MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (A)
Born 1863/64 (AH 1280) · Varna · Dated entries 1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 75/197
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
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
4 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 SADIK EFENDİ (A) was born in Varna in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The father’s occupation was Debbağ. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Varna Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). Dated career entries span 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 1883/84 (AH 1301) across 4 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 80 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 320 kuruş in 1883/84 (AH 1301); the highest recorded monthly rate is 320 kuruş in 1883/84 (AH 1301). [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 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 4 · Varna
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 1863/64 (AH 1280)
Varna
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru
80 kuruşCalculated age 18
3 Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru
80 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru
80 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
4 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru
80 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi dördüncü sınıf memuru
320 kuruşCalculated age 21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 80 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 3.4% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 80 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 3.4% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 80 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 3.6% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 320 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 39.1% | 1720 |
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
- Varna90 other officialsMUSTAFA RIFAT EFENDİ born 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Istanbul237 other officialsSaid Paşa 4 shared years; highest salary 85,000 kuruş
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)181 other officialsMehmed Nuri Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 750 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Turkish
- Kitâbet [source]
- Education
- Sıbyan mektebi; Varna Rüşdiyesi [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
- Qualification
- Rüşdiye şehadetnamesini alamamış [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstanbul [source]
- First-salary field
- 80 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
- 1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 154, 155
295 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 75/197.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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