Mustafa Sıdkı Efendi
Born 1847/48 (AH 1264) · Pristina (Priştine) · Dated entries 1863 to 1896 (AH 1280 to 1313)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. 18/15
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Sıdkı Efendi was born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1847/48 (AH 1264). Schooling included Priştine Sıbyan Mektebi; Üsküp Koçana Medresesi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Pljevlja (Taşlıca) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). Dated career entries span 1863/64 (AH 1280) to 1895/96 (AH 1313) across 17 AH years, from Pljevlja (Taşlıca) to Lüleburgaz, beginning with Mal Dairesi stajyeri and ending with entries for Bidayet Mahkemesi Başkanı. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Pljevlja (Taşlıca), Hasun, Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) and Sliven (İslimiye) and 3 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 2,100 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,100 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · Pristina (Priştine)
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1847/48 (AH 1264)
Pristina (Priştine)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
Mal Dairesi stajyeri
Calculated age 16
3 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Zabtiye Nezareti müfettişi
300 kuruşCalculated age 18
4 1866/67 (AH 1283) · 5 recorded years
Hasun
AH entries: 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hasun
Cavit Paşa özel kâtibi
Calculated age 19
Cinayet başkâtibi
800 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
5 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 24
6 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Cavit Paşa özel kâtibi
Calculated age 25
7 Belediye Dairesi başkanı
500 kuruşCalculated age 28
Cinayet ve İdare Meclisleri başkâtibi
800 kuruşCalculated age 28
8 1877/78 (AH 1294) · 5 recorded years
Bursa
AH entries: 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Zabıta Dairesi hapishane kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 30
Noter
Calculated age 34
9 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Vize
Bidayet Mahkemesi Başkanı
2,100 kuruşCalculated age 38
10 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Lüleburgaz
Bidayet Mahkemesi Başkanı
Calculated age 49
2 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.
- Tapu Dairesi stajyeri · Mostar · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 32.9% | 341 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 800 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 68.9% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 800 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 69.3% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 72.0% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 800 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 72.7% | 649 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 800 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 72.4% | 976 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 800 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 73.3% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 800 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 74.1% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 1,200 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 81.4% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 1,200 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 82.5% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 1,200 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 84.7% | 1448 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 2,100 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 94.8% | 1748 |
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- Bursa300 to 1,200
- Hasun800
- Sliven (İslimiye)500 to 800
- Vize2,100
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
- Pristina (Priştine)90 other officialsMehmed Reşid Efendi born 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Bursa29 other officialsMehmed Tahir Bey 5 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- 1863/64 (AH 1280)71 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Efendi first entry in Bitola (Manastır); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kosova doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları (1834-1889)
DÖNDÜ DOĞAN · 2025 · Pages 100, 101, 102
376 BOA. DH. SAİD. 18/15.; 377 BOA. DH. SAİD. 18/15.; 378 BOA. DH. SAİD. 18/15.; 379 BOA. DH. SAİD. 18/15.; BOA. DH. SAİD. 18/15.
Read the original source accounts · 29 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 17 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 27 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.