Mehmed Faik Bey
Born 1835/36 (AH 1251) · Bursa · Dated entries 1857 to 1902 (AH 1274 to 1319)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference 18/169; 225-226
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Faik Bey was born in Bursa in 1835/36 (AH 1251), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Mültezim. Schooling included Mekteb-i maârif-i adliye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1857/58 (AH 1274). Dated career entries span 1857/58 (AH 1274) to 1901/02 (AH 1319) across 24 AH years, beginning with mızıka-yı hümâyun hizmeti and ending with entries for Infisal. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include İzmid tersâne-i hümâyunu, Beirut (Beyrut), Suriye and Beykoz and 7 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 80 kuruş in 1857/58 (AH 1274) to 3,000 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 7,500 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Death is recorded in 1901/02 (AH 1319). [1]
Life and career
Follow 18 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 18 · Bursa
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.
12 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1835/36 (AH 1251)
Bursa
Birth
2 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 23
İstifa
Calculated age 23
3 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
İzmid çiftlik-i hümâyununa me'mur
1,800 kuruşCalculated age 31
4 1866/67 (AH 1283)
İzmid tersâne-i hümâyunu
Not yet located on the map: İzmid tersâne-i hümâyunu
fırkateyn-i hümâyunun rü'yet-i muhâsebesi (ilâveten)
750 kuruşCalculated age 32
5 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Beirut (Beyrut)
Beyrut vilâyeti tahsil bakaya me'muriyeti
2,800 kuruşCalculated age 34
6 1869/70 (AH 1286)
Suriye
Not yet located on the map: Suriye
Suriye vilâyeti muhâsebat-ı umûmiyesinin rü'yeti ve emvalinin teftişi hizmeti
4,000 kuruşCalculated age 35
7 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Beykoz
Beykoz kazası kaymakamlığı
2,700 kuruşCalculated age 39
8 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Fatih kaymakamlığı
3,125 kuruşCalculated age 40
Infisal
Calculated age 40
9 1875/76 (AH 1292)
İzmit
âşarın iltizam ve idaresi me'muriyeti
5,000 kuruşCalculated age 41
10 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Tatarbazarcığı
Not yet located on the map: Tatarbazarcığı
Tatarbazarcığı kazası kaymakam
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 42
11 1878 (AH 1295) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1295, 1296. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
zabıta tahkik me'muriyeti
4,000 kuruşCalculated age 44
Dersaâdet zabıta me'muriyeti muâvinliği
4,000 kuruşCalculated age 45
12 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Place not recorded / Hüdâvendigâr ve Konya ve Kastamonu ve Aydın ve Ankara vilâyetleri
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Hüdâvendigâr ve Konya ve Kastamonu ve Aydın ve Ankara vilâyetleri
Place not recorded
Dersaâdet zabıta me'muriyeti muâvinliği
4,000 kuruşCalculated age 46
Hüdâvendigâr ve Konya ve Kastamonu ve Aydın ve Ankara vilâyetleri
umur vakfiyesi teftiş me'muriyeti
5,000 kuruşCalculated age 46
13 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
evkaf-ı hümâyun meclisi âzası
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 47
14 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Adana / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
âşarının ihalesine nezaret ve ... zahîre tevzi-i için teşkil edilecek komisyona riyâset (ilâveten)
7,500 kuruşCalculated age 53
Place not recorded
beytü'l mal ve mahlûlât müdiriyeti
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 53
15 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Aydın / Kudüs-ü şerif
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kudüs-ü şerif
Aydın vilayeti sâ-ı hal âşarının müzâyede dahilesi teftiş ve nezareti (ilâveten)
Calculated age 55
Kudüs-ü şerif
(ilâveten)
Calculated age 55
16 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
(ilâveten)
Calculated age 60
17 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Karasi sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Karasi sancağı
(ilâveten)
Calculated age 61
18 1895/96 (AH 1313) · 7 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
nezaret-i müşarün-ileyha idaresi müdiriyeti
4,500 kuruşCalculated age 62
Vefat
Calculated age 68
5 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.
- Hama sancağı âşarının idaresi · Undated · 7,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · Tatarbazarcığı · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İstifa · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Career entry · Karasi sancağı · 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857/58 (AH 1274) | 80 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 4.2% | 96 |
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 1,800 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 87.6% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 750 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 69.6% | 399 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 2,800 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 89.5% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 4,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 94.4% | 609 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 2,700 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 92.3% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 3,125 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 94.5% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 5,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 96.0% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 3,000 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 94.1% | 1102 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 4,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 95.8% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 4,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 95.1% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 5,000 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 96.3% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 2,000 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 93.4% | 1448 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 7,500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 98.5% | 1725 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 4,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 97.3% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 3,500 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 97.2% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 3,150 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 97.3% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 3,150 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 97.1% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 4,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 98.3% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 3,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 96.8% | 1761 |
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- Adana7,500
- Beirut (Beyrut)2,800
- Beykoz2,700
- Hüdâvendigâr ve Konya ve Kastamonu ve Aydın ve Ankara vilâyetleri5,000
- İzmid tersâne-i hümâyunu750
- İzmit5,000
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
- Bursa301 other officialsAhmed Ragıb Efendi born 1834/35 (AH 1250); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Beirut (Beyrut)3 other officialsAntonoviç Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 3,500 kuruş
- 1857/58 (AH 1274)35 other officialsOHANNES VAHAN EFENDİ first annual entry 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 15,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Mekteb-i maârif-i adliye [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · kitâbet eder [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 232,233,234,235,236
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 24 dated AH years
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