muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1869/70 (AH 1286) · 8 recorded years
Lovech (Lofça)
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Merkez muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Merkez muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 10 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Lovech (Lofça) / Place not recorded / Sofia (Sofya)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Lovech (Lofça)
  Merkez muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Sofia (Sofya)
  Muhabere Memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1878 (AH 1295)
Sofia (Sofya) / Hamidiye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hamidiye
1. Sofia (Sofya)
  Muhabere Memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hamidiye
  Merkez muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Hamidiye / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hamidiye; Location not recorded
1. Hamidiye
  Merkez muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Infisal
  Calculated age 35
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11
1879/80 (AH 1297) · 18 recorded years
Edirne
AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Merkez muhabere baş memuru
  570 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Merkez muhabere baş memuru
  585 kuruşCalculated age 53
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 21 recorded entries in this stage →
12
1904/05 (AH 1322) · 2 recorded years
Edirne
AH entries: 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Telgraf ve Posta Baş Müdürlüğü vekili
  216 kuruşCalculated age 61
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf ve Posta Baş Müdürlüğü vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Calculated age 62
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

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
1865/66 (AH 1282)	480	400	150 to 2,000	51.8%	341
1866/67 (AH 1283)	480	400	146 to 2,000	53.0%	399
1867/68 (AH 1284)	480	458	150 to 2,500	50.5%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	600	475	150 to 3,000	60.5%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	600	400	150 to 2,250	63.2%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	600	400	150 to 2,000	64.8%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	600	420.5	125 to 2,375	63.4%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	570	450	140 to 2,350	61.1%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	570	405	130 to 2,200	61.9%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	570	450	150 to 1,800	62.4%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	570	450	150 to 2,000	62.2%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	600	420	150 to 2,000	64.1%	1102
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
1878/79 (AH 1296)	600	400	150 to 2,000	63.5%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	570	400	180 to 1,800	64.8%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	570	400	160 to 1,500	67.7%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	570	400	150 to 1,500	67.6%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	570	400	150 to 1,400	67.0%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	570	400	150 to 1,400	67.6%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	570	400	150 to 1,500	67.2%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	570	400	150 to 1,500	65.7%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	570	400	150 to 1,500	65.5%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	570	400	150 to 1,500	63.8%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	570	400	135 to 1,500	65.8%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	570	400	130 to 1,500	65.8%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	570	400	125 to 1,500	65.0%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	600	400	140 to 1,600	65.3%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	600	400	135 to 1,500	65.6%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	600	400	140 to 1,400	65.6%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	650	400	140 to 1,500	71.7%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	650	400	140 to 1,500	71.4%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	650	450	150 to 1,575	70.0%	2119
1904/05 (AH 1322)	216	400	135 to 1,500	20.4%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	216	430	125 to 1,500	21.4%	1423

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Edirne20
1879 to 1906 (AH 1297 to 1323)
Lovech (Lofça)10
1868 to 1878 (AH 1285 to 1294)
Ruse (Rusçuk)3
1866 to 1869 (AH 1283 to 1285)
Svishtov (Ziştovi)3
1864 to 1867 (AH 1281 to 1283)
Hamidiye2
1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)
Sofia (Sofya)2
1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Edirne216 to 650
Lovech (Lofça)570 to 600
Ruse (Rusçuk)480
Svishtov (Ziştovi)400 to 480
Hamidiye600
Sofia (Sofya)600

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

Merkez muhabere baş memuru18
1879 to 1897 (AH 1297 to 1314)
Merkez muhabere memuru14
1866 to 1879 (AH 1283 to 1296)
Infisal2
1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)
Muhabere Memuru2
1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)
Telgraf ve Posta Baş Müdürlüğü vekili2
1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)
Telgrafhane memuru2
1865 to 1867 (AH 1282 to 1283)

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

Komotini (Gümülcine)63 other officialsİSMAİL EFENDİ (A) born 1845 (AH 1261); highest salary 600 kuruş
Edirne100 other officialsOsman Efendi 18 shared years; highest salary 110 kuruş
1864/65 (AH 1281)72 other officialsAdem Şevki Efendi first entry in Shkodër (İşkodra); highest salary 490 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 Gümülcineli devlet adamları
ŞEHADET ORAN · 2025 · Pages 104, 105
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 58/209; 200 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 58/209.

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