Mehmed Rüştü Reşid Bey

Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Dated entries 1881 to 1892 (AH 1299 to 1309)

Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.975

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmed Rüştü Reşid Bey was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The father’s occupation was Asâkir-i Şahane zabiti. Schooling included Bağdad İbtidai Mektebi; Bağdad medreseleri; Askerî Rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Persian and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). Dated career entries span 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 1891/92 (AH 1309) across 11 AH years, from Baghdad (Bağdat) to Mosul (Musul), beginning with Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuru. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Baghdad (Bağdat), Şemamek, Basra and Mosul (Musul).^[1]

Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 1,000 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Baghdad (Bağdat) · 1867/68 (AH 1284)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Asâkir-i Şahane zabiti^[source]
Education: Bağdad İbtidai Mektebi; Bağdad medreseleri; Askerî Rüşdiye^[source]
First work: 1881/82 (AH 1299) · Baghdad (Bağdat)^[source]
Age at first work: 15^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 50 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

11
Dated AH years: 4
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 11
Salary years: 50 → 1,000
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 1,000
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 80.1%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 1891/92 (AH 1309); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1891/92 (AH 1309).

Life and career

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Follow 11 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.

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Stage 1 of 11 · Baghdad (Bağdat)

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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.

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1
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Baghdad (Bağdat)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Baghdad (Bağdat)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 15
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuru
  50 kuruşCalculated age 15
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Baghdad (Bağdat) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Baghdad (Bağdat)
  Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuru
  50 kuruşCalculated age 16
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  İstifa
  Calculated age 16
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Baghdad (Bağdat)
1. Bağdad Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu kâtibi
  300 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Baghdad (Bağdat) / Şemamek
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Şemamek
1. Baghdad (Bağdat)
  Bağdad Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu kâtibi
  300 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Şemamek
  Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Şemamek
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Şemamek
1. Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1886/87 (AH 1304) · 2 recorded years
Şemamek / Place not recorded
AH entries: 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Şemamek; Location not recorded
1. Şemamek
  Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  İstifa
  Calculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Basra
1. Basra Vilayeti Muhasebe Cedvel kâtibi
  550 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Basra / Place not recorded / Mosul (Musul)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Basra
  Basra Vilayeti Muhasebe Cedvel kâtibi
  550 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mosul (Musul)
  Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
10
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Mosul (Musul)
1. Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Mosul (Musul) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Mosul (Musul)
  Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonuna bağlı Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun başkâtibi
  1,000 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

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.

Dava vekili kâtibi · Undated · 200 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtip vekili · Şemamek · Undated · 250 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

Current collection salary comparison

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Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only

Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1881/82 (AH 1299)	50	400	150 to 1,500	1.8%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	50	400	150 to 1,400	1.7%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	300	400	150 to 1,400	28.3%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	400	400	150 to 1,500	45.1%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	500	400	150 to 1,500	58.1%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	500	400	150 to 1,500	57.3%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	650	400	150 to 1,500	71.2%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	550	400	135 to 1,500	65.0%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	600	400	130 to 1,500	66.3%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	600	400	125 to 1,500	65.5%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	1,000	400	140 to 1,600	80.1%	1927

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Baghdad (Bağdat)4
1881 to 1885 (AH 1299 to 1302)
Şemamek4
1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)
Mosul (Musul)3
1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309)
Basra2
1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Baghdad (Bağdat)50 to 300
Şemamek400 to 650
Mosul (Musul)600
Basra550

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 title

Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi4
1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)
Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi3
1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309)
Bağdad Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu kâtibi2
1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuru2
1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)
Basra Vilayeti Muhasebe Cedvel kâtibi2
1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)
Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonuna bağlı Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun başkâtibi1
1891/92 (AH 1309)

The 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

Baghdad (Bağdat)25 other officialsİbrahim Hilmi Efendi born 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 500 kuruş
Baghdad (Bağdat)25 other officialsAhmet Vasfi Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 3,100 kuruş
1881/82 (AH 1299)187 other officialsMehmet Tevfik Efendi first entry in Baghdad (Bağdat); highest salary 6,000 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Bağdad İbtidai Mektebi; Bağdad medreseleri; Askerî Rüşdiye^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]
French · okur^[source]
Persian · Tekellüm^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar
ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 131, 132
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.975

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