Mehmet Said Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Erzincan · Dated entries 1890 to 1907 (AH 1308 to 1324)
Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmet Said Efendi was born in Erzincan, within the İslam community. Schooling included İbtidai mektebi; Erzincan Mekteb-i Mülkiyesi; Rüşdiye-i Askeriye. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube in 1890/91 (AH 1308). Dated career entries span 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 1906/07 (AH 1324) across 17 AH years, beginning with mülazım (tahrirat kısmı). More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube and Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi birinci şube. [1]
Monthly pay went from 80 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 576 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324); the highest recorded monthly rate is 576 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 3 · Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube
How to read this map
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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 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube
Within-year entry order unresolved
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First work as recorded
mülazım (tahrirat kısmı)
80 kuruş
2 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 15 recorded years
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube
mülazım (tahrirat kısmı)
Continuing service as described
kâtip, dördüncü sınıf
Continuing service as described
3 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube / Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi birinci şube
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube; Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi birinci şube
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube
kâtip, dördüncü sınıf
Continuing service as described
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi birinci şube
kâtip, üçüncü sınıf
576 kuruş
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.
- Birth · Erzincan · 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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 80 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 4.1% | 1896 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 320 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 37.9% | 2004 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 576 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 62.8% | 1371 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● 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 rate- Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube80 to 320
- Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi birinci şube576
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 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
- Erzincan187 other officialsMehmet Kamil Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)189 other officialsOsman Efendi first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar
ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 117, 118
169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74; BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
Read the original source accounts · 19 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 17 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.