MEHMED DERVİŞ EFENDİ
Born 1851/52 (AH 1268) · Varna · Dated entries 1874 to 1891 (AH 1291 to 1308)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 56/371
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
MEHMED DERVİŞ EFENDİ was born in Varna in 1851/52 (AH 1268). The father’s occupation was Varna Gümrüğü kantarcısı. Schooling included Sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Dated career entries span 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 1890/91 (AH 1308) across 18 AH years, beginning with Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi Samsun Mukayyidliği refakati. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Izmir (İzmir), Trablusgarb and Beirut (Beyrut) and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 100 kuruş in 1878 (AH 1295) to 1,800 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,800 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · Varna
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 1851/52 (AH 1268)
Varna
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 23
Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi Samsun Mukayyidliği refakati
Calculated age 23
3 1875/76 (AH 1292) · 3 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1292, 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi Samsun Mukayyidliği refakati
Calculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi Samsun Mukayyidliği refakati
Calculated age 26
Continuing service as described
4 1878 (AH 1295)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi Samsun Mukayyidliği refakati
Calculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Yozgat Kitabeti refakati
100 kuruşCalculated age 27
5 1878/79 (AH 1296) · 5 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Yozgat Kitabeti refakati
100 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Halep Kitabeti refakati
300 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
6 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Place not recorded / Izmir (İzmir)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Place not recorded
Halep Kitabeti refakati
300 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Rüsum-ı Sitte Merkez Müdürlüğü muhasebe başkâtibi
900 kuruşCalculated age 33
7 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Izmir (İzmir) / Trablusgarb
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Trablusgarb
Rüsum-ı Sitte Merkez Müdürlüğü muhasebe başkâtibi
900 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Trablusgarb
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti muhasebe başkâtibi
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 34
8 1885/86 (AH 1303) · 4 recorded years
Trablusgarb
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Trablusgarb
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti muhasebe başkâtibi
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 35
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti muhasebe başkâtibi
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
9 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Trablusgarb / Beirut (Beyrut)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Trablusgarb
Trablusgarb
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti muhasebe başkâtibi
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Müdürlüğü muhasebe başkâtibi
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 39
10 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Beirut (Beyrut) / Cubul Memlehası
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Cubul Memlehası
Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Müdürlüğü muhasebe başkâtibi
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Cubul Memlehası
Cubul Memlehası müdürü
1,800 kuruşCalculated age 40
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 100 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 3.9% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 21.4% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 300 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 27.1% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 300 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 28.8% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 27.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 81.1% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 1,400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 88.3% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 1,400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 88.5% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 1,400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 87.8% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 1,400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 87.3% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 1,400 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 87.9% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 1,400 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 88.6% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 1,800 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 91.5% | 1896 |
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- Trablusgarb1,400
- Beirut (Beyrut)1,400
- Cubul Memlehası1,800
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
- Varna90 other officialsMUSTAFA EFENDİ born 1851/52 (AH 1268); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Istanbul232 other officialsSaid Paşa 5 shared years; highest salary 85,000 kuruş
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)151 other officialsMahmud Nedim Bey first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 20,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 135, 136, 137
287 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 56/371.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 18 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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