Official
Mehmet Sait Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bosna in 1864/65 (AH 1281). On record 1883 to 1906, 23 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0161; 319
Life#
Mehmet Sait Efendi was born in Bosna in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Bitola (Manastır) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhabere Memuru in Elbasan (İlbasan), with 285 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tirana (Tiran), the salary going from 285 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elbasan). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ohrid (Ohri), the salary going from 380 to 395 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tirana). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tirana, the salary going from 395 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ohrid). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ohrid, the salary going from 380 to 395 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tirana). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Berat, with 395 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ohrid). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elbasan, the salary going from 395 to 390 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Berat). In 1905/06 the record shows 3. Müdür in Mise, the salary going from 390 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elbasan).
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as 3. Müdür. 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 23 years with a salary the median is 390 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 110 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.59 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1864/65 (AH 1281)
- Birthplace
- Bosna
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Yuzbasi
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 4 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Place
- Bitola (Manastır)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 285
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80AH 1297 | First work | Bitola (Manastır) | 285first-salary field |
| 1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 285 |
| 1885 to 1889AH 1303 to 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Ohrid (Ohri) | 395 |
| 1890 to 1894AH 1308 to 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Ohrid (Ohri) | 395 |
| 1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Berat | 395 |
| 1898 to 1905AH 1316 to 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 390 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 3. Müdür | Mise | 500 |
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1884/85 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1885/86 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1886/87 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1887/88 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1888/89 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1889/90 | 395 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1890/91 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 22% |
| 1891/92 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 24% |
| 1892/93 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 24% |
| 1893/94 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 25% |
| 1894/95 | 395 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 395 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1896/97 | 395 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1897/98 | 395 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1898/99 | 390 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1899/1900 | 390 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1900/01 | 390 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1901/02 | 390 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 390 | 500 | 380 | 33% |
| 1903/04 | 390 | 475 | 350 | 36% |
| 1904/05 | 390 | 450 | 350 | 37% |
| 1905/06 | 500 | 475 | 540 | 50% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar (MEHMET AKGÜN, 2017). Name as printed: MEHMET SAİD EFENDİ. Printed page görülerek kendisine iâde edilmiştir165. (5 Mayıs 1909), PDF pages 128 and 129.
Probable link: same name and birthplace
II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları (DİLEK AKDEMİR, 2018). Name as printed: Mehmed Said Efendi. PDF pages 237 and 238.
Probable link: same name, birthplace and register and page of the archive reference
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Cafer Sadık EfendiTirana (Tiran), 8 shared years
- HASAN TAHSİN EFENDİElbasan (İlbasan), 6 shared years
- Mehmet Yunus EfendiElbasan (İlbasan), 5 shared years
- Mehmet Fehmi EfendiElbasan (İlbasan), 4 shared years
- Şemsi EfendiBerat, 3 shared years
11 officials in all. Officials recorded in Elbasan (İlbasan)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Sıtkı EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Ahmet Lütfi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Ali Rıza EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Ali Ulvi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hafız Ahmet EfendiBosna, born 1864/65 (AH 1281)
- Mehmet Nuri EfendiBosna, born 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Cafer BeyBosna, born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Mustafa Lütfü EfendiBosna, born 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Salih EfendiBosna, born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
22 officials in all. Officials born in Bosna
Full record
Annual entries (23)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Ohrid (Ohri) | 395 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Tirana (Tiran) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Ohrid (Ohri) | 395 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Berat | 395 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Berat | 395 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Berat | 395 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 390 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 390 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 390 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 390 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 390 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 390 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 390 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 3. Müdür | Mise | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0161; 319 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Sait Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1281 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | bosna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | bosna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | yuzbasi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1297 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1880 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Manastir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 285 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 23 annual entries of 23 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.