Job title
Muhabere Memuru
Communications official (telegraph operator)
Group of job titles: Telegraph service
Stored spellings: Muhabere Memuru; muhabere memuru; Muhabere memuru
3,162 officials held the job title Muhabere Memuru. Its 24,232 annual entries run from 1850 to 1912 (AH 1267 to 1330). The median of the 24,232 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 80 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 33 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. Half of the officials have an entry in it in no more than 6 different years, and a quarter in 11 or more. It was the first title on record for 83 per cent of the officials and the last for 55 per cent. No other title is recorded for 42 per cent of them. The title most often held just before it and the title most often held just after it are the same, 3. Müdür (149 and 501 officials). The entries name 892 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 433.
- Officials
- 3,162
- Years on recordAH 1267 to 1330, 64 years with an entry
- 1850 to 1912
- Median monthly salary0.8× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
- 400 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 892
- First job title on recordfor 2,612 of the 3,162 officials
- 83%
What the job was
The telegraph clerk (muhabere memuru), the most frequent title of the Post and Telegraph records. A clerk worked in a telegraph office, taking in, sending and receiving telegrams under the director of the office.
Duties
- take in telegrams at the counter, check that each is legible and signed, count its words and collect the charge
- send and receive messages on the line and write them out
- keep a daily duty turn, inspect the office and clean the apparatus
- report a fault to the director of the office
Tools and technology
- the Morse telegraph, on which the clerk read the signals and wrote the message out by hand
- the Hughes printing telegraph, of which the service held 12 sets beside 1,014 Morse sets in 1869
- batteries, cups and the other electrical parts of the apparatus
- a Turkish Morse code for the Ottoman alphabet, rearranged by İzzet Bey about twenty years after 1856 so that frequent letters had the shortest signals
Hard skills
- good reading and writing of Ottoman Turkish
- the Morse code
- the rules for taking in and charging telegrams
- French in offices with foreign traffic
Soft skills
- discretion. Trainees swore an oath before the local council not to disclose telegrams, and a clerk who disclosed one was fined, imprisoned and barred from telegraph work
Requirements for entry
- under the regulation of 1859, an applicant aged 18 to 30 who read and wrote well and brought a certificate of good conduct signed by two persons of standing
- training as an unpaid trainee (şakird) in a telegraph office, an oath before the local council and examinations before appointment
- in practice most officials of the ministry first worked for years without a salary (mülazemet), often about three
- most graduates of Darüşşafaka, taken on from 1881, served none
Rank and pay
Clerks answered to the director (müdür) of their office, and directors to the inspector or assistant inspector of the region. In provincial offices the most frequent salary of a clerk was 400 kuruş a month in the 1870s and 1890s, and 380 kuruş in the 1880s after the reduction of 1880.
History
The Telegraph Directorate was founded in 1855 and joined with the postal service in 1871. The first telegraph regulation, of 24 October 1859, set out the duties of the clerks of telegraph offices in its articles 37 to 49. A telegraph school opened in 1861, but most officials learned the work in an office.
Sources
- Bektaş, Yakup (2000). The Sultan's messenger: cultural constructions of Ottoman telegraphy, 1847-1880. Technology and Culture 41 (4), 669-696.Pages or part: 688. Used for: hard skills.
- Davison, Roderic H. (1990). The advent of the electric telegraph in the Ottoman Empire. In Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774-1923, 133-165. Austin: University of Texas Press. Read in the Turkish translation by Durdu Mehmet Burak, OTAM 14 (2003), 347-386; pages are those of the translation.Pages or part: 364, 375-376. Used for: tools and technology, hard skills, history.
- Güneş, Mahir Melih (2026). Anadolu'da Telgrafın Toplumsal Tarihi (1856-1908). Doctoral thesis, Hacettepe University. Online copy (read 11 October 2026).Pages or part: 108, 113-115, 118-120, 122. Used for: summary, duties, tools and technology, hard skills, soft skills, requirements for entry, rank and pay, history.
- Okan, Ayşegül (2003). The Ottoman postal and telegraph services in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. MA thesis, Boğaziçi University, Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History.Pages or part: 143-148 (appendix C, the rules of 1884). Used for: duties, hard skills.
- The school and the office: training, entry and pay in the Ottoman Post and Telegraph service, 1870-1905. Working paper, 2026 (the paper behind this collection; its Section II reports Akyıldız 2024, Ata 2022 and Ayhan and Maviş 1994).Pages or part: Sections I to III and VI. Used for: summary, requirements for entry, rank and pay, history.
Monthly salary each year
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| Year | Recorded salaries | Median | Mean | Lower quartile | Upper quartile | Median of the whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850/51 | 1 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 175 |
| 1851/52 | 1 | 265 | 265 | 265 | 265 | 282.5 |
| 1852/53 | 2 | 332.5 | 332.5 | 298.75 | 366.25 | 350 |
| 1853/54 | 1 | 265 | 265 | 265 | 265 | 400 |
| 1854/55 | 2 | 257.5 | 257.5 | 253.75 | 261.25 | 400 |
| 1855/56 | 4 | 340 | 420 | 261.25 | 498.75 | 450 |
| 1856/57 | 11 | 400 | 401.36 | 250 | 545 | 375 |
| 1857/58 | 12 | 400 | 504.17 | 362.5 | 562.5 | 475 |
| 1858/59 | 19 | 500 | 573.68 | 400 | 750 | 500 |
| 1859/60 | 14 | 500 | 564.29 | 400 | 687.5 | 500 |
| 1860/61 | 30 | 500 | 536.67 | 312.5 | 687.5 | 500 |
| 1861/62 | 33 | 500 | 550 | 300 | 750 | 600 |
| 1862/63 | 45 | 500 | 542.22 | 400 | 500 | 500 |
| 1863/64 | 66 | 500 | 569.24 | 400 | 557.5 | 500 |
| 1864/65 | 65 | 570 | 645.12 | 480 | 720 | 625 |
| 1865/66 | 78 | 576 | 583.77 | 480 | 669 | 650 |
| 1866/67 | 96 | 480 | 526.12 | 400 | 576 | 600 |
| 1867/68 | 134 | 480 | 516.6 | 400 | 600 | 600 |
| 1868/69 | 160 | 480 | 485.02 | 400 | 600 | 600 |
| 1869/70 | 202 | 400 | 465.11 | 400 | 537.5 | 600 |
| 1870/71 | 221 | 400 | 447.28 | 400 | 500 | 600 |
| 1871/72 | 232 | 400 | 423.41 | 380 | 480 | 550 |
| 1872/73 | 260 | 400 | 442.37 | 380 | 500 | 550 |
| 1873/74 | 261 | 400 | 448.04 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1874/75 | 293 | 450 | 451.22 | 380 | 500 | 535 |
| 1875/76 | 336 | 400 | 449.51 | 380 | 500 | 530 |
| 1876/77 | 401 | 410 | 472.99 | 400 | 500 | 575 |
| 1877/78 | 460 | 410 | 476.12 | 400 | 562.5 | 560 |
| 1878 | 395 | 500 | 489.42 | 400 | 600 | 600 |
| 1878/79 | 421 | 420 | 478.35 | 400 | 600 | 600 |
| 1879/80 | 396 | 380 | 421.64 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1880/81 | 447 | 400 | 432.77 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1881/82 | 461 | 400 | 433.26 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1882/83 | 497 | 400 | 437.13 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1883/84 | 533 | 400 | 436.13 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1884/85 | 544 | 400 | 443.72 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1885/86 | 612 | 400 | 446.6 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1886/87 | 597 | 400 | 444.46 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1887/88 | 605 | 400 | 439 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1888/89 | 665 | 400 | 447.51 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1889/90 | 675 | 400 | 447.12 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1890/91 | 697 | 400 | 442.3 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1891/92 | 750 | 400 | 437.92 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1892/93 | 776 | 400 | 428.12 | 380 | 500 | 500 |
| 1893/94 | 774 | 400 | 422.98 | 320 | 500 | 500 |
| 1894/95 | 779 | 400 | 414.32 | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| 1895/96 | 819 | 400 | 410.07 | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| 1896/97 | 858 | 400 | 392.43 | 300 | 483.75 | 500 |
| 1897/98 | 834 | 400 | 390.87 | 300 | 475 | 500 |
| 1898/99 | 804 | 400 | 397.69 | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| 1899/1900 | 802 | 400 | 399.2 | 300 | 475 | 500 |
| 1900/01 | 816 | 400 | 403.33 | 285 | 500 | 500 |
| 1901/02 | 834 | 400 | 397.99 | 250 | 475 | 500 |
| 1902/03 | 849 | 380 | 385.6 | 250 | 450 | 500 |
| 1903/04 | 879 | 350 | 381.16 | 250 | 450 | 475 |
| 1904/05 | 762 | 350 | 377.6 | 250 | 438 | 450 |
| 1905/06 | 699 | 330 | 383 | 250 | 455 | 475 |
| 1906/07 | 520 | 300 | 376.14 | 250 | 450 | 450 |
| 1907/08 | 313 | 250 | 298.06 | 200 | 350 | 300 |
| 1908/09 | 205 | 250 | 295.29 | 200 | 330 | 350 |
| 1909/10 | 92 | 300 | 334.78 | 287.5 | 400 | 462.5 |
| 1910/11 | 44 | 300 | 357.95 | 300 | 400 | 500 |
| 1911 | 34 | 400 | 386.76 | 300 | 475 | 500 |
| 1911/12 | 4 | 450 | 450 | 400 | 500 | 900 |
Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line. The chart ends in 1910/11 (AH 1328): from 1911 to 1918 the whole collection has only 169 recorded salaries in all. The table gives those years too.
Pay against the whole collection
3,162 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries in this job. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (26%) are in the band 400 to 500 kuruş.
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| Median monthly salary, kuruş | Officials | Share | Whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 100 | 54 | 2% | 3% |
| 100 to 200 | 209 | 7% | 10% |
| 200 to 300 | 633 | 20% | 17% |
| 300 to 400 | 765 | 24% | 18% |
| 400 to 500 | 830 | 26% | 17% |
| 500 to 750 | 562 | 18% | 23% |
| 750 to 1,000 | 74 | 2% | 5% |
| 1,000 to 1,500 | 31 | 1% | 4% |
| 1,500 to 2,500 | 4 | 0.1% | 2% |
| 2,500 and more | 0 | 0% | 1% |
The median of the 24,232 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 400 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.8× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.63× and 1×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 33% of the other paid officials of the same year.
The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).
Where the job was held
Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Batumi (Batum) (6), Baniyas (Banyas) (1), Bozcada (1) and Kalatzemder (1).
| Place | Officials | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 433 | |
| Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 200 | |
| Beyoğlu | 178 | |
| Beirut (Beyrut) | 122 | |
| Edirne | 119 | |
| Ioannina (Yanya) | 118 | |
| Aleppo (Halep) | 117 | |
| Diyarbakır | 91 | |
| Trabzon | 90 | |
| Damascus (Şam) | 88 |
Career paths: the titles just before and after
The number is the officials who made the move. Under it, the median change of the monthly salary: the first salary of the later title less the last salary of the earlier one, where at least 5 moves have both.
Held just before
The title of the entries just before a run of Muhabere Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Muhabere Memuru. The 8 titles with most officials, of 1,033 moves in all.
Held just after
The title of the entries just after a run of Muhabere Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from Muhabere Memuru to that title. The 8 titles with most officials, of 1,895 moves in all.
Of the 2,002 moves shown, 313 cross at least one year without an annual entry; nothing is known about those years. Two posts held in the same years are not counted as a move.
Time in the job
- Years with an entry in the job
- 6 yearsmedian over 3,162 officials
- A quarter of the officials
- 11 years or moreupper quartile
- Most years of one official
- 46 years
Years are years with an annual entry in the job, each counted once for an official. They need not follow one another, and nothing is known about a year without an entry. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.
Who held the job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
Community
3,162 officials with it recorded. 7 other values not shown.
Age at the first annual entry in the job
3,154 officials with it recorded.
Province of birth
3,082 officials with it recorded. 32 other values not shown.
Schooling
3,135 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. The groups of the schools recorded for each official.
Languages
3,113 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. 9 other values not shown.
Qualification
3,144 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.
Officials on record each year
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| Year | Officials on record | First recorded | Annual entries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1850/51 (AH 1267) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1851/52 (AH 1268) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1852/53 (AH 1269) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1853/54 (AH 1270) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1854/55 (AH 1271) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1855/56 (AH 1272) | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 1856/57 (AH 1273) | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| 1857/58 (AH 1274) | 12 | 4 | 12 |
| 1858/59 (AH 1275) | 19 | 9 | 19 |
| 1859/60 (AH 1276) | 14 | 6 | 14 |
| 1860/61 (AH 1277) | 30 | 16 | 30 |
| 1861/62 (AH 1278) | 33 | 7 | 33 |
| 1862/63 (AH 1279) | 45 | 16 | 45 |
| 1863/64 (AH 1280) | 66 | 29 | 66 |
| 1864/65 (AH 1281) | 65 | 15 | 65 |
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 78 | 20 | 78 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 96 | 30 | 96 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 134 | 52 | 134 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 160 | 52 | 160 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 202 | 69 | 202 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 221 | 40 | 221 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 232 | 29 | 232 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 260 | 49 | 260 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 261 | 27 | 261 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 293 | 32 | 293 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 336 | 62 | 336 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 401 | 72 | 401 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 460 | 93 | 460 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 395 | 29 | 395 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 421 | 28 | 421 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 396 | 24 | 396 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 447 | 44 | 447 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 461 | 39 | 461 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 497 | 58 | 497 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 533 | 58 | 533 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 544 | 38 | 544 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 612 | 69 | 612 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 597 | 26 | 597 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 605 | 38 | 605 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 665 | 59 | 665 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 675 | 48 | 675 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 697 | 64 | 697 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 750 | 80 | 750 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 776 | 123 | 776 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 774 | 102 | 774 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 779 | 117 | 779 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 819 | 130 | 819 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 858 | 113 | 858 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 834 | 52 | 834 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 804 | 56 | 804 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 802 | 53 | 802 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 816 | 84 | 816 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 834 | 94 | 834 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 849 | 103 | 849 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 879 | 139 | 879 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 762 | 82 | 762 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 699 | 82 | 699 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 520 | 107 | 520 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 313 | 108 | 313 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 205 | 102 | 205 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 92 | 62 | 92 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 44 | 4 | 44 |
| 1911 (AH 1329) | 34 | 5 | 34 |
| 1911/12 (AH 1330) | 4 | 1 | 4 |
An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.
Places
The 150 places with most officials, of 892.
Show the other 125 places
Ottoman officials recorded
The 100 officials with most annual entries, of 3,162. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Yunani Efendi | 1863 to 1907 | 45 | 560 to 1,350 | Shkodër (İşkodra) |
| Şarl Laze Efendi | 1862 to 1904 | 43 | 480 to 1,250 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Safvet Efendi | 1868 to 1906 | 39 | 280 to 700 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Hacı Mehmet Emin Efendi | 1862 to 1900 | 39 | 250 to 720 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Cemal Efendi | 1872 to 1907 | 36 | 550 to 840 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Hasan Nazmi Efendi | 1870 to 1907 | 36 | 200 to 670 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| İsmail Kadri Efendi | 1872 to 1907 | 36 | 400 to 500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Emin Efendi | 1870 to 1906 | 36 | 150 to 610 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Halit Efendi | 1868 to 1905 | 36 | 570 to 900 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Yusuf Bey | 1867 to 1902 | 36 | 300 to 650 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Ziya Efendi | 1869 to 1904 | 35 | 250 to 500 | Kütahya |
| Mehmet Nazım Efendi | 1869 to 1903 | 35 | 150 to 1,300 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Hilmi Efendi | 1863 to 1901 | 34 | 380 to 600 | Kavala |
| Mahmut Nedim Efendi | 1872 to 1906 | 34 | 400 to 500 | Eskizagra |
| Mustafa Nuri Efendi | 1876 to 1909 | 34 | 380 to 800 | Thessaloniki (Selanik) |
| Nevrikyan Efendi | 1876 to 1909 | 34 | 300 to 580 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Zülfikar Fethi Efendi | 1870 to 1904 | 34 | 285 to 720 | Diyarbakır |
| Abdulvahab Efendi | 1868 to 1900 | 33 | 380 to 500 | Lefke |
| Ahmet Tayyip Efendi | 1875 to 1907 | 33 | 380 to 540 | Plovdiv (Filibe) |
| Ahmet Tevfik Efendi | 1865 to 1903 | 33 | 380 to 500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Benjamin Kohen Efendi | 1871 to 1903 | 33 | 150 to 700 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Hasan Ruhi Efendi | 1872 to 1905 | 33 | 300 to 1,200 | Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) |
| Hazım Rasim Efendi | 1865 to 1897 | 33 | 455 to 600 | Tekirdağ |
| Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi | 1862 to 1902 | 33 | 227 to 500 | Bitlis |
| Hüseyin Necmi Efendi | 1866 to 1899 | 33 | 400 to 600 | Sivas |
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| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmed Emin Efendi | 1872 to 1904 | 33 | 380 to 600 | Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) |
| Mehmet Salih Efendi | 1873 to 1905 | 33 | 380 to 570 | Baghdad (Bağdat) |
| Mustafa Naşit Efendi | 1874 to 1906 | 33 | 285 to 800 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ali Riza Efendi | 1868 to 1901 | 32 | 285 to 500 | Thessaloniki (Selanik) |
| Mehmet Halid Efendi | 1876 to 1907 | 32 | 380 to 690 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Şefik Efendi | 1877 to 1907 | 31 | 100 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Aristidi Kaçaris Efendi | 1864 to 1898 | 31 | 400 to 720 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| İsmail Hakkı Efendi | 1869 to 1899 | 31 | 200 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Tahsin Efendi | 1877 to 1907 | 31 | 100 to 1,100 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ohannes Efendi | 1863 to 1893 | 31 | 250 to 600 | Ankara |
| Hafız Nuri Efendi | 1874 to 1907 | 30 | 80 to 970 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi | 1876 to 1905 | 30 | 150 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Tahir Efendi | 1876 to 1905 | 30 | 285 to 500 | Diyarbakır |
| Tahir Efendi | 1868 to 1897 | 30 | 190 to 1,000 | Heraklion (Kandiye) |
| Abdullah Efendi | 1869 to 1904 | 29 | 155 to 500 | Nevşehir |
| Abdullah Naili Efendi | 1868 to 1896 | 29 | 400 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Abdürrezzak Talat Efendi | 1877 to 1905 | 29 | 150 to 750 | Diyarbakır |
| Ahmet Latif Efendi | 1878 to 1906 | 29 | 300 to 700 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Dimitri Servet Efendi | 1875 to 1907 | 29 | 300 to 500 | Konya |
| Mehmet Cevdet Efendi | 1878 to 1907 | 29 | 380 to 650 | Kemaliye (Eğin) |
| Mehmet Faik Efendi | 1877 to 1905 | 29 | 380 to 500 | Bolu |
| Mehmet Sait Efendi | 1868 to 1897 | 29 | 250 to 850 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mustafa Süreyya Efendi | 1878 to 1906 | 29 | 285 to 700 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Safvet Efendi | 1870 to 1898 | 29 | 400 to 800 | Debrei bala |
| Tahir Efendi | 1878 to 1908 | 29 | 380 to 610 | Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) |
| Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi | 1869 to 1897 | 29 | 280 to 700 | Kemah |
| Ahmet Canib Efendi | 1875 to 1902 | 28 | 120 to 590 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Halil Efendi | 1870 to 1898 | 28 | 250 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Hasan Kamil Efendi | 1870 to 1900 | 28 | 285 to 400 | Yozgat |
| İsmail Hakkı Efendi | 1868 to 1899 | 28 | 380 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Muhyiddin Efendi | 1869 to 1896 | 28 | 380 to 600 | Homs (Humus) |
| Mustafa Eşref Efendi | 1876 to 1907 | 28 | 300 to 800 | Oryahovo (Rahova) |
| Süleyman Reşid Efendi | 1867 to 1895 | 28 | 320 to 1,800 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Tayyar Efendi | 1869 to 1904 | 28 | 250 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Hamdi Efendi | 1866 to 1894 | 27 | 400 to 600 | Bolu |
| Ahmet Mehmet Efendi | 1863 to 1893 | 27 | 200 to 700 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Recai Efendi | 1874 to 1900 | 27 | 350 to 500 | Bursa |
| Hasan Nazmi Efendi | 1877 to 1904 | 27 | 300 to 600 | Trikala (Tırhala) |
| İzzet Şevki Efendi | 1869 to 1895 | 27 | 380 to 500 | Kemaliye (Eğin) |
| Kirkor Kakmaciyan Efendi | 1867 to 1893 | 27 | 320 to 800 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmed Hazım Efendi | 1876 to 1902 | 27 | 380 to 500 | Nevşehir |
| Mehmet Hulusi Bey | 1880 to 1907 | 27 | 1,000 to 2,600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mustafa Hayri Efendi | 1868 to 1903 | 27 | 320 to 750 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Salih Hulusi Efendi | 1862 to 1903 | 27 | 500 to 750 | Berkovitsa (Berkofça) |
| Şehabettin Efendi | 1872 to 1898 | 27 | 380 to 600 | Tiflis |
| Zülfü Efendi | 1877 to 1903 | 27 | 285 to 450 | Elazığ |
| Ahmet Efendi | 1878 to 1904 | 26 | 380 to 475 | Yambol (Yanbolu) |
| Ahmet Hidayet Efendi | 1869 to 1894 | 26 | 400 to 760 | Beypazarı |
| Ahmet Refik Efendi | 1877 to 1902 | 26 | 100 to 400 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Besim Efendi | 1885 to 1911 | 26 | 432 to 800 | Haifa (Hayfa) |
| Cafer Sadık Efendi | 1872 to 1897 | 26 | 400 to 750 | Krujë (Akçahisar) |
| Cevri Baha Efendi | 1874 to 1900 | 26 | 200 to 500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Eyüp Ragıp Efendi | 1878 to 1907 | 26 | 150 to 500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mahmut Efendi | 1876 to 1901 | 26 | 285 to 500 | Sidon (Sayda) |
| Mehmet Arif Efendi | 1867 to 1902 | 26 | 400 to 3,000 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mustafa Daim Efendi | 1878 to 1903 | 26 | 380 to 1,200 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ömer Nuri Efendi | 1875 to 1901 | 26 | 400 to 600 | Sivas |
| Dikran Yüzbaşıyan Efendi | 1868 to 1892 | 25 | 200 to 750 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Fethi Efendi | 1867 to 1893 | 25 | 380 to 650 | Aleppo (Halep) |
| Habib Efendi | 1869 to 1894 | 25 | 300 to 600 | Sidon (Sayda) |
| Hüseyin Medhi Efendi | 1875 to 1905 | 25 | 300 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| İbrahim Hakkı Efendi | 1882 to 1907 | 25 | 285 to 400 | Sidirokastro (Demirhisar) |
| Kadri Efendi | 1882 to 1907 | 25 | 300 to 800 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Faik Efendi | 1868 to 1895 | 25 | 380 to 600 | Diyarbakır |
| Mehmet Mahcub Bey | 1870 to 1894 | 25 | 200 to 750 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Pertev Bey | 1863 to 1887 | 25 | 750 to 1,500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Osman Nuri Efendi | 1877 to 1903 | 25 | 380 to 500 | Kemah |
| Servet Efendi | 1874 to 1898 | 25 | 380 to 500 | Ankara |
| Süleyman Sabri Efendi | 1867 to 1894 | 25 | 320 to 625 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Naili Efendi | 1871 to 1894 | 24 | 300 to 600 | Tirebolu |
| Ali Riza Efendi | 1870 to 1902 | 24 | 400 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ali Tevfik Efendi | 1878 to 1903 | 24 | 350 to 500 | Gümüşhane |
| Cevdet Efendi | 1869 to 1904 | 24 | 300 to 500 | Ankara |
| Fikri Efendi | 1882 to 1906 | 24 | 380 to 500 | Malatya |
| Hüseyin Efendi | 1877 to 1900 | 24 | 285 to 400 | Homs (Humus) |
Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.
The other officials are listed on the pages of the places above.
How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.
Subjects
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Ottoman job titles (Osmanlı memuriyet unvanları)
- Labour history (emek tarihi)
- Salaries of officials (memur maaşları)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)