Mehmed Tevfik Paşa
Born 1840/41 (AH 1256) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1854 to 1910 (AH 1271 to 1327)
Languages Turkish
Archival references DH.SAİDd, 3-224; CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 3-224
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Tevfik Paşa was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1840/41 (AH 1256). The father’s occupation was Evkâf-ı Hümâyun Tahrirat Odası kâtibi. Schooling included Bayezid Rüştiye Mektebi; Dârülmaârif. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1854/55 (AH 1271). Dated career entries span 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 52 AH years, beginning with Dîvân-ı Hümâyun Mühimme Odası mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 13 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Mytilene (Midilli), Parga and Crete (Girit). [1]
Monthly pay went from 100 kuruş in 1857/58 (AH 1274) to 10,000 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 40,500 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326). [1]
Life and career
Follow 11 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 11 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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.
6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1840/41 (AH 1256)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 15
3 1856/57 (AH 1273) · 7 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
4 1863/64 (AH 1280)
Place not recorded / Mytilene (Midilli)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 1864/65 (AH 1281)
Place not recorded / Parga
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
6 1865/66 (AH 1282) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1282, 1283. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
7 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Place not recorded / Crete (Girit)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
8 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
9 1871/72 (AH 1288) · 8 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
10 1879/80 (AH 1297) · 28 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
11 1908/09 (AH 1326) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Orman ve Maden ve Ziraat nazırı
36,000 kuruşCalculated age 70
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.
- Meclis-i Vâlâ Mazbata Odası memuru · Undated · 1,200 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Şûrâ-yı Devlet Nafia Dairesi başmuavini · Undated · 5,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Şûrâ-yı Devlet başkâtibi ve azası · Undated · 10,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857/58 (AH 1274) | 100 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 6.3% | 96 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 5,000 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 93.8% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 5,000 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 93.7% | 505 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 4,000 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 93.7% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 5,000 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 95.2% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 7,500 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 96.6% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 7,500 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 97.0% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 7,500 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.4% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 7,500 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.3% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 7,500 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 97.1% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 7,500 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.3% | 1196 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 7,000 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 97.7% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 7,000 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 98.5% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 9,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 98.7% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 9,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 98.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 9,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 99.2% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 10,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 98.7% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 10,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 98.4% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 10,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 98.6% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 12,500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.2% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 12,500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 99.3% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 12,500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 99.2% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 15,000 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 99.1% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 15,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 99.1% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 25,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 99.7% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 25,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 99.7% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 25,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 99.6% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 25,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 99.3% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 25,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 99.5% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 22,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 99.6% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 22,500 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 99.7% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 22,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 99.7% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 22,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 99.6% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 25,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 99.5% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 25,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.6% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 25,000 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 99.8% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 25,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 99.5% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 25,000 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 99.6% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 25,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 99.5% | 1371 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 40,500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 99.8% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 10,000 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 98.2% | 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Crete (Girit)5,000
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
- Istanbul665 other officialsAgob Efendi born 1840/41 (AH 1256); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Istanbul20 other officialsAhmed Ârifî Paşa 1 shared year; highest salary 100,000 kuruş
- 1854/55 (AH 1271)25 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,445 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisleri
BURAK BALCI · 2025 · Pages 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114
DH.SAİDd, 3-224; 155 CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 3-224
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 52 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 77 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.