Mehmet Mecit Efendi
Born 1870/71 (AH 1287) · Hersek · Dated entries 1886 to 1896 (AH 1304 to 1313)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 45/246
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmet Mecit Efendi was born in Hersek in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The father’s occupation was Doğu Karahisar ceza reisi. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Rüştiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Doğu Karahisar in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Dated career entries span 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 1893/94 (AH 1311) across 8 AH years, beginning with Haberleşme birimi mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Doğu Karahisar, İneruz, Samsun and Shkodër (İşkodra) and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307) to 800 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311); the highest recorded monthly rate is 800 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311). An undated death entry survives. [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 · Hersek
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Hersek
Birth
2 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Doğu Karahisar
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Doğu Karahisar
First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Haberleşme birimi mülazımı
Calculated age 17
3 1887/88 (AH 1305) · 2 recorded years
Doğu Karahisar
AH entries: 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Doğu Karahisar
Haberleşme birimi mülazımı
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Haberleşme birimi mülazımı
Calculated age 19
Continuing service as described
4 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Doğu Karahisar / İneruz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Doğu Karahisar; İneruz
Doğu Karahisar
Haberleşme birimi mülazımı
Calculated age 20
Continuing service as described
İneruz
Muhabere Memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 20
5 1890/91 (AH 1308)
İneruz / Samsun
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İneruz
İneruz
Muhabere Memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 21
6 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Samsun / Shkodër (İşkodra)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 22
7 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Shkodër (İşkodra) / Sivas
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru
600 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Telgraf merkezi şefi
600 kuruşCalculated age 23
8 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Sivas / Place not recorded / Cizre
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Telgraf merkezi şefi
600 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Telgraf muhabere memuru
800 kuruşCalculated age 24
9 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 26
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.
- Vefat · Undated 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 56.1% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 500 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 56.0% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 600 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 65.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 600 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 65.6% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 800 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 77.3% | 1929 |
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
- Hersek22 other officialsMehmed Mecidi Efendi born 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Samsun6 other officialsAli Bey 2 shared years; highest salary 2,400 kuruş
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)175 other officialsHüseyin Avni Efendi first annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 540 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüştiye diploması [1]
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Rüştiye mektebi [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Hersek doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları
GÖKÇE YANARDAĞ · 2024 · Pages 62, 63
BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 45/246; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 45/246.; 128 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 45/246.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 15 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.