Mehmed Naci Efendi

Born 1832/33 (AH 1248) · Gaziantep (Antep) · Dated entries 1854 to 1893 (AH 1271 to 1310)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 5/94

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmed Naci Efendi was born in Gaziantep (Antep) in 1832/33 (AH 1248). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Şeyh Camii; Halep Osmaniye Medresesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Latakia (Lazkiye) in 1854/55 (AH 1271). Dated career entries span 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 1892/93 (AH 1310) across 31 AH years, from Latakia (Lazkiye) to Aleppo (Halep), beginning with Sancak tahrirat kâtipliği and ending with entries for Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülki Farsça muallimliği. More than one post or place appears in 9 of those years. Place names include Latakia (Lazkiye), Aleppo (Halep), Antakya and Adana.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 350 kuruş in 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 200 kuruş in 1892/93 (AH 1310); the highest recorded monthly rate is 3,000 kuruş in 1869/70 (AH 1286).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Gaziantep (Antep) · 1832/33 (AH 1248)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; Şeyh Camii; Halep Osmaniye Medresesi^[source]
First work: 1854/55 (AH 1271) · Latakia (Lazkiye)^[source]
Age at first work: 24^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 350 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

31
Dated AH years: 4
Career place names: 5
Entries without a resolved year: 30
Salary years: 350 → 200
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 3,000
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 15.0%
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. 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 1892/93 (AH 1310); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1869/70 (AH 1286)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1892/93 (AH 1310).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 11 · Gaziantep (Antep)

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1
1832/33 (AH 1248)
Gaziantep (Antep)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1854/55 (AH 1271)
Latakia (Lazkiye)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 23
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Sancak tahrirat kâtipliği
  350 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1855/56 (AH 1272) · 2 recorded years
Latakia (Lazkiye)
AH entries: 1272, 1273. Gaps remain open.
1. Sancak tahrirat kâtipliği
  350 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Sancak tahrirat kâtipliği
  350 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Aleppo (Halep)
1. Meclis-i Kübra ikinci mukayyitliği
  300 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1858/59 (AH 1275) · 2 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep) / Antakya
AH entries: 1275, 1276. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Aleppo (Halep)
  Meclis-i Kübra ikinci mukayyitliği
  300 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Aleppo (Halep)
  Meclis-i Kübra ikinci kâtipliği
  825 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1860/61 (AH 1277) · 2 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1277, 1278. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Meclis-i Kübra ikinci kâtipliği
  825 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Meclis-i Kübra ikinci kâtipliği
  1,000 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1866/67 (AH 1283) · 3 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1283, 1284, 1285. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Tahrirat müdürlüğü
  2,500 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Merkez sancağı meclis-i idare kâtipliği
  800 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Aleppo (Halep) / Adana
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Aleppo (Halep)
  Merkez sancağı meclis-i idare kâtipliği
  800 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Adana
  Vilayet mektupçu muavinliği
  3,000 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Adana
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Vilayet mektupçu muavinliği
  3,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vilayet mektupçu muavinliği (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 39
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1872/73 (AH 1289) · 5 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Vilayet evrak müdürlüğü
  810 kuruşCalculated age 41
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Divan-ı Temyiz başkâtipliği
  900 kuruşCalculated age 45
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 8 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1880/81 (AH 1298) · 13 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. İstinaf Mahkemesi başkâtipliği
  1,000 kuruşCalculated age 50
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülki Farsça muallimliği (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 62
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 18 recorded entries in this stage →

5 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.

Merkez sancağı meclis-i idare kâtipliği · Aleppo (Halep) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Emlak yoklama memurluğu (İstifa) · Aleppo (Halep) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Meclis-i Temyiz kâtipliği · Aleppo (Halep) · Undated · 900 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
İstinaf Mahkemesi başkâtipliği · Aleppo (Halep) · Undated · 900 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Maarif müdürlüğü vekâleti (İnfisal) · Aleppo (Halep) · 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

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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
1854/55 (AH 1271)	350	400	100 to 5,000	40.9%	67
1855/56 (AH 1272)	350	400	100 to 5,000	40.6%	65
1856/57 (AH 1273)	350	400	100 to 5,000	45.3%	76
1857/58 (AH 1274)	300	400	100 to 3,000	41.0%	96
1858/59 (AH 1275)	400	500	150 to 5,000	36.5%	105
1859/60 (AH 1276)	825	500	150 to 3,350	70.0%	111
1860/61 (AH 1277)	825	500	150 to 3,000	69.2%	134
1861/62 (AH 1278)	1,000	500	150 to 3,000	66.9%	161
1866/67 (AH 1283)	2,500	400	146 to 2,000	92.7%	399
1867/68 (AH 1284)	2,500	458	150 to 2,500	88.7%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	800	475	150 to 3,000	69.3%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	3,000	400	150 to 2,250	91.9%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	3,000	400	150 to 2,000	92.6%	649
1872/73 (AH 1289)	1,250	450	140 to 2,350	80.5%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	1,250	405	130 to 2,200	81.5%	805
1875/76 (AH 1292)	1,045	450	150 to 2,000	80.1%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	900	420	150 to 2,000	75.8%	1102
1880/81 (AH 1298)	1,200	400	160 to 1,500	84.7%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	85.2%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	1,200	400	150 to 1,400	85.5%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	1,200	400	150 to 1,400	86.3%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	84.4%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	83.7%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	84.0%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	1,200	400	150 to 1,500	82.8%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	1,200	400	135 to 1,500	83.6%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	1,200	400	130 to 1,500	84.8%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	1,200	400	125 to 1,500	83.4%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	1,250	400	140 to 1,600	85.3%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	200	400	135 to 1,500	15.0%	1935

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Aleppo (Halep)27
1857 to 1893 (AH 1274 to 1310)
Latakia (Lazkiye)3
1854 to 1857 (AH 1271 to 1273)
Adana2
1869 to 1871 (AH 1286 to 1287)
Antakya2
1858 to 1860 (AH 1275 to 1276)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Aleppo (Halep)200 to 2,500
Latakia (Lazkiye)350
Adana3,000
Antakya400

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

Vilayet evrak müdürlüğü13
1872 to 1892 (AH 1289 to 1309)
Meclis-i Kübra ikinci kâtipliği3
1859 to 1862 (AH 1276 to 1278)
Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülki Farsça muallimliği3
1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)
Merkez sancağı meclis-i idare kâtipliği3
1867 to 1870 (AH 1284 to 1286)
Sancak tahrirat kâtipliği3
1854 to 1857 (AH 1271 to 1273)
Hale-i İşar memuru refakati2
1858 to 1860 (AH 1275 to 1276)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Gaziantep (Antep)58 other officialsKadri Paşa born 1832/33 (AH 1248); highest salary 40,000 kuruş
Aleppo (Halep)93 other officialsBasil Şükrü Efendi 19 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
1854/55 (AH 1271)25 other officialsAhmed Hıfzı Paşa first entry in Erzurum; no salary recorded

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Şeyh Camii; Halep Osmaniye Medresesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Persian · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Turkish · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Gaziantepli memurlar
EDA CEREN ERKABALCI · 2019 · Pages 112, 113, 114
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 5/94.; 242 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 5/94.

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