Mehmed Halef Efendi

Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Mecca (Mekke) · Dated entries 1876 to 1891 (AH 1293 to 1308)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival references BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 54/199; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 54/199, s.199

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmed Halef Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The father’s occupation was Lihye eski kaymakamı. Schooling included Mekke mahalle mektepleri; özel müderris. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Hicaz in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Dated career entries span 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1890/91 (AH 1308) across 14 AH years, from Hicaz to Taiz, beginning with Hicaz Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi mülâzımı. More than one post or place appears in 7 of those years. Place names include Hicaz, Yemen, Yerim and Cidde and 2 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 1,000 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Mecca (Mekke) · 1861/62 (AH 1278)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Lihye eski kaymakamı^[source]
Education: Mekke mahalle mektepleri; özel müderris^[source]
First work: 1876/77 (AH 1293) · Hicaz^[source]
Age at first work: 15^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 5.1^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

14
Dated AH years: 8
Career place names: 3
Entries without a resolved year: 9
Salary years: 200 → 1,000
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 1,000
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 79.8%
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. 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 1890/91 (AH 1308); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1890/91 (AH 1308).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 12 · Mecca (Mekke)

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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.

7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

1
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Mecca (Mekke)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Hicaz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 15
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Hicaz Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi mülâzımı
  Calculated age 15
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1877/78 (AH 1294) · 4 recorded years
Hicaz
AH entries: 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz
1. Hicaz Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi mülâzımı
  Calculated age 16
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hicaz Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi mülâzımı
  Calculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Hicaz / Yemen
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz; Yemen
1. Hicaz
  Hicaz Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi mülâzımı
  Calculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Yemen
  Yemen Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi
  200 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Yemen / Yerim
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yemen; Yerim
1. Yemen
  Yemen Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi
  200 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Yerim
  Yerim kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Yerim / Cidde
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yerim; Cidde
1. Yerim
  Yerim kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Cidde
  Cidde kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Cidde
Not yet located on the map: Cidde
1. Cidde kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Cidde / Jeddah (Cidde) / Yemen
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Cidde; Yemen
1. Cidde
  Cidde kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Yemen
  Yemen Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi görevlisi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Yemen
Not yet located on the map: Yemen
1. Yemen Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi görevlisi
  730 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Yemen / Asir / San'a
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yemen; San'a
1. Yemen
  Yemen Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi görevlisi
  730 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. San'a
  San'a gazetesi mütercimi (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Calculated age 28
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Asir / Taiz
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Asir
  Asir sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvid-i evveli
  950 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Taiz
  Taiz sancağı tahrirat müdürü vekili
  250 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →
12
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Taiz
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Taiz sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvid-i evveli
  1,000 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Taiz sancağı tahrirat müdürü vekili (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 30
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

3 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.

Yemen Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi görevlisi · Yemen · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Yemen Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi görevlisi · Yemen · Undated · 680 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
San'a gazetesi mütercimi · San'a · Undated · 400 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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Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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.

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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
1880/81 (AH 1298)	200	400	160 to 1,500	12.3%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	500	400	150 to 1,500	60.9%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	500	400	150 to 1,400	60.0%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	500	400	150 to 1,400	60.4%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	500	400	150 to 1,500	59.8%	1748
1887/88 (AH 1305)	730	400	150 to 1,500	72.8%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	950	400	135 to 1,500	79.8%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	1,000	400	130 to 1,500	81.1%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	1,000	400	125 to 1,500	79.8%	1896

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Hicaz6
1876 to 1881 (AH 1293 to 1298)
Yemen5
1880 to 1889 (AH 1298 to 1306)
Cidde3
1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)
Asir2
1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)
Taiz2
1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)
Yerim2
1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Yemen200 to 730
Cidde500
Asir300 to 950
Taiz250 to 1,000
Yerim500

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

Hicaz Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi mülâzımı6
1876 to 1881 (AH 1293 to 1298)
Cidde kazası tahrirat kâtibi3
1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)
Yemen Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi görevlisi3
1884 to 1889 (AH 1302 to 1306)
Asir sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvid-i evveli2
1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)
Asir sancağı tahrirat müdürü vekili2
1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)
Taiz sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvid-i evveli2
1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)

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

Mecca (Mekke)116 other officialsAbdulkadir Efendi born 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 400 kuruş
Taiz1 other officialAli Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
1876/77 (AH 1293)184 other officialsAhmed Cevdet Efendi first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 460 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Mekke mahalle mektepleri; özel müderris^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Kitâbet^[source]
Persian · Aşina^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbet^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 181, 182, 183
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 54/199; 248 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 54/199, s.199.

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