Mehmed İslam Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Ohrid (Ohri) · Dated entries 1894 to 1907 (AH 1312 to 1324)
Languages Bulgarian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA., DH. SAİD d... / 109 – 383
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed İslam Efendi was born in Ohrid (Ohri). The father’s occupation was Kaymakam. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye; Manastır Askeri Rüştiyesi. The language repertoire included Bulgarian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Bitola (Manastır) in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 1906/07 (AH 1324) across 11 AH years, from Bitola (Manastır) to Fahriye, beginning with Mektubi Kalemi stajyeri and ending with entries for Ziraat Bankası veznedar vekili. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Bitola (Manastır), Servia (Serfiçe), Trikala (Tırhala) and Thessaloniki (Selanik) and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314) to 600 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 7 · Bitola (Manastır)
How to read this map
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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.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 First work as recorded
Mektubi Kalemi stajyeri
2 Mektubi Kalemi stajyeri
Continuing service as described
Duyun-u Umumiye stajyeri
3 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Bitola (Manastır) / Servia (Serfiçe)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Duyun-u Umumiye stajyeri
Continuing service as described
Duyun-u Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi
250 kuruş
4 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Servia (Serfiçe) / Trikala (Tırhala)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Duyun-u Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi
250 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Duyun-u Umumiye memur vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Recorded service ending
5 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Servia (Serfiçe) / Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Duyun-u Umumiye Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi
250 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Ziraat Bankası Şubesi kâtibi
400 kuruş
6 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 5 recorded years
Thessaloniki (Selanik)
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Ziraat Bankası Şubesi kâtibi
400 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Ziraat Bankası Şubesi veznedar vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Recorded service ending
7 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Fahriye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Fahriye
Ziraat Bankası veznedar vekili
Ziraat Bankası veznedar vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Recorded service ending
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.
- Birth · Ohrid (Ohri) · 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
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How the comparison is calculated
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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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 250 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 18.3% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 20.6% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 400 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 44.3% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 44.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 45.1% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 43.9% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 67.8% | 1627 |
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- Thessaloniki (Selanik)400 to 600
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
- Ohrid (Ohri)67 other officialsTEVFĠK EFENDĠ born 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Thessaloniki (Selanik)39 other officialsMehmed Cemil Bey 6 shared years; highest salary 550 kuruş
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)224 other officialsMEHMED CELAL EFENDĠ- first entry in Bitola (Manastır); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye; Manastır Askeri Rüştiyesi [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid döneminde sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı Devleti'nde Ohri doğumlu memurlar
ÖMER ÖĞÜT · 2026 · Pages 152, 153
BOA., DH. SAİD d... / 109 – 383
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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