Mehmed Said Bey
Born 1845/46 (AH 1262) · Sidon (Sayda) · Dated entries 1866 to 1898 (AH 1283 to 1315)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
Archival reference BOA), Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri [DH.SAİDd], No.1, Gömlek No.272
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Said Bey was born in Sidon (Sayda) in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The father’s occupation was Miralay. Schooling included Ulûm-ı ibtidâî. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). Dated career entries span 1866/67 (AH 1283) to 1897/98 (AH 1315) across 26 AH years, beginning with Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımı. More than one post or place appears in 8 of those years. Place names include Beirut (Beyrut), Hama, Mersin and Islahiye and 8 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 1,000 kuruş in 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1,575 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315); the highest recorded monthly rate is 4,000 kuruş in 1877/78 (AH 1294). [1]
Life and career
Follow 19 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 19 · Sidon (Sayda)
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.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1845/46 (AH 1262)
Sidon (Sayda)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 21
Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımı
Calculated age 21
3 1869/70 (AH 1286)
Beirut (Beyrut) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
4 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Place not recorded / Hama
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
6 7 1873/74 (AH 1290) · 4 recorded years
Beirut (Beyrut)
AH entries: 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.
8 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Beirut (Beyrut) / Place not recorded / Hama
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
9 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Mersin / Islahiye / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Islahiye; Location not recorded
10 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Bikâü’l-Aziz / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bikâü’l-Aziz; Location not recorded
11 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Safed / Tebriz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tebriz
12 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Tebriz / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tebriz; Location not recorded
13 1886/87 (AH 1304) · 2 recorded years
Asar
AH entries: 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Asar
14 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Asar / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Asar; Location not recorded
15 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Izmir (İzmir) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
16 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 5 recorded years
Nazareth (Nasıra)
AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
17 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Nazareth (Nasıra) / Safed / Tyre (Sur)
Within-year entry order unresolved
18 19 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Tyre (Sur) / Zıniyye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zıniyye
7 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.
- Tahrirat Kalemi mülâzımı · Beirut (Beyrut) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Tahkikat memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam vekili · Sidon (Sayda) · Undated · 1,500 kuruş 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 75.3% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 76.4% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 1,250 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 80.6% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 1,250 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 80.5% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 950 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 75.8% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 950 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 77.3% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 950 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 76.0% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 950 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 76.6% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 4,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 95.8% | 1160 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 3,150 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 94.4% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 2,700 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 93.8% | 1534 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 1,750 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 91.2% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 1,750 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 91.4% | 1655 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 875 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 78.7% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 875 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 77.8% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 875 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 79.3% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 2,000 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 92.9% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 1,750 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 90.6% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 1,750 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 90.6% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 1,750 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 91.2% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 1,750 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 92.1% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 1,750 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 91.9% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 1,750 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 91.0% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,750 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 90.8% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 1,575 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 91.3% | 1891 |
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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Beirut (Beyrut)8 to 950
- Nazareth (Nasıra)1,750
- Asar875
- Hama1,250 to 4,000
- Tyre (Sur)1,575 to 1,750
- Safed1,750
Six places with the most recorded career years. 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
- Sidon (Sayda)1 other officialHüseyin Efendi birth year not recorded; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Beirut (Beyrut)9 other officialsMustafa Sabri Efendi 5 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1866/67 (AH 1283)95 other officialsMehmet Tayyip Efendi first entry in Sivas; highest salary 250 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; İkinci sınıf kaymakamlık intihabnamesi, no.249 [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Çerkes devlet memurları
FATİH ALTUN · 2023 · Pages 91, 92, 93, 94
58 Osmanlı Arşivi (BOA), Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri [DH.SAİDd], No.1, Gömlek No.272.
Read the original source accounts · 56 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 26 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 48 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.