Mehmed Faik Efendi

Born 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Haleb · Dated entries 1886 to 1908 (AH 1304 to 1325)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.987

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The life

Mehmed Faik Efendi was born in Haleb in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The father’s occupation was Haleb vilayeti muhasebe kalemi kâtibi. Schooling included Haleb İbtidai ve Rüşdi mektepleri. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Haleb in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Dated career entries span 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 1907/08 (AH 1325) across 22 AH years, from Haleb to Haleb, beginning with Haleb Muhasebe Evrak mukayyidliği refakati. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Haleb, Kilis, Cebel-i Ayn and Baghdad (Bağdat).^[1]

Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 500 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325); the highest recorded monthly rate is 900 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Haleb · 1872/73 (AH 1289)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Haleb vilayeti muhasebe kalemi kâtibi^[source]
Education: Haleb İbtidai ve Rüşdi mektepleri^[source]
First work: 1886/87 (AH 1304) · Haleb^[source]
Age at first work: 15^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 50 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

22
Dated AH years: 4
Career place names: 1
Entries without a resolved year: 21
Salary years: 50 → 500
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 900
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 50.6%
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. 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 1907/08 (AH 1325); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1907/08 (AH 1325).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 11 · Haleb

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1
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Haleb
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Haleb
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 15
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Haleb Muhasebe Evrak mukayyidliği refakati
  50 kuruşCalculated age 15
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Haleb
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
1. Silahhane Ağnam kâtipliği
  250 kuruşCalculated age 16
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Kilis
1. Ağnam kol kâtipliği
  Calculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Kilis / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Kilis
  Ağnam kol kâtipliği
  Calculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Ağnam Yoklama kâtipliği
  900 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Haleb
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
1. Silahhane Ağnam kâtipliği
  266.5 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Cebel-i Ayn
Not yet located on the map: Cebel-i Ayn
1. Cebel-i Ayn şubesi Aşar İkinci Kol kâtipliği
  500 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Haleb
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
1. Haleb Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi merkez ambar kâtipliği
  300 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Baghdad (Bağdat) / Haleb
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
1. Baghdad (Bağdat)
  Ağnam Silahhane memurluğu
  250 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Haleb
  Haleb Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi ambar memurluğu
  500 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1894/95 (AH 1312) · 13 recorded years
Haleb
AH entries: 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
1. Haleb Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi ambar memurluğu
  500 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Haleb Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi ambar memurluğu
  500 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 13 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1907/08 (AH 1325)
Haleb / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Haleb; Location not recorded
1. Haleb
  Haleb Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi ambar memurluğu
  500 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Infisal
  Calculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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.

Haleb Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Bağdad Ağnam İkinci Kol kâtipliği · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Undated · 1,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]

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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
1886/87 (AH 1304)	50	400	150 to 1,500	1.9%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	250	400	150 to 1,500	20.9%	1762
1889/90 (AH 1307)	900	400	130 to 1,500	80.0%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	266.5	400	125 to 1,500	27.4%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	500	400	140 to 1,600	56.1%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	300	400	135 to 1,500	28.0%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	500	400	140 to 1,400	55.4%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.4%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.1%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	500	450	150 to 1,575	52.8%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	500	400	140 to 1,425	56.9%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	500	400	144 to 1,400	55.8%	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)	500	400	135 to 1,500	55.0%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	500	430	125 to 1,500	52.7%	1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)	500	450	150 to 1,525	51.5%	1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)	500	460	135 to 1,615	50.6%	1290

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Haleb19
1886 to 1908 (AH 1304 to 1325)
Kilis2
1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Cebel-i Ayn1
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Haleb50 to 500
Baghdad (Bağdat)250
Cebel-i Ayn500

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

Haleb Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi ambar memurluğu15
1893 to 1908 (AH 1311 to 1325)
Ağnam kol kâtipliği2
1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)
Silahhane Ağnam kâtipliği2
1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308)
Ağnam Silahhane memurluğu1
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Ağnam Yoklama kâtipliği1
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Cebel-i Ayn şubesi Aşar İkinci Kol kâtipliği1
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Kilis6 other officialsAbdullah Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 2,640 kuruş
1886/87 (AH 1304)175 other officialsMUHAMMED ALİ EFENDİ first annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 360 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Haleb İbtidai ve Rüşdi mektepleri^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Tekellüm^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar
ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 136, 137
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.987

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