Mehmet Vehbi Efendi
Born 1864/65 (AH 1281) · Silistra (Silistre) · Dated entries 1882 to 1901 (AH 1300 to 1318)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 64/241
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmet Vehbi Efendi was born in Silistra (Silistre) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The father’s occupation was Silistre kazası mal müdürü. Schooling included Sıbyan; rüşdiye (şahadetnamesiz). The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Adapazarı in 1882/83 (AH 1300). Dated career entries span 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 13 AH years and ending with entries for Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü (terfian). More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Adapazarı rüsumat müdüriyeti, Adapazarı, Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti and Tuzla and 3 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1,100 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,100 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318). [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 · Silistra (Silistre)
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.
6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1864/65 (AH 1281)
Silistra (Silistre)
Birth
2 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Adapazarı / Adapazarı rüsumat müdüriyeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Adapazarı rüsumat müdüriyeti
First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
sandık tahrir kâtibi (geçici)
400 kuruşCalculated age 19
3 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti
Not yet located on the map: Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti
müzekkere kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 21
4 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Tuzla
Not yet located on the map: Tuzla
Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü
300 kuruşCalculated age 22
5 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti
Not yet located on the map: Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti
sandık emaneti başkâtibi
350 kuruşCalculated age 23
6 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Kartal Düyun-ı Umumiye müdüriyeti
Not yet located on the map: Kartal Düyun-ı Umumiye müdüriyeti
başkâtip ve sandık emini
450 kuruşCalculated age 25
7 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Darıca Düyun-ı Umumiye müdüriyeti
Not yet located on the map: Darıca Düyun-ı Umumiye müdüriyeti
Başkâtip
450 kuruşCalculated age 27
8 1893/94 (AH 1311) · 6 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru (becayiş)
550 kuruşCalculated age 30
Düyun-ı Umumiye sandık emini (İnfisal)
Calculated age 35
Recorded service ending
9 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Jeddah (Cidde)
Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü (terfian)
1,100 kuruşCalculated age 37
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.
- Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · Arslan Bey · Undated · 300 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 46.9% | 1655 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 19.9% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 27.9% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 40.1% | 1725 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 450 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 52.7% | 1797 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 450 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 53.7% | 1896 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 550 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 63.8% | 1929 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,100 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 85.5% | 1761 |
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 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- Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti250 to 350
- Adapazarı400
- Darıca Düyun-ı Umumiye müdüriyeti450
- Jeddah (Cidde)1,100
- Kartal Düyun-ı Umumiye müdüriyeti450
- Tuzla300
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
- Silistra (Silistre)53 other officialsİsmail Hakkı Efendi born 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Adapazarı5 other officialsMehmed Zihni Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- 1882/83 (AH 1300)236 other officialsEmin Muhlis Efendi first annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 450 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları
KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 51, 52
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 64/241; 165 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 64/241.; 166 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 64/241.; 167 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 64/241.; BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 64/241
Read the original source accounts · 17 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 16 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.