Job title
Nakliye Memuru
Transport official
Group of job titles: Postal service and dispatch
Stored spellings: Nakliye Memuru; nakliye memuru
82 officials held the job title Nakliye Memuru. Its 274 annual entries run from 1879 to 1911 (AH 1297 to 1329). The median of the 274 recorded monthly salaries is 300 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 60 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 20 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 2 different years, and a quarter in 5 or more. It was the first title on record for 35 per cent of the officials and the last for 51 per cent. No other title is recorded for 20 per cent of them. The title most often held just before it and the title most often held just after it are the same, Muhabere Memuru (12 and 21 officials). The entries name 45 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Edirne, with 9.
- Officials
- 82
- Years on recordAH 1297 to 1329, 33 years with an entry
- 1879 to 1911
- Median monthly salary0.6× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
- 300 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 45
- First job title on recordfor 29 of the 82 officials
- 35%
Profile of the group: Postal service and dispatch
No source read describes Nakliye Memuru by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.
The public post of the Ottoman state, founded with the Ministry of Post in 1840 and joined with the telegraph in 1871. Post offices took in, carried and delivered letters, printed matter, registered letters and valuables.
Tools and technology
- the old overland roads, steamers of the state and of foreign companies, and later the railways
- postage stamps from 1862
History
Before 1840 official messages were carried by couriers between relay stations (menzil) kept by local contracted postmasters (menzilci); the relay system ended when the post was organised in 1839 and 1840. The empire joined the Universal Postal Union in 1874. The postal guides list 1,033 post and telegraph offices in 1884 and 1,288 in 1892.
Sources
- Halaçoğlu, Yusuf (2004). Menzil (Osmanlı). TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 29, 159-161. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 159-161. Used for: history.
- Koh, Choon Hwee (2021). The Ottoman postmaster: contractors, communication and early modern state formation. Past and Present 251, 113-152. Online copy.Pages or part: 113, 118-120. Used for: 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: iii, 20-25, 66, 77. Used for: summary, tools and technology, history.
- 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: Section II. Used for: summary.
Monthly salary each year
The same numbers as a table
| Year | Recorded salaries | Median | Mean | Lower quartile | Upper quartile | Median of the whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80 | 1 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 500 |
| 1880/81 | 2 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 500 |
| 1881/82 | 2 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 500 |
| 1882/83 | 3 | 300 | 293.33 | 250 | 340 | 500 |
| 1883/84 | 4 | 250 | 270 | 200 | 320 | 500 |
| 1884/85 | 5 | 200 | 256 | 200 | 300 | 500 |
| 1885/86 | 5 | 200 | 220 | 200 | 200 | 500 |
| 1886/87 | 5 | 200 | 260 | 200 | 300 | 500 |
| 1887/88 | 7 | 250 | 257.14 | 200 | 275 | 500 |
| 1888/89 | 9 | 250 | 277.78 | 200 | 300 | 500 |
| 1889/90 | 9 | 250 | 277.78 | 200 | 300 | 500 |
| 1890/91 | 7 | 300 | 297.14 | 250 | 340 | 500 |
| 1891/92 | 10 | 275 | 298 | 212.5 | 360 | 500 |
| 1892/93 | 10 | 275 | 300 | 212.5 | 375 | 500 |
| 1893/94 | 14 | 275 | 296.43 | 212.5 | 375 | 500 |
| 1894/95 | 14 | 250 | 296.43 | 200 | 375 | 500 |
| 1895/96 | 15 | 250 | 289.47 | 200 | 350 | 500 |
| 1896/97 | 15 | 300 | 306.13 | 200 | 400 | 500 |
| 1897/98 | 13 | 300 | 305.54 | 200 | 400 | 500 |
| 1898/99 | 14 | 300 | 309.29 | 212.5 | 400 | 500 |
| 1899/1900 | 13 | 300 | 308.46 | 200 | 400 | 500 |
| 1900/01 | 12 | 340 | 313.33 | 237.5 | 400 | 500 |
| 1901/02 | 10 | 325 | 308 | 250 | 395 | 500 |
| 1902/03 | 10 | 340 | 313 | 250 | 400 | 500 |
| 1903/04 | 16 | 300 | 321.88 | 250 | 400 | 475 |
| 1904/05 | 14 | 300 | 322.86 | 262.5 | 387.5 | 450 |
| 1905/06 | 10 | 300 | 303 | 250 | 372.5 | 475 |
| 1906/07 | 9 | 300 | 288.89 | 250 | 350 | 450 |
| 1907/08 | 5 | 250 | 260 | 200 | 350 | 300 |
| 1908/09 | 5 | 200 | 240 | 200 | 300 | 350 |
| 1909/10 | 4 | 400 | 400 | 375 | 425 | 462.5 |
| 1910/11 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 1911 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
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.
Pay against the whole collection
82 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 (37%) are in the band 300 to 400 kuruş.
The same numbers as a table
| Median monthly salary, kuruş | Officials | Share | Whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 100 | 0 | 0% | 3% |
| 100 to 200 | 3 | 4% | 10% |
| 200 to 300 | 27 | 33% | 17% |
| 300 to 400 | 30 | 37% | 18% |
| 400 to 500 | 18 | 22% | 17% |
| 500 to 750 | 4 | 5% | 23% |
| 750 to 1,000 | 0 | 0% | 5% |
| 1,000 to 1,500 | 0 | 0% | 4% |
| 1,500 to 2,500 | 0 | 0% | 2% |
| 2,500 and more | 0 | 0% | 1% |
The median of the 274 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 300 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.6× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.4× and 0.8×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 20% 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
| Place | Officials | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Edirne | 9 | |
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 8 | |
| Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) | 6 | |
| Pristina (Priştine) | 5 | |
| Soufli (Sofulu) | 5 | |
| Bilecik | 4 | |
| Eskişehir | 4 | |
| Lüleburgaz | 4 | |
| Xanthi (İskeçe) | 4 | |
| Adapazarı | 3 |
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 Nakliye Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Nakliye Memuru. The 8 titles with most officials, of 55 moves in all.
Held just after
The title of the entries just after a run of Nakliye Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from Nakliye Memuru to that title. The 8 titles with most officials, of 43 moves in all.
Of the 87 moves shown, 11 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
- 2 yearsmedian over 82 officials
- A quarter of the officials
- 5 years or moreupper quartile
- Most years of one official
- 21 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
82 officials with it recorded.
Age at the first annual entry in the job
82 officials with it recorded.
Province of birth
78 officials with it recorded. 13 other values not shown.
Schooling
82 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
80 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Qualification
82 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.
Officials on record each year
The same numbers as a table
| Year | Officials on record | First recorded | Annual entries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 14 | 5 | 14 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 14 | 6 | 14 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 15 | 3 | 15 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 15 | 6 | 15 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 13 | 3 | 13 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 16 | 8 | 16 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 14 | 5 | 14 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1911 (AH 1329) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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
Show the other 20 places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kütahya | Hüdavendigâr province | 1 | 4 | 1894 to 1898 |
| Serres (Siroz) | Thessaloniki (Selanik) province | 1 | 4 | 1886 to 1890 |
| Tripoli (Trablusşam) | Beirut (Beyrut) province | 1 | 4 | 1905 to 1909 |
| Niš (Niş) | Danube (Tuna) province | 1 | 3 | 1902 to 1905 |
| Thessaloniki (Selanik) | Thessaloniki (Selanik) province | 1 | 3 | 1909 to 1911 |
| Torbalı | Aydın province | 1 | 3 | 1904 to 1907 |
| Alaşehir | Aydın province | 1 | 2 | 1903 to 1905 |
| Izmir (İzmir) | Aydın province | 1 | 2 | 1904 to 1906 |
| Keşan | Edirne province | 1 | 2 | 1882 to 1884 |
| Salihli | Aydın province | 1 | 2 | 1904 to 1906 |
| Soma | Aydın province | 1 | 2 | 1902 to 1904 |
| Aksehir(kosova) | Kosovo (Kosova) province | 1 | 1 | 1896/97 |
| Akşehir | Konya province | 1 | 1 | 1906/07 |
| Dinar | Hüdavendigâr province | 1 | 1 | 1900/01 |
| Haydarpaşa | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 1 | 1 | 1898/99 |
| Jerusalem (Kudüs) | Jerusalem (Kudüs) province | 1 | 1 | 1904/05 |
| Kırklareli | Edirne province | 1 | 1 | 1900/01 |
| Söke | Aydın province | 1 | 1 | 1903/04 |
| Tire | Aydın province | 1 | 1 | 1904/05 |
| İzmit | İzmit province | 1 | 1 | 1906/07 |
Ottoman officials recorded
82 officials, the one with most annual entries first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Emin Efendi | 1887 to 1908 | 21 | 250 | Edirne |
| Mehmet Ali Efendi | 1882 to 1896 | 13 | 250 to 300 | Lüleburgaz |
| Mehmet Kamil Efendi | 1892 to 1902 | 10 | 380 to 400 | Yozgat |
| Abdülhalil Efendi | 1894 to 1903 | 7 | 200 to 400 | Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) |
| Hakkı Efendi | 1885 to 1892 | 7 | 200 | Edirne |
| İbrahim Hakkı Efendi | 1883 to 1890 | 7 | 200 | Sofia (Sofya) |
| Mustafa Hilmi Efendi | 1893 to 1901 | 7 | 300 to 380 | Konya |
| Ali Naci Efendi | 1894 to 1900 | 6 | 200 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Fahri Efendi | 1894 to 1900 | 6 | 200 | Geyve |
| Hafız Ahmet Efendi | 1884 to 1890 | 6 | 200 | Çatalca |
| Mehmet İzzet Efendi | 1880 to 1886 | 6 | 200 | Çorlu |
| Ahmet Kazım Efendi | 1896 to 1901 | 5 | 200 to 300 | Edirne |
| Ahmet Refik Efendi | 1901 to 1906 | 5 | 250 | Geyve |
| İbrahim Ethem Efendi | 1901 to 1906 | 5 | 380 to 400 | Eskizagra |
| İbrahim Fehmi Efendi | 1887 to 1892 | 5 | 250 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Kostaki Efendi | 1892 to 1897 | 5 | 500 | Samokov (Samakov) |
| Mehmed Rıfat Bey | 1888 to 1893 | 5 | 400 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Nuri Efendi | 1898 to 1904 | 5 | 200 to 400 | Hopa |
| Mustafa Efendi | 1898 to 1903 | 5 | 200 | Plovdiv (Filibe) |
| Seyyit Safa Efendi | 1892 to 1897 | 5 | 300 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Fransuva Efendi | 1896 to 1900 | 4 | 300 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Hacı Ahmet Hilmi Efendi | 1905 to 1909 | 4 | 150 | Tripoli (Trablusşam) |
| Hüseyin Avni Efendi | 1892 to 1896 | 4 | 200 | Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) |
| İbrahim Aski Efendi | 1903 to 1907 | 4 | 250 | Bursa |
| Mehmet Efendi | 1897 to 1901 | 4 | 400 | Arapgir |
Show the other 57 officials
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Kamil Efendi | 1894 to 1898 | 4 | 500 | Nevşehir |
| Mehmet Rıza Hicri Efendi | 1886 to 1890 | 4 | 400 | Plovdiv (Filibe) |
| Salim Sabri Efendi | 1892 to 1896 | 4 | 250 | Edirne |
| SERVİYE EFENDİ | 1900 to 1904 | 4 | 150 | Bilecik |
| Süleyman Vehbi Efendi | 1888 to 1892 | 4 | 300 to 380 | Çemişgezek |
| Ahmet Şerif Efendi | 1904 to 1907 | 3 | 300 | Çatalca |
| Ali Efendi | 1906 to 1909 | 3 | 200 | Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) |
| Mehmet Cemil Efendi | 1909 to 1911 | 3 | 500 | Aydın |
| Mustafa Sırrı Efendi | 1891 to 1894 | 3 | 200 | Berkovitsa (Berkofça) |
| Recep Kenan Efendi | 1902 to 1905 | 3 | 300 to 450 | Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) |
| Şerif Efendi | 1903 to 1906 | 3 | 300 to 380 | Debrei bala |
| Agop Efendi | 1903 to 1905 | 2 | 300 | Sivas |
| Ahmet Tevfik Bey | 1892 to 1894 | 2 | 200 | Kemaliye (Eğin) |
| Ali Rıza Efendi | 1903 to 1905 | 2 | 450 | Izmir (İzmir) |
| Halil Hilmi Efendi | 1897 to 1899 | 2 | 300 | Loma |
| Halil Rıfat Efendi | 1904 to 1906 | 2 | 300 | Kemaliye (Eğin) |
| Mehmet Muhsin Efendi | 1891 to 1897 | 2 | 200 to 400 | Kemah |
| Mehmet Tahir Efendi | 1906 to 1908 | 2 | 350 | Arapgir |
| Mustafa Sabri Efendi | 1900 to 1902 | 2 | 300 | Berkovitsa (Berkofça) |
| Osman Nuri Efendi | 1902 to 1904 | 2 | 400 to 500 | Izmir (İzmir) |
| Rüstem Nuri Efendi | 1904 to 1906 | 2 | 350 | Thessaloniki (Selanik) |
| Tanaş Efendi | 1890 to 1892 | 2 | 300 | Edirne |
| Abdurrahman Efendi | 1906/07 | 1 | 400 | Destarli |
| Ahmet Cevdet Efendi | 1896/97 | 1 | 200 | Sofia (Sofya) |
| Ahmet Nuri Efendi | 1893/94 | 1 | 200 | Bursa |
| Ali Rıza Efendi | 1895/96 | 1 | 400 | Bitola (Manastır) |
| Arif Cemil Efendi | 1909/10 | 1 | 400 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Arif Hilmi Efendi | 1897/98 | 1 | 300 | Bursa |
| Aziz Efendi | 1903/04 | 1 | 350 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Haci Ömer Efendi | 1903/04 | 1 | 300 | Kafkasya |
| Hafız Ali Rıza Efendi | 1900/01 | 1 | 400 | Yozgat |
| HALİL LÜTFİ EFENDİ | 1908/09 | 1 | 200 | Keşan |
| Hasan Necati Efendi | 1906/07 | 1 | 300 | Babadag (Babadağ) |
| Hasan Sabri Efendi | 1894/95 | 1 | 250 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi | 1903/04 | 1 | 300 | Enez (İnoz) |
| Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi | 1898/99 | 1 | 400 | Kemaliye (Eğin) |
| İBRAHİM ETHEM EFENDİ | 1903/04 | 1 | 250 | Edirne |
| İbrahim Sami Efendi | 1909/10 | 1 | 300 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| İlya Faik Efendi | 1893/94 | 1 | 400 | Burdur |
| Kigork Sırrı Efendi | 1896/97 | 1 | 300 | Bilecik |
| Mahmut Efendi | 1908/09 | 1 | 300 | Bursa |
| Manul(?) Efendi | 1893/94 | 1 | 250 | Edirne |
| Mehmet Bahattin Efendi | 1904/05 | 1 | 200 | Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) |
| Mehmet Fehim Efendi | 1896/97 | 1 | 300 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Fevzi Efendi | 1904/05 | 1 | 320 | Tripoli (Trablusşam) |
| Mehmet İhsan Efendi | 1909/10 | 1 | 400 | Kastamonu |
| Mehmet Muhtar Efendi | 1907/08 | 1 | 350 | Sana'a (Sana) |
| Mehmet Naili Efendi | 1895/96 | 1 | 250 | Kastamonu |
| Mehmet Nuri Efendi | 1899/1900 | 1 | 400 | Ankara |
| Mehmet Rıfkı Efendi | 1908/09 | 1 | 350 | Kastamonu |
| Mehmet Süreyya Efendi | 1901/02 | 1 | 350 | Ioannina (Yanya) |
| Mehmet Tevfik Efendi | 1891/92 | 1 | 500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ömer Lütfü Efendi | 1894/95 | 1 | 200 | Ürgüp |
| Unnamed official (0067_00227; sayfa no:451) | 1896 to 1907 | 11 | 400 | Skopje (Üsküp) |
| Unnamed official (0049_0045; 87) | 1879 to 1885 | 6 | 150 to 380 | Edirne |
| Unnamed official (0087_0147, sayfa no:291.) | 1895 to 1898 | 3 | 142 | Çorlu |
| Unnamed official (0086_0161: 317) | 1893 to 1895 | 2 | 400 | Bitola (Manastır) |
Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.
How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.
Subjects
- Transport official (Nakliye 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)