Mehmet Salih Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Silistra (Silistre) · Dated entries 1883 to 1911 (AH 1301 to 1328)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 101/253
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Salih Efendi was born in Silistra (Silistre). The father’s occupation was topçu yüzbaşı (Çatalca istihkamatı memuru). Schooling included Silistre Mehmet Hoca Mekteb-i İdadisi; Adapazarı Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Adapazarı in 1883/84 (AH 1301). Dated career entries span 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 10 AH years, from Adapazarı to Aydın and ending with entries for Ziraat Bankası memuru. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Adapazarı, Saruhan, Denizli and Aydın. [1]
Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 1,200 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,200 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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 7 · Adapazarı
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 First work as recorded
ikinci fırka-i seyyare memuru
200 kuruş
2 1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2 recorded years
Adapazarı
AH entries: 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
ikinci fırka-i seyyare memuru
200 kuruş
Continuing service as described
aşar kol muharriri (Görevin sona ermesi)
Recorded service ending
3 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
vergi kâtibi vekili
300 kuruş
vergi kâtibi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Recorded service ending
4 1894/95 (AH 1312) · 3 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Ziraat Bankası idare-i merkeziyesi muhasebe kalemi mülazımı
200 kuruş
Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)
Recorded service ending
5 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Saruhan
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Saruhan
Ziraat Bankası şube memuru vekili
Ziraat Bankası şube memuru vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Recorded service ending
6 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Denizli
Ziraat Bankası şube memuru
900 kuruş
7 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Aydın
Ziraat Bankası memuru
1,200 kuruş
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.
- Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini · Saruhan · Undated · 500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini · Saruhan · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Silistra (Silistre) · Year not recorded
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 12.5% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 12.8% | 1748 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 300 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1874 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 15.5% | 2004 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 73.7% | 1232 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 1,200 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 76.2% | 732 |
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
- Silistra (Silistre)53 other officialsMehmet Emin Efendi born 1845 (AH 1261); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Adapazarı2 other officialsAnastaş Yaver Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)217 other officialsAhmet Hamdi Bey first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 680 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları
KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 68, 69
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 101/253; 219 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 101/253.; 220 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 101/253.; 221 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 101/253.; 222 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 101/253.; BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 101/253
Read the original source accounts · 21 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 19 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.