Süleyman Sadi Efendi

Born 1878 (AH 1295) · Drama · Dated entries 1896 to 1911 (AH 1314 to 1328)

Languages French, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 129-297

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The life

Süleyman Sadi Efendi was born in Drama in 1878 (AH 1295). Schooling included Drama sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye; idadi-i mülki. The language repertoire included French and Turkish.^[1]

The first place of work was Drama. Dated career entries span 1896/97 (AH 1314) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 14 AH years, from Drama to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi and ending with entries for hesabat şubesi vilayet hesabat kalemi ikinci sınıf katibi. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Drama, Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte), Lankaza and İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye and 1 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 100 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314) to 800 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 800 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327). Death is recorded in 1910/11 (AH 1328).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Drama · 1878 (AH 1295)^[source]
Education: Drama sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye; idadi-i mülki^[source]
First work: Drama^[source]
Death recorded: 1910/11 (AH 1328)^[1]This is the year on a career record, not an exact date of death.

Career in numbers

14
Dated AH years: 5
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 14
Salary years: 100 → 800
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 800
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 62.4%
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. 1896/97 (AH 1314) to 1910/11 (AH 1328); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1910/11 (AH 1328).

Life and career

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

Stage 1 of 10 · Drama

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1
1878 (AH 1295)
Drama
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Drama
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Defter-i Hakani ve muhasebe kalemleri mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Calculated age 19
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
  100 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Drama
1. vergi kalemi ikinci katibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Drama / Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Drama
  vergi kalemi ikinci katibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte)
  Mal Müdürü Muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) / Lankaza
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte)
  Mal Müdürü Muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Lankaza
  Mal Müdürü Muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1901/02 (AH 1319) · 3 recorded years
Lankaza
AH entries: 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
1. Mal Müdürü Muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mal Müdürü Muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Lankaza / İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye
1. Lankaza
  Mal Müdürü Muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye
  tahsilat idaresi muhasebe kalemi katibi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1905/06 (AH 1323) · 4 recorded years
İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye
AH entries: 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye
1. tahsilat idaresi muhasebe kalemi katibi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. tahsilat idaresi muhasebe kalemi katibi
  750 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1909/10 (AH 1327)
İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye
1. İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye
  tahsilat idaresi muhasebe kalemi katibi
  750 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  hesabat şubesi vilayet hesabat kalemi ikinci sınıf katibi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1910/11 (AH 1328)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Drama
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  hesabat şubesi vilayet hesabat kalemi ikinci sınıf katibi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Drama
  Vefat
  Calculated age 33
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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.

Defter-i Hakani ve muhasebe kalemleri mülazımı · Drama · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
varidat muhasebesi tahsilat kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 750 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
First work as recorded · Drama · 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

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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
1896/97 (AH 1314)	100	450	150 to 1,575	3.8%	2119
1898/99 (AH 1316)	250	400	144 to 1,400	20.3%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	500	400	140 to 1,440	55.3%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.5%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	500	400	150 to 1,520	54.4%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	500	400	150 to 1,500	55.5%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	500	405	150 to 1,450	54.0%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	600	400	135 to 1,500	66.9%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	650	430	125 to 1,500	68.8%	1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)	650	450	150 to 1,525	67.5%	1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)	750	460	135 to 1,615	69.7%	1290
1908/09 (AH 1326)	750	400	150 to 2,000	69.0%	1232
1909/10 (AH 1327)	800	600	200 to 2,000	61.4%	1088
1910/11 (AH 1328)	800	500	200 to 2,000	62.4%	732

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye6
1904 to 1910 (AH 1322 to 1327)
Lankaza5
1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322)
Drama3
1896 to 1900 (AH 1314 to 1317)
Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte)2
1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

İstanbul, Hazine-i Maliye600 to 750
Lankaza500
Drama100 to 250
Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte)500
Istanbul (Dersaadet)800

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

Mal Müdürü Muavini6
1899 to 1905 (AH 1317 to 1322)
tahsilat idaresi muhasebe kalemi katibi6
1904 to 1910 (AH 1322 to 1327)
hesabat şubesi vilayet hesabat kalemi ikinci sınıf katibi2
1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)
vergi kalemi ikinci katibi2
1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317)
muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi1
1896/97 (AH 1314)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Drama55 other officialsAhmed Esad Efendi born 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 200 kuruş
Lankaza1 other officialMehmed Salih Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 250 kuruş
1896/97 (AH 1314)185 other officialsAli Arslan Efendi first entry in Shkodër (İşkodra); highest salary 35 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; rüşdiye ve idadi şahadetnameleri^[1]

Schooling Drama sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye; idadi-i mülki^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

French · Aşina^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dramalı devlet adamları
HÜSEYİN ZEYNO · 2026 · Pages 106, 107, 108
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 129-297; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 129-297.; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 129-297

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