Mehmed Âsım Paşa
Born 1827/28 (AH 1243) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1842 to 1886 (AH 1258 to 1303)
Languages French, Persian, Turkish
Archival references DH.SAİDd, 4-114; CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 4-114
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Âsım Paşa was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1827/28 (AH 1243). The father’s occupation was Hariciye müsteşarı. Schooling included İrfaniye Mektebi. The language repertoire included French, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Dated career entries span 1842/43 (AH 1258) to 1885/86 (AH 1303) across 38 AH years, beginning with Mühimme Odası görevlisi and ending with entries for Trabzon valisi. More than one post or place appears in 12 of those years. Place names include Tahran, Thessaloniki (Selanik), Paris and Karesi and 7 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 0 kuruş in 1842/43 (AH 1258) to 15,000 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303); the highest recorded monthly rate is 41,330 kuruş in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Death is recorded in 1885/86 (AH 1303). [1]
Life and career
Follow 23 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 23 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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.
10 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1827/28 (AH 1243)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 1842/43 (AH 1258) · 5 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Mühimme Odası görevlisi
0 kuruşCalculated age 15
3 1851/52 (AH 1268) · 3 recorded years
Tahran
AH entries: 1268, 1269, 1270. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Tahran
4 1854/55 (AH 1271)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
5 6 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
7 1859/60 (AH 1276)
Paris
8 1860/61 (AH 1277) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1277, 1278. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
9 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Place not recorded / Karesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Karesi
10 1863/64 (AH 1280)
Karesi
Not yet located on the map: Karesi
11 1864/65 (AH 1281) · 4 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
12 13 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Edirne / Bosna
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bosna
14 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Bosna / Place not recorded / Kastamonu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bosna; Location not recorded
15 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Kastamonu / Trabzon
Within-year entry order unresolved
16 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Trabzon / Tuna
Within-year entry order unresolved
17 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Edirne
18 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
19 1878 (AH 1295)
Place not recorded / Şarkî Rumeli
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Şarkî Rumeli
20 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Şarkî Rumeli / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Şarkî Rumeli
21 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
22 1880/81 (AH 1298) · 5 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
23 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Place not recorded / Trabzon
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Place not recorded
Mazuliyet
15,000 kuruşCalculated age 60
Place not recorded
Vefat
Calculated age 60
7 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.
- Dîvân-ı Hümâyun Kalemi mülazımı · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Tercüme Odası halifesi · Undated · 1,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İstifa · 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.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1845/46 (AH 1262) | 200 | 300 | 25 to 10,000 | 36.8% | 20 |
| 1851/52 (AH 1268) | 2,000 | 500 | 50 to 3,000 | 77.5% | 41 |
| 1852/53 (AH 1269) | 2,000 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 78.7% | 48 |
| 1853/54 (AH 1270) | 2,000 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 85.7% | 64 |
| 1855/56 (AH 1272) | 7,000 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 93.8% | 65 |
| 1856/57 (AH 1273) | 7,000 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 92.0% | 76 |
| 1857/58 (AH 1274) | 4,000 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 93.7% | 96 |
| 1859/60 (AH 1276) | 3,350 | 500 | 150 to 3,350 | 90.0% | 111 |
| 1860/61 (AH 1277) | 7,500 | 500 | 150 to 3,000 | 94.7% | 134 |
| 1861/62 (AH 1278) | 7,500 | 500 | 150 to 3,000 | 95.0% | 161 |
| 1862/63 (AH 1279) | 9,000 | 400 | 140 to 3,000 | 95.9% | 197 |
| 1863/64 (AH 1280) | 9,000 | 475 | 125 to 3,000 | 97.0% | 232 |
| 1864/65 (AH 1281) | 6,000 | 400 | 125 to 3,000 | 94.8% | 253 |
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 8,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.9% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 13,330 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 98.2% | 399 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 13,330 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 97.2% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 41,330 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 99.6% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 41,330 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 99.7% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 41,330 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 99.7% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 41,330 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 99.2% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 36,000 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 99.2% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 30,000 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 99.3% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 40,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 99.3% | 882 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 25,000 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 99.0% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 30,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 99.2% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 40,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 99.5% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 20,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 98.8% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 20,000 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 98.6% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 20,000 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 99.4% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 20,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.2% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 20,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 99.3% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 20,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 99.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 30,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.4% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 15,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.1% | 1787 |
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 entriesThe 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- Edirne25,000 to 41,330
- Tahran2,000
- Trabzon15,000 to 30,000
- Bosna36,000
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)10,000
- Karesi9,000
Six places with the most recorded career years. 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
- Istanbul665 other officialsANTUVAN EFENDİ (PERTEV) born 1827/28 (AH 1243); no salary recorded
- Edirne10 other officialsHüsameddin Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- 1842/43 (AH 1258)10 other officialsEdvar Blak Bey first annual entry 1842/43 (AH 1258); highest salary 30,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling İrfaniye Mektebi [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisleri
BURAK BALCI · 2025 · Pages 50, 51, 52, 53
DH.SAİDd, 4-114; 136 CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 4-114; DH.SAİDd, 4-114
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 39 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 62 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.