Mehmed Salih Efendi
Born 1876/77 (AH 1293) · Drama · Dated entries 1897 to 1908 (AH 1315 to 1325)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte)
9 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mehmed Salih Efendi was born in Drama in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The father’s occupation was Berber. Schooling included Drama ibtidai mektebi; rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) in 1907/08 (AH 1325). Dated career entries span 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 1907/08 (AH 1325) across 9 AH years, beginning with Askerlik (kura ile) and ending with entries for Nüfus kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte). [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325) 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 3 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 3 · Drama
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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Drama
Birth
2 1897/98 (AH 1315) · 8 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Askerlik (kura ile)
Calculated age 22
Askerlik (kura ile)
Calculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Askerlik (kura ile)
Calculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Askerlik (kura ile)
Calculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Askerlik (kura ile)
Calculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Askerlik (kura ile)
Calculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Askerlik (kura ile)
Calculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Onbaşı
Calculated age 28
Askerlik (kura ile)
Calculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Askerlik (kura ile) (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 29
Recorded service ending
3 First work as recorded
Calculated age 32
Nüfus kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 32
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.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 rateRanges 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
- Drama55 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi born 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 180 kuruş
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)162 other officialsKemal Efendi first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 720 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Turkish
- Kitâbet [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi (vasat) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Drama ibtidai mektebi; rüşdiye mektebi [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 32 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Pravişte [source]
- First-salary field
- 250 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1907/08 (AH 1325) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dramalı devlet adamları
HÜSEYİN ZEYNO · 2026 · Pages 89, 90
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
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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 · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 11 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.