Mehmed Tahir Efendi
Born 1849/50 (AH 1266) · Varna · Dated entries 1865 to 1889 (AH 1282 to 1306)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 1/926
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Tahir Efendi was born in Varna in 1849/50 (AH 1266). Schooling included Varna Sıbyan ve Rüşdiye mektepleri. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Varna in 1865/66 (AH 1282). Dated career entries span 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1888/89 (AH 1306) across 22 AH years, from Varna to Siirt, beginning with Meclis-i Cinayet Odası mülazımı and ending with entries for Müddeiumumi muavini. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Varna, Van, Hakkâri and Siirt. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1,400 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,400 kuruş in 1881/82 (AH 1299). [1]
Life and career
Follow 9 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 9 · 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.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1849/50 (AH 1266)
Varna
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
Meclis-i Cinayet Odası mülazımı
Calculated age 16
3 1868/69 (AH 1285) · 10 recorded years
Varna
AH entries: 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Cinayet Meclisi ikinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 19
Cinayet Meclisi başkâtibi
800 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
4 1878 (AH 1295)
Varna / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Cinayet Meclisi başkâtibi
800 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 29
5 Bidayet Mahkemesi aza mülazımı
270 kuruşCalculated age 31
Bidayet Mahkemesi aza mülazımı
270 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
6 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Van / Hakkâri
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hakkâri
Bidayet Mahkemesi aza mülazımı
270 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Hakkâri
Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 33
7 1882/83 (AH 1300) · 5 recorded years
Hakkâri
AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Hakkâri
Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
8 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Hakkâri / Siirt
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hakkâri
Hakkâri
Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Müddeiumumi muavini
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 39
9 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Siirt / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Müddeiumumi muavini
1,400 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 40
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.
- Cinayet Meclisi mukayyidi · Varna · Undated · 100 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Cinayet Meclisi mukayyidi · Varna · Undated · 200 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İdare-i Örfiye Divan-ı Harbi başkâtibi · Varna · Undated · 0 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- On Altıncı Belediye Dairesi esnaf tahriri ve askerî iane hesaplarının görülmesi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İstinaf müddeiumumisi vekili · Van · 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 400 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 40.9% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 55.1% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 54.9% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 500 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 54.4% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 500 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 54.7% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 800 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 70.9% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 800 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 72.4% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 800 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 72.4% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 800 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 73.2% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 800 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 73.3% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 800 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 74.1% | 1196 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 270 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 24.2% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 270 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 25.6% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 1,400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 88.5% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 1,400 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 88.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 1,400 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 89.3% | 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 |
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 rateRanges 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 officialsSEYYİD AHMED NACİ EFENDİ born 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Varna27 other officialsMEHMED SIDKI EFENDİ 12 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)111 other officialsSEYYİD AHMED NACİ EFENDİ first entry in Varna; highest salary 600 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şehadetname; hicret sırasında kayıp [1]
Schooling Varna Sıbyan ve Rüşdiye mektepleri [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbet [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 165, 166
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 1/926; 303 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 1/926.; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 1/926
Read the original source accounts · 33 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 22 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 28 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.