Mehmed Salih Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Ohrid (Ohri) · Dated entries 1885 to 1904 (AH 1303 to 1321)

Languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Persian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

The career, year by year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Places and reading notes

Istanbul (Dersaadet)

6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

The life

Mehmed Salih Efendi was born in Ohrid (Ohri). Schooling included Ohri Rüştiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Bulgarian, Persian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish.^[source]

The first place of work was Istanbul (Dersaadet). Service included postahane emanet-i mevrude memuru in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1885/86 (AH 1303)). Later posts included postahane emanet-i mevrude memuru in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1888/89 (AH 1306)), postahane tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1892/93 (AH 1310)) and postahane muayene memuru in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1903/04 (AH 1321)). Istanbul (Dersaadet) appears most often, across 6 dated years.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 600 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Ohrid (Ohri) · Year not recorded^[source]
Education: Ohri Rüştiyesi^[source]
First work: Istanbul (Dersaadet)^[source]
Age at first work: 31^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.

Career in numbers

6
Dated AH years: 1
Career place names: 6
Entries without a resolved year: 4
Salary years: 400 → 600
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 600
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 66.5%
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. 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 1901/02 (AH 1319); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1901/02 (AH 1319).

Life and career

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Follow 6 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.

● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 6 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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.

1
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. postahane emanet-i mevrude memuru
  400 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. postahane emanet-i mevrude memuru
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. postahane tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi
  550 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. postahane tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi
  495 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1901/02 (AH 1319)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. postahane muayene memuru
  600 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1903/04 (AH 1321)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. postahane muayene memuru
  Entry & evidence →[1]

8 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.

Postahane-i Amire Kalem Odası stajyeri · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Postahane-i Amire Kalem Odası stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
posta taahhüt memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 100 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
tefrik odası memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 200 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
tefrik odası memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 300 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
postahane tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Birth · Ohrid (Ohri) · Year not recorded
First work as recorded · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only

Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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.

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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
1885/86 (AH 1303)	400	400	150 to 1,500	44.7%	1787
1892/93 (AH 1310)	550	400	135 to 1,500	64.1%	1935
1896/97 (AH 1314)	495	450	150 to 1,575	52.5%	2119
1901/02 (AH 1319)	600	400	150 to 1,520	66.5%	1666

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

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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 entries

Istanbul (Dersaadet)6
1885 to 1904 (AH 1303 to 1321)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Istanbul (Dersaadet)400 to 600

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

postahane emanet-i mevrude memuru2
1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)
postahane muayene memuru2
1901 to 1904 (AH 1319 to 1321)
postahane tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi2
1892 to 1897 (AH 1310 to 1314)

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

Ohrid (Ohri)67 other officialsTEVFĠK EFENDĠ born 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 500 kuruş
Istanbul482 other officialsİbrahim Hayrullah Beğ 6 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
1885/86 (AH 1303)180 other officialsAvramaki Papa Dopulos Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 4,500 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Ohri Rüştiyesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · tahsil^[source]
Bulgarian · Tekellüm^[source]
Persian · tahsil^[source]
Rum (as recorded) · Aşina^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbet^[source]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 0 (recorded code)^[source]

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Personal details

Birthplace: Ohri^[source]

Education and languages

Arabic: tahsil^[source]
Bulgarian: Tekellüm^[source]
Persian: tahsil^[source]
Rum (as recorded): Aşina^[source]
Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]
Education: Ohri Rüştiyesi^[source]
Education level equivalent: 7^[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 31^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: İstanbul^[source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 0 (recorded code)^[source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

Sources and evidence

II. Abdülhamid döneminde sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı Devleti'nde Ohri doğumlu memurlar
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