Salih Sıdkı Efendi②
Born 1857/58 (AH 1274) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1874 to 1887 (AH 1291 to 1304)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 32-11
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Salih Sıdkı Efendi② was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The father’s occupation was Hatip. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Dated career entries span 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 1886/87 (AH 1304) across 13 AH years, beginning with Malmüdürlüğü refik-i sanisi. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) and Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene). [1]
Monthly pay went from 115 kuruş in 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 450 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304); the highest recorded monthly rate is 450 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · 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.
1 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Malmüdürlüğü refik-i sanisi
115 kuruşCalculated age 17
3 1875/76 (AH 1292) · 3 recorded years
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
AH entries: 1292, 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Malmüdürlüğü refik-i sanisi
115 kuruşCalculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Vukuat kitabeti refiki
250 kuruşCalculated age 20
4 1878/79 (AH 1296) · 7 recorded years
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrirat kalemi memuru
200 kuruşCalculated age 22
Aşar ikinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
5 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) / Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Aşar ikinci kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi
450 kuruşCalculated age 29
6 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) / Place not recorded / Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi
450 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi
350 kuruşCalculated age 30
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.
- Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Menfi Sandığı muhasebat memuru · Enez (İnoz) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Görevin sona ermesi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İstinaf müddeiumumiliği kalemi memuru · Edirne · 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 115 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 7.4% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 115 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 7.5% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 115 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 8.1% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 250 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 23.3% | 1160 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 12.1% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 240 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 17.2% | 1534 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 46.1% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 45.1% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 450 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 53.6% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 450 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 53.5% | 1725 |
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- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)115 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
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)80 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi① born 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)33 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi② 12 shared years; highest salary 850 kuruş
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)151 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi① first entry in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar
SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 175, 176
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 32-11
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 20 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.