Mehmed Said Bey
Born Year not recorded · Bursa · Dated entries 1874 to 1890 (AH 1291 to 1307)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference 100/170; 337
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Said Bey was born in Bursa, within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Kirmasti kazası aşar memuru; sabık müderris. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Hüdâvendigâr in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Dated career entries span 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 1889/90 (AH 1307) across 8 AH years, beginning with mektubî kalemi (mülazemet). More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Hüdâvendigâr, Bursa and Hanak. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 500 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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.
Stage 1 of 7 · Hüdâvendigâr
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.
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 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Hüdâvendigâr
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr
First work as recorded
mektubî kalemi (mülazemet)
Calculated age 19
2 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Bursa
mübeyyiz-isânî
250 kuruş
3 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Bursa / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
mübeyyiz-isânî
250 kuruş
Place not recorded
mübeyyiz ve mukayid
300 kuruş
4 1878 (AH 1295)
Place not recorded / Hanak
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Hanak
Place not recorded
mübeyyiz ve mukayid
300 kuruş
Hanak
Hanak tezkire kitâbeti
400 kuruş
5 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Hanak / Bursa
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hanak
Hanak
Hanak tezkire kitâbeti
400 kuruş
tahrirat mukayidliği
360 kuruş
6 1879/80 (AH 1297) · 2 recorded years
Bursa
AH entries: 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
tahrirat mukayidliği
360 kuruş
tahrirat mukayidliği
430 kuruş
7 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Career entry
500 kuruş
2 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.
- tahrirat mukayidliği · Bursa · Undated · 350 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Bursa · 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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 250 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 23.5% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 29.8% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 42.7% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 44.1% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 380 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 42.5% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 430 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 54.8% | 1448 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 56.1% | 1874 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● 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- Bursa190 to 430
- Hanak360 to 400
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
- Bursa301 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi born 1815/16 (AH 1231); highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- Bursa30 other officialsHacı Nazmi Efendi 5 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)151 other officialsMahmud Bayram Efendi first annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 169 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 289,290
100/170; 337
Read the original source accounts · 18 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 8 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 17 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.