MEHMED ŞEMSİ EFENDİ
Born Year not recorded · Varna · Dated entries 1877 to 1910 (AH 1294 to 1327)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/805
The career, year by year
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The life
MEHMED ŞEMSİ EFENDİ was born in Varna. The father’s occupation was Varna Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi. Schooling included Varna Sıbyan Mektebi; Varna Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Varna in 1877/78 (AH 1294). Dated career entries span 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 22 AH years, from Varna to Taşra Senedat Kalemi, beginning with Meclis-i Temyiz hukuk kısmı memuru and ending with entries for Taşra Senedat Kalemi birinci sınıf mümeyyizi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Varna, Anadolu Kordonu Defter-i Hakani Kalemi and Taşra Senedat Kalemi. [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 2,000 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,000 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 3 · Varna
How to read this map
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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 First work as recorded
Meclis-i Temyiz hukuk kısmı memuru
150 kuruş
2 1881/82 (AH 1299) · 20 recorded years
Anadolu Kordonu Defter-i Hakani Kalemi
AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Anadolu Kordonu Defter-i Hakani Kalemi
Defter-i Hakani Kalemi kâtib-i sânîsi
200 kuruş
Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi
513 kuruş
3 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Taşra Senedat Kalemi
Not yet located on the map: Taşra Senedat Kalemi
Taşra Senedat Kalemi birinci sınıf mümeyyizi
2,000 kuruş
10 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]
- Hukuk Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı · Üsküdar, İstanbul · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Maaş kaydı · Undated · 20 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 150 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 9.8% | 1160 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 13.4% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 12.4% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 12.5% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 12.8% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 13.2% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 13.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 14.4% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 21.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 250 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 21.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 250 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 21.5% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 21.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 21.3% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 320 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 37.6% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 320 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 37.9% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 320 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 37.2% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 320 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 35.5% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 320 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 38.4% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 320 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 37.7% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 320 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 37.5% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 513 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 63.5% | 1761 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 2,000 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 86.0% | 1088 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● 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- Anadolu Kordonu Defter-i Hakani Kalemi200 to 513
- Taşra Senedat Kalemi2,000
- Varna150
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
- Varna90 other officialsMehmed Said Efendi born 1832/33 (AH 1248); highest salary 620 kuruş
- Varna16 other officialsMehmed Said Paşa 1 shared year; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)160 other officialsİSMAİL HAKKI BEY(A) first entry in Varna; highest salary 700 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 160, 161, 162
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/805; 300 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/805.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 22 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 25 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.