Mehmet Halit Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Silistra (Silistre) · Dated entries 1887 to 1908 (AH 1305 to 1325)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 37/157
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Halit Efendi was born in Silistra (Silistre). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Silistre rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). Dated career entries span 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 1907/08 (AH 1325) across 18 AH years, from Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Evrak Kalemi to Mazuliyet Kalemi, beginning with mülazım (evrak kalemi) and ending with entries for mümeyyiz-i sani. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Evrak Kalemi, Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Muhasebesi and Mazuliyet Kalemi. [1]
Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306) to 800 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325); the highest recorded monthly rate is 800 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Evrak Kalemi
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Evrak Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Evrak Kalemi
First work as recorded
Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Evrak Kalemi
mülazım (evrak kalemi)
2 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Evrak Kalemi / Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Muhasebesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Evrak Kalemi; Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Muhasebesi
Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Evrak Kalemi
mülazım (evrak kalemi)
Continuing service as described
Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Muhasebesi
muhasebe memuru
50 kuruş
3 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 5 recorded years
Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Muhasebesi
AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Muhasebesi
muhasebe memuru
50 kuruş
Continuing service as described
muhasebe memuru
250 kuruş
4 1894/95 (AH 1312) · 2 recorded years
Mazuliyet Kalemi
AH entries: 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Mazuliyet Kalemi
tahsilat kâtibi
350 kuruş
tahsilat kâtibi
365 kuruş
5 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 9 recorded years
Mazuliyet Kalemi
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mazuliyet Kalemi
hesabat kâtibi
385 kuruş
mümeyyiz-i sani
800 kuruş
3 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.
- tahsilat kâtibi · Mazuliyet Kalemi · Undated · 385 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- mümeyyiz-i sani · Mazuliyet Kalemi · Undated · 485 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Silistra (Silistre) · Year not recorded
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 50 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 2.5% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 50 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 2.1% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 200 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 15.7% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 14.9% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 21.2% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 39.7% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 365 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 43.3% | 1981 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 385 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 43.9% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 385 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 44.9% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 455 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 53.2% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 455 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 54.3% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 455 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 52.7% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 475 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 54.3% | 1493 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 520 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 59.8% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 800 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 71.5% | 1290 |
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- Mazuliyet Kalemi350 to 800
- Mülkiye Tekaüd Nezareti Muhasebesi50 to 250
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
- Silistra (Silistre)53 other officialsMehmet Emin Efendi born 1845 (AH 1261); highest salary 800 kuruş
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)190 other officialsMehmet Mazhar Efendi first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları
KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 39, 40
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 37/157; 125 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 37/157.; BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 37/157
Read the original source accounts · 28 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 18 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 26 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.