Mehmed Said Paşa
Born 1832/33 (AH 1248) · Diyarbakır · Dated entries 1848 to 1892 (AH 1265 to 1309)
Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Turkish
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Said Paşa was born in Diyarbakır in 1832/33 (AH 1248), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was divan kâtibi / vüzera kethüdası. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Diyarbekir ulemasından Celaliye'ye kadar. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Kürdistan eyaleti tahrirat odası in 1848/49 (AH 1265). Dated career entries span 1848/49 (AH 1265) to 1891/92 (AH 1309) across 36 AH years, from Kürdistan eyaleti tahrirat odası to Mardin and ending with entries for Mutasarrıf. More than one post or place appears in 9 of those years. Place names include Kürdistan eyaleti tahrirat odası, Kürdistan eyaleti, Diyarbekir vilayeti and Mamuretülaziz and 6 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1848/49 (AH 1265) to 5,850 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309); the highest recorded monthly rate is 11,280 kuruş in 1872/73 (AH 1289). Death is recorded in 1891/92 (AH 1309). [1]
Life and career
Follow 19 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 19 · Diyarbakır
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.
7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1832/33 (AH 1248)
Diyarbakır
Birth
2 1848/49 (AH 1265)
Kürdistan eyaleti tahrirat odası
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kürdistan eyaleti tahrirat odası
First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
3 1850/51 (AH 1267) · 9 recorded years
Kürdistan eyaleti tahrirat odası
AH entries: 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kürdistan eyaleti tahrirat odası
4 1860/61 (AH 1277) · 7 recorded years
Kürdistan eyaleti
AH entries: 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Kürdistan eyaleti
5 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Kürdistan eyaleti / Diyarbekir vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kürdistan eyaleti; Diyarbekir vilayeti
6 1868/69 (AH 1285) · 4 recorded years
Diyarbekir vilayeti
AH entries: 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Diyarbekir vilayeti
7 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Diyarbekir vilayeti / Mamuretülaziz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Diyarbekir vilayeti; Mamuretülaziz
8 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Mamuretülaziz
Not yet located on the map: Mamuretülaziz
9 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Mamuretülaziz / Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mamuretülaziz
10 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
11 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş) / Mardin
Within-year entry order unresolved
12 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Mardin / Muş
Within-year entry order unresolved
13 1878 (AH 1295)
Muş / Dersim / Diyarbakır
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dersim
14 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Diyarbakır / Siirt / Mardin
Within-year entry order unresolved
15 16 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Mardin / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
17 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Muş
18 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Muş / Mardin
Within-year entry order unresolved
19 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Mardin / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Mutasarrıf
5,850 kuruşCalculated age 61
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Vefat
Calculated age 61
3 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.
- telif eserleri · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- meclis-i kebir umur-u tahririyesi · Kürdistan eyaleti meclis-i kebir · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- eyalet Arabi kâtibi · Kürdistan eyaleti · 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1848/49 (AH 1265) | 150 | 300 | 50 to 3,500 | 25.0% | 33 |
| 1850/51 (AH 1267) | 200 | 400 | 100 to 10,000 | 20.6% | 35 |
| 1851/52 (AH 1268) | 200 | 500 | 50 to 3,000 | 25.0% | 41 |
| 1852/53 (AH 1269) | 600 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 63.8% | 48 |
| 1853/54 (AH 1270) | 600 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 66.7% | 64 |
| 1854/55 (AH 1271) | 600 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 66.7% | 67 |
| 1855/56 (AH 1272) | 600 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 65.6% | 65 |
| 1856/57 (AH 1273) | 600 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 62.7% | 76 |
| 1857/58 (AH 1274) | 600 | 400 | 100 to 3,000 | 65.3% | 96 |
| 1858/59 (AH 1275) | 900 | 500 | 150 to 5,000 | 69.2% | 105 |
| 1860/61 (AH 1277) | 1,500 | 500 | 150 to 3,000 | 77.4% | 134 |
| 1861/62 (AH 1278) | 1,500 | 500 | 150 to 3,000 | 75.6% | 161 |
| 1862/63 (AH 1279) | 1,500 | 400 | 140 to 3,000 | 80.1% | 197 |
| 1863/64 (AH 1280) | 1,500 | 475 | 125 to 3,000 | 77.1% | 232 |
| 1864/65 (AH 1281) | 1,500 | 400 | 125 to 3,000 | 79.8% | 253 |
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 1,500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 83.8% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 1,500 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 85.2% | 399 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 3,500 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 91.5% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 4,160 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 93.1% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 4,160 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 94.9% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 5,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 95.7% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 5,000 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 94.5% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 11,280 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 97.8% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 11,280 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 97.9% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 11,280 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 98.2% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 11,280 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 98.7% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 11,280 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 98.1% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 6,500 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 96.5% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 6,500 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.0% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 6,500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.2% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 5,850 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 97.1% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 5,850 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 98.1% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 5,850 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 98.0% | 1489 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 7,500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 98.5% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 7,500 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 98.3% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 5,850 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 98.1% | 1927 |
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- Kürdistan eyaleti tahrirat odası150 to 900
- Kürdistan eyaleti1,500 to 2,500
- Mardin5,850 to 6,500
- Diyarbekir vilayeti3,500 to 5,000
- Muş6,500 to 7,500
- Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)11,280
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 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
- Diyarbakır44 other officialsAbdulkadir Paşa born 1833/34 (AH 1249); highest salary 6,500 kuruş
- Mardin7 other officialsBehram Paşa 2 shared years; highest salary 7,500 kuruş
- 1848/49 (AH 1265)17 other officialsYUSUF AĞA first annual entry 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 600 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Diyarbekir ulemasından Celaliye'ye kadar [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 0 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahval defterlerinde Diyarbekirli yöneticiler
İSHAK ŞİMŞEK · 2013 · Pages 174, 175, 176
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 36 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 64 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.