Said Paşa
Born 1838/39 (AH 1254) · Erzurum · Dated entries 1853 to 1913 (AH 1270 to 1331)
Languages Turkish
Archival references DH.SAİDd, 1-572; CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 1-572
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Said Paşa was born in Erzurum in 1838/39 (AH 1254). The father’s occupation was Eski Tahran maslahatgüzarı. Schooling included Erzurum İbrahim Paşa Camii Medresesi; İstanbul Ayasofya Camii. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Erzurum in 1853/54 (AH 1270). Dated career entries span 1853/54 (AH 1270) to 1912/13 (AH 1331) across 36 AH years, from Erzurum to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with Erzurum Tahrirat Kalemi memuru. More than one post or place appears in 18 of those years. Place names include Erzurum, Istanbul (Dersaadet), Selanik; Manastır; Yanya; Tırhala and Yanya ve teftiş mahalleri and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1853/54 (AH 1270) to 15,000 kuruş in 1912/13 (AH 1331); the highest recorded monthly rate is 85,000 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312). [1]
Life and career
Follow 25 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 25 · Erzurum
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.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1838/39 (AH 1254)
Erzurum
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
3 4 1856/57 (AH 1273) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1273, 1274. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 6 1863/64 (AH 1280)
Selanik; Manastır; Yanya; Tırhala / Yanya ve teftiş mahalleri / Ioannina (Yanya) / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Selanik; Manastır; Yanya; Tırhala; Yanya ve teftiş mahalleri
7 1864/65 (AH 1281) · 3 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1281, 1282, 1283. Gaps remain open.
8 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
9 1868/69 (AH 1285) · 3 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
10 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Place not recorded / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
11 1872/73 (AH 1289) · 3 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
12 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
13 1876/77 (AH 1293) · 2 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
14 1878 (AH 1295)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded / Bursa
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
15 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Place not recorded / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
16 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
17 1881/82 (AH 1299) · 2 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
AH entries: 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
18 19 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
20 1894/95 (AH 1312) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
21 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
22 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
23 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
24 1911 (AH 1329)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
25 1911/12 (AH 1330) · 2 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
AH entries: 1330, 1331. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Sadrazam
25,000 kuruşCalculated age 76
Continuing service as described
5 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.
- Mahallî memurların muhakemesi ve İngiltere konsolosunun isticvabı memuru · Balıkesir ve bazı mülhakatı · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Meclis-i Âyan azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Başvekil · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 90,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853/54 (AH 1270) | 250 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 34.9% | 64 |
| 1854/55 (AH 1271) | 250 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 28.8% | 67 |
| 1855/56 (AH 1272) | 250 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 29.7% | 65 |
| 1863/64 (AH 1280) | 3,000 | 475 | 125 to 3,000 | 88.3% | 232 |
| 1864/65 (AH 1281) | 3,000 | 400 | 125 to 3,000 | 89.7% | 253 |
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 3,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 91.8% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 3,000 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 93.2% | 399 |
| 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 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 5,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 95.4% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 5,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 95.7% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 4,000 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 93.7% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 4,000 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 94.2% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 4,000 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 94.3% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 10,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 97.6% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 10,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 98.3% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 30,000 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 99.4% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 30,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 99.2% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 40,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 99.5% | 1196 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 25,000 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 99.4% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 25,000 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 99.9% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 25,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.8% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 25,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 99.8% | 1655 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 30,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.4% | 1748 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 85,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 100.0% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 85,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 100.0% | 1981 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 76,500 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 100.0% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 76,500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 100.0% | 1627 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 76,500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 99.9% | 1232 |
| 1911 (AH 1329) | 25,000 | 600 | 250 to 2,500 | 100.0% | 402 |
| 1911/12 (AH 1330) | 25,000 | 1,000 | 300 to 3,000 | 100.0% | 233 |
| 1912/13 (AH 1331) | 15,000 | 1,200 | 300 to 4,000 | 98.7% | 151 |
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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)3,000 to 85,000
- Erzurum250
- Bursa25,000
- Ioannina (Yanya)3,000
- Selanik; Manastır; Yanya; Tırhala2,500
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
- Erzurum17 other officialsSadullah Rami Paşa born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- Istanbul797 other officialsĐbrahim Edhem Efendi 29 shared years; highest salary 200 kuruş
- 1853/54 (AH 1270)28 other officialsİbrahim Nihad Efendi first annual entry 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 1,600 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 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147
DH.SAİDd, 1-572; 163 CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 1-572
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 36 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 87 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.