Mehmed Sami Efendi

Born 1851/52 (AH 1268) · Tuzla · Dated entries 1869 to 1906 (AH 1286 to 1323)

Languages Turkish

Archival references BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 34/361; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 34/361, s.361

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmed Sami Efendi was born in Tuzla in 1851/52 (AH 1268). The father’s occupation was Naip. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Sarajevo (Saraybosna) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Dated career entries span 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1905/06 (AH 1323) across 17 AH years, beginning with Telgrafhane mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Sarajevo (Saraybosna), Belene, Tuzla and Višegrad (Vişegrad) and 4 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 380 kuruş in 1870/71 (AH 1287) to 700 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323); the highest recorded monthly rate is 700 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Tuzla · 1851/52 (AH 1268)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Naip^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye mektebi^[source]
First work: 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Sarajevo (Saraybosna)^[source]
Age at first work: 19^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 0.67^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

17
Dated AH years: 8
Career place names: 1
Entries without a resolved year: 16
Salary years: 380 → 700
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 700
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 70.3%
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. 1870/71 (AH 1287) to 1905/06 (AH 1323); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1905/06 (AH 1323)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1905/06 (AH 1323).

Life and career

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Follow 14 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.

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Stage 1 of 14 · Tuzla

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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.

7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

1
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Tuzla
Not yet located on the map: Tuzla
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Sarajevo (Saraybosna)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 18
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Telgrafhane mülazımı
  Calculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Sarajevo (Saraybosna) / Belene
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Belene
1. Sarajevo (Saraybosna)
  Telgrafhane mülazımı
  Calculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Belene
  Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  380 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Belene
Not yet located on the map: Belene
1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  380 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Belene / Tuzla
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Belene; Tuzla
1. Belene
  Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  380 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tuzla
  Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1873/74 (AH 1290) · 3 recorded years
Tuzla
AH entries: 1290, 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Tuzla
1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Tuzla / Sarajevo (Saraybosna)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tuzla
1. Tuzla
  Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Sarajevo (Saraybosna)
  Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Sarajevo (Saraybosna) / Višegrad (Vişegrad)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Sarajevo (Saraybosna)
  Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Višegrad (Vişegrad)
  Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1878 (AH 1295)
Višegrad (Vişegrad)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Priştine ciheti
Not yet located on the map: Priştine ciheti
1. Muvakkat muhabere memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Priştine ciheti / Edirne
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Priştine ciheti
1. Priştine ciheti
  Muvakkat muhabere memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Edirne
  Merkez posta seyyar memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
12
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Edirne
1. Merkez posta seyyar memuru
  540 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Entry & evidence →[1]
13
1902/03 (AH 1320) · 3 recorded years
Selanik–Manastır arası
AH entries: 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Selanik–Manastır arası
1. Posta seyyar memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 52
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Posta seyyar memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 54
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
14
1905/06 (AH 1323)
Selanik–Manastır arası / İncıkane?–Nusretli arası
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Selanik–Manastır arası; İncıkane?–Nusretli arası
1. Selanik–Manastır arası
  Posta seyyar memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 55
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. İncıkane?–Nusretli arası
  Posta seyyar memuru
  700 kuruşCalculated age 55
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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.

Posta seyyar memuru · Selanik–Manastır arası · Undated · 540 kuruş 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
1870/71 (AH 1287)	380	400	150 to 2,000	43.5%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	380	420.5	125 to 2,375	41.2%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	400	450	140 to 2,350	43.3%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	400	405	130 to 2,200	44.6%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	400	450	150 to 1,800	43.5%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	400	450	150 to 2,000	42.6%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	600	420	150 to 2,000	64.1%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	600	450	150 to 1,800	63.8%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	600	450	150 to 2,000	64.3%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	400	400	150 to 2,000	44.1%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	600	400	180 to 1,800	65.7%	1534
1896/97 (AH 1314)	540	450	150 to 1,575	61.1%	2119
1902/03 (AH 1320)	600	400	150 to 1,500	67.8%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	600	405	150 to 1,450	67.3%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	600	400	135 to 1,500	66.9%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	700	430	125 to 1,500	70.3%	1423

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Tuzla5
1872 to 1877 (AH 1289 to 1293)
Sarajevo (Saraybosna)4
1869 to 1878 (AH 1286 to 1294)
Selanik–Manastır arası4
1902 to 1906 (AH 1320 to 1323)
Belene3
1870 to 1873 (AH 1287 to 1289)
Edirne2
1879 to 1897 (AH 1297 to 1314)
Priştine ciheti2
1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

The 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

Tuzla400
Sarajevo (Saraybosna)600
Selanik–Manastır arası600
Belene380
Edirne540 to 600
Priştine ciheti400

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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

Telgrafhane muhabere memuru9
1870 to 1878 (AH 1287 to 1295)
Posta seyyar memuru4
1902 to 1906 (AH 1320 to 1323)
Merkez posta seyyar memuru2
1879 to 1897 (AH 1297 to 1314)
Muvakkat muhabere memuru2
1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
Telgrafhane mülazımı2
1869 to 1871 (AH 1286 to 1287)

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

Višegrad (Vişegrad)2 other officialsMEHMET ZÜHTÜ EFENDİ 2 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
1869/70 (AH 1286)133 other officialsArtin Efendi first entry in Kütahya; highest salary 300 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları
DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 238, 239
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 34/361; 326 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 34/361, s.361.

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