Mehmed Salih Efendi
Dated entries 1842 to 1900 (AH 1258 to 1317)
Archival references MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/13, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/6, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/10, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/7, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/8, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/3, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/12, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/9, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/14, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/15, 3452B
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1842/43 (AH 1258). Service included Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1842 to 1845 (AH 1258 to 1260)). Later posts included İstanbul Kadılığı Vekayi Odası kâtibi in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1845 (AH 1261)), Bâb nâibi in Manisa (1851/52 (AH 1268)) and Nâib in Kütahya (1899/1900 (AH 1317)). Istanbul (Dersaadet) appears most often, across 4 dated years. [1]
Monthly pay went from 3,000 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 3,000 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the highest recorded monthly rate is 3,000 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293). An undated death entry survives. [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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 7 · 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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 First work as recorded
Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi
2 1843/44 (AH 1259) · 3 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1259, 1260, 1261. Gaps remain open.
Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi
Continuing service as described
İstanbul Kadılığı Vekayi Odası kâtibi
3 1851/52 (AH 1268)
Manisa
4 1852/53 (AH 1269)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 1855/56 (AH 1272)
Uzuncaabad-ı Hasköy
Not yet located on the map: Uzuncaabad-ı Hasköy
6 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Kartal
7 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Kütahya
8 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.
- Merkez nâibi · Bosna · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Nâib · Üsküdar · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Anadolu Kazaskerliği Vekayi Odası kitabet muavini · Undated 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.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 3,000 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 94.1% | 1102 |
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- Kartal3,000
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
- Istanbul13 other officialsAbdülhalık Nasuhi Bey 4 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- 1842/43 (AH 1258)10 other officialsAhmed Rıfat Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 3,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Bâb-ı Meşîhat Sicill-i Ahvâl Dairesi ve personel dosya sisteminin oluşumu ve gelişimi
ÇİĞDEM UZUN · 2020 · Pages 71, 72, 73, 74, 75
MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/13, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/6, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/10, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/7, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/8, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/3, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/12, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/9, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/14, 3452B; MŞH. SAİD. nr. 218/3/15, 3452B
Read the original source accounts · 19 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 10 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.