Mehmed Raşid Efendi

Born 1858/59 (AH 1275) · Mecca (Mekke) · Dated entries 1875 to 1909 (AH 1292 to 1326)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 120/109, s.109

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The life

Mehmed Raşid Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The father’s occupation was Müderris.^[source]

Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). Dated career entries span 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 25 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi, beginning with Bâb-ı Meşihat İstanbul Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi and ending with entries for Dairesinde şube görevi; kesin unvan belirsiz. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Taiz, Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) and 7. Ordu Meclis Kalemi and 3 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 0 kuruş in 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 2,880 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,880 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The latest career entry concerns retirement in 1908/09 (AH 1326), with a recorded amount of 1,635 kuruş.^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Mecca (Mekke) · 1858/59 (AH 1275)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Müderris^[source]
First work: 1875/76 (AH 1292) · Istanbul (Dersaadet)^[source]
Age at first work: 17^[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.

Career in numbers

25
Dated AH years: 8
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 25
Salary years: 0 → 2,880
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 2,880
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 94.2%
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. 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 1908/09 (AH 1326); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1908/09 (AH 1326).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 10 · Mecca (Mekke)

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1
1858/59 (AH 1275)
Mecca (Mekke)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 17
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Bâb-ı Meşihat İstanbul Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi
  0 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1876/77 (AH 1293) · 2 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
1. Bâb-ı Meşihat İstanbul Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi
  0 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Bâb-ı Meşihat İstanbul Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi
  0 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1878 (AH 1295)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Taiz / Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Bâb-ı Meşihat İstanbul Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi
  0 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)
  Hudeyde Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi refiki
  700 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Hudeyde Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi refiki
  700 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hudeyde Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi
  750 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) / 7. Ordu Meclis Kalemi / 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 4. Şube
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: 7. Ordu Meclis Kalemi; 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 4. Şube
1. Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)
  Hudeyde Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi
  750 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 4. Şube
  7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 4. Şube memuru
  Calculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1890/91 (AH 1308) · 12 recorded years
7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube
AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube
1. 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube üçüncü kısım mümeyyizi
  1,600 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube ikinci kısım mümeyyizi
  1,800 kuruşCalculated age 44
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 14 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1902/03 (AH 1320)
7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube / 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube; 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi
1. 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube
  7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube ikinci kısım mümeyyizi
  1,800 kuruşCalculated age 45
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi
  Dairesinde şube görevi; kesin unvan belirsiz
  2,880 kuruşCalculated age 45
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1903/04 (AH 1321) · 5 recorded years
7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi
AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi
1. Dairesinde şube görevi; kesin unvan belirsiz
  2,880 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Dairesinde şube görevi; kesin unvan belirsiz
  2,880 kuruşCalculated age 50
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
10
1908/09 (AH 1326)
7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi; Location not recorded
1. 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi
  Dairesinde şube görevi; kesin unvan belirsiz
  2,880 kuruşCalculated age 51
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Tekaüt
  1,635 kuruş · retirement amountCalculated age 51
  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.

Tekaüt · Mecca (Mekke) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 4. Şube birinci sınıf memuru · 7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 4. Şube · Undated · 1,280 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

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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
1878 (AH 1295)	1,000	450	150 to 2,000	78.9%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	750	400	150 to 2,000	70.5%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	1,000	400	180 to 1,800	79.3%	1534
1890/91 (AH 1308)	1,600	400	125 to 1,500	90.3%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	1,600	400	140 to 1,600	90.0%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	1,600	400	135 to 1,500	90.8%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	2,000	400	140 to 1,400	93.5%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	2,000	400	140 to 1,500	93.1%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	2,000	400	140 to 1,500	92.1%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	2,000	450	150 to 1,575	92.1%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	1,800	400	140 to 1,425	92.4%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	1,800	400	144 to 1,400	92.6%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	1,800	400	140 to 1,440	92.8%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	1,800	400	140 to 1,500	92.4%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	1,800	400	150 to 1,520	91.2%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	2,880	400	150 to 1,500	96.9%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	2,880	405	150 to 1,450	96.8%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	2,880	400	135 to 1,500	96.7%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	2,880	430	125 to 1,500	96.3%	1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)	2,880	450	150 to 1,525	96.0%	1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)	2,880	460	135 to 1,615	95.8%	1290
1908/09 (AH 1326)	2,880	400	150 to 2,000	94.2%	1232

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube13
1890 to 1903 (AH 1308 to 1320)
7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi7
1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1295)
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)3
1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297)
7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 4. Şube1
1879/80 (AH 1297)
7. Ordu Meclis Kalemi1
1879/80 (AH 1297)

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

7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube1,600 to 2,000
7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi2,880
Istanbul (Dersaadet)0
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)600 to 750
7. Ordu Meclis Kalemi1,000
Taiz1,000

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

7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube ikinci kısım mümeyyizi10
1893 to 1903 (AH 1311 to 1320)
Dairesinde şube görevi; kesin unvan belirsiz7
1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)
7. Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube üçüncü kısım mümeyyizi4
1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311)
Bâb-ı Meşihat İstanbul Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi4
1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1295)
Hudeyde Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi refiki2
1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)
Hudeyde Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi2
1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Mecca (Mekke)116 other officialsAbdullah Efendi born 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Istanbul223 other officialsSaid Paşa 4 shared years; highest salary 85,000 kuruş
1875/76 (AH 1292)161 other officialsAram Kiragos Olyan Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş

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Sources and evidence

Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 213, 214
269 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 120/109, s.109.

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