Mehmed Reşad Efendi
Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1879 to 1903 (AH 1297 to 1320)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 30-224
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Reşad Efendi was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The father’s occupation was Mültezim. 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 1902/03 (AH 1320) across 23 AH years, from Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) to Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), beginning with Tahrir-i Emlak İdaresi stajyeri and ending with entries for Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), Feres (Ferecik), Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) and Dedeağaç merkez kazası and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 800 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320); the highest recorded monthly rate is 800 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · 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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1853/54 (AH 1270)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 27
Tahrir-i Emlak İdaresi stajyeri
Calculated age 27
3 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) / Feres (Ferecik)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrir-i Emlak İdaresi stajyeri
Calculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Vukuat kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 28
4 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Feres (Ferecik) / Place not recorded / Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Vukuat kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Arazi yoklama kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 29
5 1882/83 (AH 1300) · 4 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 30
Redif askerliği (Askerlik nedeniyle ara)
Calculated age 33
6 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Dedeağaç merkez kazası / Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dedeağaç merkez kazası
Dedeağaç merkez kazası
Ağnam kâtibi
Calculated age 35
Muhasebe Kalemi refik-i evveli
300 kuruşCalculated age 35
7 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
Muhasebe Kalemi refik-i evveli
300 kuruşCalculated age 36
Continuing service as described
8 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Enez (İnoz)
Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 37
9 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Enez (İnoz) / Place not recorded / Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi
450 kuruşCalculated age 38
10 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 12 recorded years
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi
450 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibi
800 kuruşCalculated age 50
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.
- İstifa · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Undated · 450 kuruş 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 400 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 47.0% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 60.9% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 27.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 28.3% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.2% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 27.9% | 1787 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.2% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 29.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 400 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 46.2% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 450 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 53.7% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 450 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 53.5% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 450 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 53.1% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 450 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 52.4% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 450 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 52.4% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 450 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 52.5% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 500 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 52.8% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 56.9% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 500 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 55.8% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 55.3% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 600 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 67.8% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 66.5% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 76.9% | 1627 |
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)450 to 800
- Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)250 to 500
- Enez (İnoz)400
- Feres (Ferecik)250 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 Efendi② born 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)51 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi② 13 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
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar
SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 158, 159
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 30-224; 24 Kasım 1900 (h. 1 Ş 1318 /R. 11 T.Sani 1316) 'da 600 kuruş maaşla Dimetoka Muhasebe-i Liva Başkitabeti'ne tayin kılındığı Maliye Nezareti Sicil Şubesi'nin 24 Haziran 1901 (h. 7 Ra 1319/R. 11 Haziran 1317) tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir. Mehmed Reşad Efedi'nin maaşı 8 Mayıs 1902 (h. 29 M 1320 /R. 25 Nisan 1318) 'de 800 kuruşa yükseltildiği bu şubenin 18 Şubat 1908 (h. 15 M 1326/h. 5 Şubat 1323) tarihli vukuat pusulasıyla bildirilmiştir (BOA. DH. SAİDd. 30-224). 3.60. Mehmed Salih Efendi Dimetoka kasabası hanedanından Katipzade denmekle bi linen Hamdi Efendi'nin oğludur. 24 Temmuz 1860 (h. 5 M 1277/R. 12 Temmuz 1276) 'da Dimetoka'da doğmuştur. Sıbyan ve rüşdiye mekteplerinde tahsil görerek diploma almıştır. Türkçe okuryazar.; BOA. DH. SAİDd. 30-224
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 23 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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