Mehmed Halid Efendi②
Born 1863/64 (AH 1280) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1879 to 1912 (AH 1297 to 1330)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 108- 106
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Halid Efendi② was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The father’s occupation was Dimetoka ağnam memuru. Schooling included Dimetoka sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). Dated career entries span 1879/80 (AH 1297) to 1911/12 (AH 1330) across 24 AH years, beginning with Vergi Kalemi stajyeri. More than one post or place appears in 13 of those years. Place names include Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), Sofilu, Havza and Kırklareli and 7 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 270 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 500 kuruş in 1911/12 (AH 1330); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1911/12 (AH 1330). [1]
Life and career
Follow 21 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 21 · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
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.
10 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1863/64 (AH 1280)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Vergi Kalemi stajyeri
Calculated age 17
3 1880/81 (AH 1298) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
4 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Place not recorded / Sofilu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Sofilu
5 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Place not recorded / Havza
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Havza
6 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Kırklareli
7 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Kırklareli / Place not recorded / Vize
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
8 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
9 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 2 recorded years
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) / Place not recorded
AH entries: 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
10 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Mustafapaşa / Ortaköy
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mustafapaşa; Ortaköy
11 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Ortaköy / Manderice
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ortaköy; Manderice
12 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Ortaköy / Manderice / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ortaköy; Manderice; Location not recorded
13 1895/96 (AH 1313) · 3 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
14 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Place not recorded / Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
15 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene) / Babayıatik / Ortaköy
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Babayıatik; Ortaköy
16 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Edirne / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
17 1907/08 (AH 1325)
Babayıatik
Not yet located on the map: Babayıatik
18 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Babayıatik / Ortaköy
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Babayıatik; Ortaköy
19 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Ortaköy
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ortaköy
20 1911 (AH 1329)
Edirne
21 1911/12 (AH 1330)
Edirne / Sofilu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Sofilu
Defter-i Hakani Kalemi maiyyet kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 50
Continuing service as described
Sofilu
Tapu kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 50
4 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.
- Aşar kâtibi · Havza · Undated · 400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Görevin sona ermesi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 270 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 25.6% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 270 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 25.7% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 270 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 25.6% | 1655 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 40.1% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 38.8% | 1762 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 350 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 40.1% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 400 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 45.4% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 45.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 400 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 45.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 44.7% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.9% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 20.7% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 250 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 18.3% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 20.6% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 350 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 39.0% | 1844 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 300 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 29.0% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.2% | 1493 |
| 1911 (AH 1329) | 400 | 600 | 250 to 2,500 | 26.4% | 402 |
| 1911/12 (AH 1330) | 500 | 1,000 | 300 to 3,000 | 25.4% | 233 |
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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Ortaköy250 to 300
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)350 to 400
- Babayıatik300
- Edirne200 to 400
- Kırklareli350
- Manderice400
Six places with the most recorded career years. 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
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)80 other officialsMehmed Halid Efendi① born 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)32 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi② 4 shared years; highest salary 850 kuruş
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)206 other officialsMehmed Halid Efendi① first entry in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka); highest salary 450 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Dimetoka sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar
SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 147, 148, 149, 150
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 108- 106
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 24 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 55 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.