Mehmed Raşit Bey
Born Year not recorded · Biga · Dated entries 1894 to 1908 (AH 1312 to 1325)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Raşit Bey was born in Biga. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Biga Rüştiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Biga in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 1907/08 (AH 1325) across 12 AH years, from Biga to Biga and ending with entries for Nüfus memurluğu. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Biga and Yahoka, Biga kazası. [1]
Monthly pay went from 135 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 250 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325); the highest recorded monthly rate is 250 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · Biga
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
Ağnam merkez kâtipliği
2 Ağnam merkez kâtipliği
Continuing service as described
Ağnam kabul kâtipliği
3 1897/98 (AH 1315) · 2 recorded years
Yahoka, Biga kazası
AH entries: 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Yahoka, Biga kazası
Nahiye tahrirat kâtipliği
135 kuruş
Nahiye tahrirat kâtipliği
135 kuruş
Continuing service as described
4 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Yahoka, Biga kazası / Biga
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yahoka, Biga kazası
Yahoka, Biga kazası
Nahiye tahrirat kâtipliği
135 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliği
5 1900/01 (AH 1318) · 6 recorded years
Biga
AH entries: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliği
Continuing service as described
Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliği (İnfisal)
6 1907/08 (AH 1325)
Biga
Nüfus memurluğu
250 kuruş
2 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.
- Ağnam kabul kâtipliği (İnfisal) · Biga · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Biga · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 135 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 9.1% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 135 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 9.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 135 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 9.2% | 1821 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 250 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 22.7% | 1290 |
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- Biga250
- Yahoka, Biga kazası135
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
- Biga16 other officialsEmrullah Efendi born 1845/46 (AH 1262); highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Biga20 other officialsİSMAİL HAKKI EFENDİ 7 shared years; highest salary 250 kuruş
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)224 other officialsMustafa Fevzi Efendi first entry in Biga; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüştiye şehadetnamesi [1]
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Biga Rüştiye Mektebi [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Bigalı devlet adamları
AHMET TUNCEL · 2019 · Pages 72, 73, 74
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
Read the original source accounts · 19 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 12 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.