A collective biography
An institution, Trace the lives behind the records of the Ottoman Post and Telegraph service.
Move between an official’s preparation, his recorded career, the places where he served, and the comparisons behind the research.
5,146 officials4,968 named178 without a recorded name
One life in the collection
Archival reference 37_76; 149 · 31 annual observations
Kuruş Title Place 0 600 1,200 AH 1282 AH 1287 AH 1292 AH 1298 AH 1303 AH 1308 AH 1313 AH 1282 · 1865 label · 576 kuruş · Muhabere Memuru · avlonya Muhabere Memuru avlonya AH 1283 · 1866 label · 480 kuruş · Muhabere Memuru · avlonya AH 1284 · 1867 label · 480 kuruş · Muhabere Memuru · iskodra AH 1286 · 1869 label · 980 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · diyarbakir AH 1287 · 1870 label · 980 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · diyarbakir AH 1288 · 1871 label · 760 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1289 · 1872 label · 760 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1290 · 1873 label · 760 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1291 · 1874 label · 800 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1292 · 1875 label · 800 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1293 · 1876 label · 800 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1294 · 1877 label · 800 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1295 · 1878 label · 800 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1296 · 1879 label · 800 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1297 · 1880 label · 760 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1298 · 1881 label · 760 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1299 · 1882 label · 760 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1300 · 1883 label · 760 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · ankara AH 1301 · 1884 label · 760 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Basmemuru · bursa AH 1302 · 1885 label · 1,000 kuruş · 2. Mudur · rodos AH 1303 · 1886 label · 1,000 kuruş · 2. Mudur · rodos AH 1304 · 1887 label · 1,000 kuruş · 2. Mudur · rodos AH 1305 · 1888 label · 1,000 kuruş · 2. Mudur · rodos AH 1306 · 1889 label · 1,200 kuruş · 1. Mudur · iskenderun AH 1307 · 1890 label · 1,000 kuruş · ittihat Posta Memuru · selanik AH 1308 · 1891 label · 1,000 kuruş · ittihat Posta Memuru · selanik AH 1309 · 1892 label · 1,000 kuruş · ittihat Posta Memuru · manastir AH 1310 · 1892 label · 1,000 kuruş · ittihat Posta Memuru · manastir AH 1311 · 1893 label · 1,000 kuruş · ittihat Posta Memuru · manastir AH 1312 · 1894 label · 500 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · beyoglu AH 1313 · 1895 label · 550 kuruş · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · beyoglu Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti beyoglu Dots are recorded annual observations. Salary lines connect consecutive AH years only.
5 recorded languages. A career crossing places and titles. A visible gap in the surviving annual record.
Read the visual biography → A place, then its people
Who made Selanik part of the service? The recovered extract records 65 officials born in Selanik and 388 with service there , using either of its two stored locality fields. The people are the starting point for exploring their careers across the collection.
Open the locality and its rosters → Read the record at its own scale
Long careers and brief traces A single observed year is still a biography. Unnamed officials and records absent from the later extract retain their own pages, references and evidence.
Collection edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a. Annual rows are observations, not a continuous employment history. Missing values remain not recorded. Read the edition rule.