Official
Mehmet Salih Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1885/86 (AH 1303). On record 1905 to 1908, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 146-149-293
Life#
Mehmet Salih Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1905/06 (AH 1323). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1905/06, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1905/06, shows Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul, with 130 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 150 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Mektubi Kalemi. 6 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 20 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.42 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 12 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Birthplace
- Mecca (Mekke)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1905 to 1908AH 1323 to 1325 | Mektubi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 130 to 150 |
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06 | 130 | 475 | 287.5 | 4% |
| 1906/07 | 150 | 450 | 477.5 | 6% |
| 1907/08 | 150 | 300 | 170 | 12% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları (BEYHAN KACIROĞLU, 2021). Name as printed: Mehmed Salih Efendi. PDF pages 229 and 230.
Probable link: same name and register and page of the archive reference; the recorded birthplace lies outside that place
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmed Sadi EfendiIstanbul, 3 shared years
- Ahmet Cemal EfendiIstanbul, 3 shared years
- Ali Haydar EfendiIstanbul, 3 shared years
- Ali Kudret EfendiIstanbul, 3 shared years
- Huseyin Mirat EfendiIstanbul, 3 shared years
570 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah İhsan EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Abdurrahman Sırrı EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Ahmet Cemal EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Ahmet Faik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Ahmet Münib EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdülkadir EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Hacı Mehmet Hulusi EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Ahmet Mekki EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- İsmail Fevzi EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Mehmet Mekki EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1886/87 (AH 1304)
12 officials in all. Officials born in Mecca (Mekke)
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Mektubi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 130 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 146-149-293 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Mektubi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 146-149-293 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Mektubi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 146-149-293 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Salih Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1303 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | mekke | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hicaz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1323 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1905 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 100 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 1 annual entry of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.