Mehmed Salih Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1873 to 1903 (AH 1290 to 1320)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 56-28
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Salih Efendi was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Schooling included Sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). Dated career entries span 1873/74 (AH 1290) to 1902/03 (AH 1320) across 26 AH years, from Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) to Thessaloniki (Selanik). More than one post or place appears in 11 of those years. Place names include Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), Edirne and Thessaloniki (Selanik). [1]
Monthly pay went from 450 kuruş in 1873/74 (AH 1290) to 300 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,200 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318). [1]
Life and career
Follow 12 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 12 · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
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 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Birth
2 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Place not recorded / Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Place not recorded
Mazuliyet
300 kuruşCalculated age 13
Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi başkâtibi
450 kuruşCalculated age 13
3 First work as recorded
Calculated age 15
Rüsumat Müdürlüğü kâtib-i sânisi
300 kuruşCalculated age 15
4 1876/77 (AH 1293) · 2 recorded years
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
AH entries: 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Rüsumat Müdürlüğü kâtib-i sânisi
300 kuruşCalculated age 16
Continuing service as described
Rüsumat kâtib-i sânisi
300 kuruşCalculated age 17
Continuing service as described
5 1878 (AH 1295)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Rüsumat kâtib-i sânisi
300 kuruşCalculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Açığa çıkarılma
Calculated age 18
6 1878/79 (AH 1296) · 2 recorded years
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
AH entries: 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Rüsumat kâtib-i sânisi
Calculated age 19
Rüsum-ı Sitte kâtib-i sânisi
250 kuruşCalculated age 20
7 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 2 recorded years
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
AH entries: 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi başkâtibi
350 kuruşCalculated age 24
Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi başkâtibi
350 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
8 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) / Edirne
Within-year entry order unresolved
Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi başkâtibi
350 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti tütün öşrü kâtibi
600 kuruşCalculated age 26
9 1886/87 (AH 1304) · 13 recorded years
Edirne
AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti tütün öşrü kâtibi
600 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti muhasebe refik-i evveli
800 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
10 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Edirne / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti muhasebe refik-i evveli
800 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Balıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti muhasebe başkâtibi vekili
266.66 kuruşCalculated age 40
11 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Edirne / Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti muhasebe refik-i evveli
800 kuruşCalculated age 41
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti muhasebe refik-i evveli
1,200 kuruşCalculated age 41
12 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Thessaloniki (Selanik) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti başkâtibi vekili
Calculated age 43
Place not recorded
Görevin sona ermesi
Calculated age 43
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Rüsumat İdaresi sandık emini · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 450 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 50.6% | 805 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 28.5% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 300 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 30.1% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 29.8% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 29.1% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 270 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 26.5% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 300 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 27.1% | 1534 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 41.1% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 40.2% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 66.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 66.1% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 64.2% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 800 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 77.0% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 800 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 77.5% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 800 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 76.2% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 75.5% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 800 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 76.7% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 77.3% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 76.6% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 75.9% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 800 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 74.9% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 79.0% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 800 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 78.4% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 77.3% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,200 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 87.1% | 1761 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.8% | 1627 |
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- Edirne600 to 800
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)250 to 450
- Thessaloniki (Selanik)300 to 1,200
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
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)80 other officialsİsmail Derviş Efendi born 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Edirne74 other officialsMehmed Süreyya Efendi 16 shared years; highest salary 450 kuruş
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)129 other officialsAbdulkadir Efendi first annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 300 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar
SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 159, 160
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 56-28; 7 Eylül 1902 (h. 3 C 1320/R. 25 Ağustos 1318) tarihine kadar başkaca üç yüz kuruş dörtte bir maaşla Duyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Başkatip Vekaleti'ne ilaveten ifa eylediği bu şubenin 12 Ekim 1902 (h. 9 B 1320 /R. 29 Eylül 1318) tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir (BOA. DH. SAİDd. 56-28). 3.61. Mehmed Şakir Efendi Tüccardan Dime tokalı Mehmed Ağa'nın oğludur. 1840 (h. 1255 /R. 1254) de Dimetoka'da doğmuştur. Sıbyan mektebi ve bir müddet medresede tahsil görmüştür. Türkçe okuryazar.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 26 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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