Mehmed Salih Efendi

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Tokat · Dated entries 1884 to 1913 (AH 1302 to 1331)

Languages French, Turkish

Archival references BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 107, s. 112; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 107, s. 111

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The life

Mehmed Salih Efendi was born in Tokat in 1855/56 (AH 1272). The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included İbtidai; Rüşdiye; medrese (Kayseri, Ayasofya); Tıp Mektebi. The language repertoire included French and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Ödemiş in 1884/85 (AH 1302). Dated career entries span 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 1912/13 (AH 1331) across 21 AH years, from Ödemiş to Sidon (Sayda), beginning with belediye hekimi and ending with entries for belediye hekimi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Ödemiş, Erzincan, Bozdoğan and Kastamonu and 2 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 600 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 2,500 kuruş in 1912/13 (AH 1331); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,500 kuruş in 1912/13 (AH 1331).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Tokat · 1855/56 (AH 1272)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Tüccar^[source]
Education: İbtidai; Rüşdiye; medrese (Kayseri, Ayasofya); Tıp Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1884/85 (AH 1302) · Ödemiş^[source]
Age at first work: 30^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 600 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

21
Dated AH years: 8
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 21
Salary years: 600 → 2,500
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 2,500
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 76.0%
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. 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 1912/13 (AH 1331); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1912/13 (AH 1331)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1912/13 (AH 1331).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 9 · Tokat

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1
1855/56 (AH 1272)
Tokat
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Ödemiş
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 30
  Personal record & evidence →
2. belediye hekimi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1885/86 (AH 1303) · 11 recorded years
Ödemiş
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
1. belediye hekimi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. belediye hekimi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 41
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 11 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Ödemiş / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Ödemiş
  belediye hekimi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 42
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Infisal
  Calculated age 42
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1897/98 (AH 1315) · 3 recorded years
Erzincan
AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.
1. belediye hekimi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 43
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. belediye hekimi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 45
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Erzincan / Bozdoğan
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Erzincan
  belediye hekimi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Bozdoğan
  belediye hekimi
  600 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1909/10 (AH 1327)
Kastamonu
1. seyyar frengi hekimi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 55
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1910/11 (AH 1328) · 2 recorded years
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
AH entries: 1328, 1329. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. merkez belediye hekimi
  1,800 kuruşCalculated age 56
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. merkez belediye hekimi (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 57
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1912/13 (AH 1331)
Sidon (Sayda)
1. belediye hekimi
  2,500 kuruşCalculated age 59
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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.

belediye hekimi · Tire · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
frengi hastanesi müdürü ve hekimi · Sinop · 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
1884/85 (AH 1302)	600	400	150 to 1,500	67.7%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	600	400	150 to 1,500	66.1%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	600	400	150 to 1,500	66.1%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	600	400	150 to 1,500	64.2%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	600	400	135 to 1,500	66.2%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	600	400	130 to 1,500	66.3%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	600	400	125 to 1,500	65.5%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	600	400	140 to 1,600	65.3%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	600	400	135 to 1,500	65.6%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	600	400	140 to 1,400	65.6%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	600	400	140 to 1,500	65.6%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	600	400	140 to 1,500	64.9%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	600	450	150 to 1,575	64.0%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	800	400	140 to 1,425	79.0%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	800	400	144 to 1,400	78.4%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	800	400	140 to 1,440	77.3%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	800	400	140 to 1,500	77.7%	1761
1909/10 (AH 1327)	800	600	200 to 2,000	61.4%	1088
1910/11 (AH 1328)	1,800	500	200 to 2,000	87.0%	732
1911 (AH 1329)	1,800	600	250 to 2,500	81.0%	402
1912/13 (AH 1331)	2,500	1,200	300 to 4,000	76.0%	151

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Ödemiş13
1884 to 1897 (AH 1302 to 1314)
Erzincan4
1897 to 1901 (AH 1315 to 1318)
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)2
1910 to 1911 (AH 1328 to 1329)
Bozdoğan1
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Kastamonu1
1909/10 (AH 1327)
Sidon (Sayda)1
1912/13 (AH 1331)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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

belediye hekimi18
1884 to 1913 (AH 1302 to 1331)
merkez belediye hekimi2
1910 to 1911 (AH 1328 to 1329)
Infisal1
1896/97 (AH 1314)
seyyar frengi hekimi1
1909/10 (AH 1327)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Tokat122 other officialsMehmet Efendi born 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 380 kuruş
Ödemiş8 other officialsMuhyiddin Efendi 3 shared years; no salary recorded
1884/85 (AH 1302)173 other officialsMehmed Muhiddin Efendi first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 900 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Tıp Mektebi diploması 1302^[1]

Schooling İbtidai; Rüşdiye; medrese (Kayseri, Ayasofya); Tıp Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

French · tıp terimlerine aşina^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 1 (recorded code)^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )
ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 225, 226, 227, 228, 229
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 107, s. 112; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 107, s. 111

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 21 dated AH years

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