Mehmed ReĢid Efendi

Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Medina (Medine) · Dated entries 1865 to 1895 (AH 1282 to 1312)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 30/15, s.15

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The life

Mehmed ReĢid Efendi was born in Medina (Medine) in 1848/49 (AH 1265). The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included Medine Mecidiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). Dated career entries span 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1894/95 (AH 1312) across 18 AH years, from Mecca (Mekke) to Hicaz vilayeti merkezi, beginning with Gurebâ Hastahanesi kâtibi and ending with entries for Vilayet merkez sandık emini. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Mecca (Mekke), Jeddah (Cidde), Hicaz and Hicaz vilayeti merkezi.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1,282.5 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,000 kuruş in 1883/84 (AH 1301).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Medina (Medine) · 1848/49 (AH 1265)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Tüccar^[source]
Education: Medine Mecidiye Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1865/66 (AH 1282) · Mecca (Mekke)^[source]
Age at first work: 17^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 250 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

18
Dated AH years: 4
Career place names: 1
Entries without a resolved year: 17
Salary years: 250 → 1,282.5
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 2,000
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 87.9%
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. 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1894/95 (AH 1312); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1894/95 (AH 1312).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 10 · Medina (Medine)

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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.

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1
1848/49 (AH 1265)
Medina (Medine)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Mecca (Mekke)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 17
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Gurebâ Hastahanesi kâtibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Mecca (Mekke)
1. Gurebâ Hastahanesi kâtibi
  208 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Mecca (Mekke) / Jeddah (Cidde)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Mecca (Mekke)
  Gurebâ Hastahanesi kâtibi
  208 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Jeddah (Cidde)
  Rüsûmât İdaresi muhasebe başkitabeti refik-i evveli
  475 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1868/69 (AH 1285) · 3 recorded years
Jeddah (Cidde)
AH entries: 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.
1. Rüsûmât İdaresi muhasebe başkitabeti refik-i evveli
  475 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Rüsûmât İdaresi muhasebe başkitabeti refik-i evveli
  475 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Jeddah (Cidde) / Hicaz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz
1. Jeddah (Cidde)
  Rüsûmât İdaresi muhasebe başkitabeti refik-i evveli
  475 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hicaz
  Hicaz hazinesi sandık kâtibi
  475 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1872/73 (AH 1289) · 3 recorded years
Hicaz
AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz
1. Hicaz hazinesi sandık kâtibi
  475 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hicaz hazinesi sandık kâtibi (İstifa)
  Calculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1883/84 (AH 1301) · 3 recorded years
Jeddah (Cidde)
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
1. Reji direktör muavini
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Reji direktör muavini
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Jeddah (Cidde) / Mecca (Mekke)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Jeddah (Cidde)
  Reji direktör muavini
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mecca (Mekke)
  Şevne emini
  547.5 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
10
1891/92 (AH 1309) · 4 recorded years
Hicaz vilayeti merkezi
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz vilayeti merkezi
1. Vilayet merkez sandık emini
  1,282.5 kuruşCalculated age 44
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vilayet merkez sandık emini (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 47
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Vilayet merkez sandık emini vekili · Hicaz vilayeti merkezi · 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

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Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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.

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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
1865/66 (AH 1282)	250	400	150 to 2,000	22.7%	341
1866/67 (AH 1283)	208	400	146 to 2,000	22.4%	399
1867/68 (AH 1284)	475	458	150 to 2,500	50.2%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	475	475	150 to 3,000	49.8%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	475	400	150 to 2,250	53.3%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	475	400	150 to 2,000	53.2%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	475	420.5	125 to 2,375	52.2%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	475	450	140 to 2,350	52.5%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	475	405	130 to 2,200	53.7%	805
1883/84 (AH 1301)	2,000	400	150 to 1,400	93.5%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	2,000	400	150 to 1,500	92.7%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	2,000	400	150 to 1,500	93.1%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	2,000	400	150 to 1,500	92.9%	1725
1891/92 (AH 1309)	1,282.5	400	140 to 1,600	86.5%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	1,282.5	400	135 to 1,500	87.8%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	1,282.5	400	140 to 1,400	88.5%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	1,282.5	400	140 to 1,500	87.9%	2004

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Jeddah (Cidde)9
1867 to 1887 (AH 1284 to 1304)
Hicaz4
1871 to 1875 (AH 1288 to 1291)
Hicaz vilayeti merkezi4
1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)
Mecca (Mekke)4
1865 to 1887 (AH 1282 to 1304)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Jeddah (Cidde)475 to 2,000
Hicaz475
Hicaz vilayeti merkezi1,282.5
Mecca (Mekke)208 to 547.5

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

Rüsûmât İdaresi muhasebe başkitabeti refik-i evveli5
1867 to 1872 (AH 1284 to 1288)
Reji direktör muavini4
1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)
Vilayet merkez sandık emini4
1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)
Gurebâ Hastahanesi kâtibi3
1865 to 1868 (AH 1282 to 1284)
Hicaz hazinesi sandık kâtibi3
1871 to 1874 (AH 1288 to 1290)
Gurebâ Hastahanesi kâtibi (İstifa)1
1867/68 (AH 1284)

The 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

Medina (Medine)63 other officialsEsseyid Mehmed Eşref Bey born 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 421.5 kuruş
Jeddah (Cidde)12 other officialsAbdulkadir ReĢid Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
1865/66 (AH 1282)111 other officialsGÜLLABOĞLU MİKAİL EFENDİ first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); no salary recorded

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Education and personal record

Schooling Medine Mecidiye Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 215, 216
271 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 30/15, s.15.

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