Mehmet Şakir Bey

Born 1834/35 (AH 1250) · Dagistan · Dated entries 1854 to 1891 (AH 1271 to 1308)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 4/642

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmet Şakir Bey was born in Dagistan in 1834/35 (AH 1250), within the İslam community. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish.^[source]

The earliest service point in the record is dated 1854/55 (AH 1271). Dated career entries span 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 1890/91 (AH 1308) across 22 AH years, beginning with Ömer Paşa maiyetinde yardımcı askerî hizmet and ending with entries for Kaymakam. More than one post or place appears in 8 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Mytilene (Midilli), Pilmar, Midilli and Rhodes (Rodos) and 11 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 0 kuruş in 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 2,500 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,500 kuruş in 1881/82 (AH 1299). Death is recorded in 1890/91 (AH 1308).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Dagistan · 1834/35 (AH 1250)^[source]
First work: 1854/55 (AH 1271)^[source]
Age at first work: 20^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 0 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.
Death recorded: 1890/91 (AH 1308)^[1]This is the year on a career record, not an exact date of death.

Career in numbers

22
Dated AH years: 16
Career place names: 11
Entries without a resolved year: 22
Salary years: 0 → 2,500
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 2,500
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 94.8%
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. 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 1890/91 (AH 1308); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1890/91 (AH 1308).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 19 · Dagistan

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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.

5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

1
1834/35 (AH 1250)
Dagistan
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1854/55 (AH 1271)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 21
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Ömer Paşa maiyetinde yardımcı askerî hizmet
  0 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1856/57 (AH 1273)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. Memuriyet tayinine kadar zatî maaş tahsisi (Maaş kaydı)
  250 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Mytilene (Midilli)
1. Duhan İdaresi Müdürü
  700 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Pilmar, Midilli
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Pilmar, Midilli
1. Rüsumat Memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Karantina memuru
  Calculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Rhodes (Rodos)
1. Meclis-i Temyiz ikinci reisi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Mesariye, Kıbrıs
Not yet located on the map: Mesariye, Kıbrıs
1. Nahiye Müdürü
  800 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Mesariye, Kıbrıs / Değirmenlik, Kıbrıs
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mesariye, Kıbrıs; Değirmenlik, Kıbrıs
1. Mesariye, Kıbrıs
  Nahiye Müdürü
  800 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Değirmenlik, Kıbrıs
  Kaymakam
  1,220 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Konya / Aksaray
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Aksaray
1. Konya
  Belediye reisi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Aksaray
  Kaymakam
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Elmalı
1. Kaymakam
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 40
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11
1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years
Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur)
AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.
1. Kaymakam
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 44
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kaymakam
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 45
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur) / Harem (Harim)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur)
  Kaymakam
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Harem (Harim)
  Kaymakam
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Entry & evidence →[1]
13
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Harem (Harim)
1. Kaymakam
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 47
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
14
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Harem (Harim) / Beylan
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Beylan
1. Harem (Harim)
  Kaymakam
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 48
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Beylan
  Kaymakam
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 48
  Entry & evidence →[1]
15
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Beylan / Antakya
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Beylan
1. Beylan
  Kaymakam
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 49
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Antakya
  Kaymakam
  2,500 kuruşCalculated age 49
  Entry & evidence →[1]
16
1884/85 (AH 1302) · 4 recorded years
İdlip
AH entries: 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: İdlip
1. Kaymakam
  1,750 kuruşCalculated age 52
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kaymakam
  1,750 kuruşCalculated age 55
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
17
1888/89 (AH 1306)
İdlip / Beylan / Harem (Harim)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İdlip; Beylan
1. İdlip
  Kaymakam
  1,750 kuruşCalculated age 56
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Harem (Harim)
  Kaymakam
  1,750 kuruşCalculated age 56
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
18
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Harem (Harim) / Kilis
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Harem (Harim)
  Kaymakam
  1,750 kuruşCalculated age 57
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kilis
  Kaymakam
  2,500 kuruşCalculated age 57
  Entry & evidence →[1]
19
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Kilis / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Kilis
  Kaymakam
  2,500 kuruşCalculated age 58
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Vefat
  Calculated age 58
  Entry & evidence →[1]

5 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.

Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
İstintak kâtibi · Mytilene (Midilli) · Undated · 250 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
İstifa · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Ağnam ve afyon öşrü tahkik memuru · Akşehir kazası ve Kara Hüyük köyü · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Kaymakam · Antakya · 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

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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.

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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
1856/57 (AH 1273)	250	400	100 to 5,000	28.0%	76
1862/63 (AH 1279)	700	400	140 to 3,000	65.3%	197
1865/66 (AH 1282)	500	400	150 to 2,000	53.2%	341
1869/70 (AH 1286)	1,500	400	150 to 2,250	82.9%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	800	400	150 to 2,000	72.7%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	1,220	420.5	125 to 2,375	80.5%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	2,000	450	140 to 2,350	88.0%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	1,500	405	130 to 2,200	84.7%	805
1877/78 (AH 1294)	2,000	450	150 to 1,800	90.5%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	2,000	450	150 to 2,000	89.8%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	2,000	400	150 to 2,000	88.5%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	2,000	400	180 to 1,800	90.5%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	2,000	400	160 to 1,500	93.4%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	2,500	400	150 to 1,500	94.4%	1489
1884/85 (AH 1302)	1,750	400	150 to 1,500	91.3%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	1,750	400	150 to 1,500	91.7%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	1,750	400	150 to 1,500	91.8%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	1,750	400	150 to 1,500	91.0%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	1,750	400	135 to 1,500	91.7%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	2,500	400	130 to 1,500	95.3%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	2,500	400	125 to 1,500	94.8%	1896

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Harem (Harim)5
1878 to 1890 (AH 1296 to 1307)
İdlip5
1884 to 1889 (AH 1302 to 1306)
Beylan3
1880 to 1889 (AH 1298 to 1306)
Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur)3
1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)
Kilis2
1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)
Mesariye, Kıbrıs2
1870 to 1872 (AH 1287 to 1288)

The 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

Harem (Harim)1,750 to 2,000
İdlip1,750
Beylan1,750 to 2,000
Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur)2,000
Kilis2,500
Mesariye, Kıbrıs800

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 title

Kaymakam16
1871 to 1891 (AH 1288 to 1308)
Nahiye Müdürü2
1870 to 1872 (AH 1287 to 1288)
Belediye reisi1
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Duhan İdaresi Müdürü1
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Karantina memuru1
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Meclis-i Temyiz ikinci reisi1
1869/70 (AH 1286)

The 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

Dagistan78 other officialsHasan Hüsnü Efendi born 1834/35 (AH 1250); highest salary 520 kuruş
Kilis9 other officialsAbdullah Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 2,640 kuruş
1854/55 (AH 1271)25 other officialsAbdullah Sezai Efendi first annual entry 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 600 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Turkish · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 0 (recorded code)^[source]
Judicial record as worded: 0 (recorded code)^[source]

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Sources and evidence

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SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 112, 113, 114, 115
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 4/642

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