Mehmed Sadık Efendi

Born 1870/71 (AH 1287) · Mecca (Mekke) · Dated entries 1880 to 1907 (AH 1298 to 1324)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167

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The life

Mehmed Sadık Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The father’s occupation was Hicaz Vilayeti Meclis-i İdaresi başkâtip muavini. Schooling included Cidde Mekteb-i Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Jeddah (Cidde) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). Dated career entries span 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 1906/07 (AH 1324) across 25 AH years, from Jeddah (Cidde) to Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı, beginning with Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Jeddah (Cidde), Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi and Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 30 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 350 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324); the highest recorded monthly rate is 350 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Mecca (Mekke) · 1870/71 (AH 1287)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Hicaz Vilayeti Meclis-i İdaresi başkâtip muavini^[source]
Education: Cidde Mekteb-i Rüşdiyesi^[source]
First work: 1880/81 (AH 1298) · Jeddah (Cidde)^[source]
Age at first work: 11^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 5^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

25
Dated AH years: 3
Career place names: 20
Salary years: 30 → 350
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 350
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 37.5%
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.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 1906/07 (AH 1324); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1906/07 (AH 1324).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 8 · Mecca (Mekke)

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1
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Mecca (Mekke)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Jeddah (Cidde)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 11
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 11
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1881/82 (AH 1299) · 2 recorded years
Jeddah (Cidde)
AH entries: 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.
1. Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 12
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 13
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Jeddah (Cidde) / Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi
1. Jeddah (Cidde)
  Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 14
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi
  Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
  Calculated age 14
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1884/85 (AH 1302) · 10 recorded years
Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi
AH entries: 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi
1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
  Calculated age 15
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 15 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi / Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi; Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı
1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi
  Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı
  Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1895/96 (AH 1313) · 4 recorded years
Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı
1. Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi
  150 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1901/02 (AH 1319) · 6 recorded years
Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı
AH entries: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı
1. Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi
  285 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi
  350 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 9 recorded entries in this stage →

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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Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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
1885/86 (AH 1303)	30	400	150 to 1,500	0.8%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	50	400	150 to 1,500	1.9%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	80	400	150 to 1,500	4.0%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	120	400	135 to 1,500	7.8%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	120	400	130 to 1,500	7.4%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	120	400	125 to 1,500	7.8%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	120	400	140 to 1,600	7.1%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	120	400	135 to 1,500	7.4%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	150	400	140 to 1,400	10.4%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	150	400	140 to 1,500	10.5%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	225	400	140 to 1,500	19.4%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	225	450	150 to 1,575	17.2%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	225	400	140 to 1,425	19.3%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	250	400	144 to 1,400	20.3%	1844
1901/02 (AH 1319)	285	400	150 to 1,520	28.6%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	300	400	150 to 1,500	28.8%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	300	405	150 to 1,450	29.0%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	320	400	135 to 1,500	36.6%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	320	430	125 to 1,500	35.8%	1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)	350	450	150 to 1,525	37.5%	1371

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi12
1883 to 1895 (AH 1301 to 1312)
Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı11
1894 to 1907 (AH 1312 to 1324)
Jeddah (Cidde)4
1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi30 to 150
Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı150 to 350

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

Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi12
1883 to 1895 (AH 1301 to 1312)
Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi11
1894 to 1907 (AH 1312 to 1324)
Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı4
1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)

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

Mecca (Mekke)116 other officialsMehmed Sabri Bey born 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 800 kuruş
Jeddah (Cidde)6 other officialsAbdulkadir ReĢid Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
1880/81 (AH 1298)181 other officialsHüseyin Efendi first entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 225 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Cidde Mekteb-i Rüşdiyesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 223, 224
277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.

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