MEHMET SAİD BEĞ
Born Year not recorded · Erzincan · Dated entries 1898 to 1911 (AH 1316 to 1328)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD, 267/173
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
MEHMET SAİD BEĞ was born in Erzincan, within the İslam community. Schooling included muallim-i mahsus (özel hoca). The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). Dated career entries span 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 13 AH years, beginning with Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi Müdür Muavini and ending with entries for komisyon kararıyla tayini caiz görüldü. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 2,000 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 2,150 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 3,300 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 3 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
How to read this map
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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 First work as recorded
Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi Müdür Muavini
2,000 kuruş
2 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 11 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi Müdür Muavini
2,000 kuruş
Continuing service as described
kadro harici (İnfisal)
3 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Place not recorded
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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.
- Birth · Erzincan · Year not recorded
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 2,000 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 93.8% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 94.0% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 93.6% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 92.4% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 3,300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 97.5% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 3,300 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 97.2% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 3,300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 97.2% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 3,300 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 96.7% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 3,300 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 96.5% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 3,300 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 96.3% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 3,300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 95.0% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 2,150 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 90.4% | 1088 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● 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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,800 to 3,300
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
- Erzincan187 other officialsMehmet Kamil Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Istanbul428 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Paşa 12 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)151 other officialsApik Pertev Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar
ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 110, 111
156 BOA, DH. SAİD, 267/173
Read the original source accounts · 18 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 18 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.