Job title
Teftis Memuru
Group of job titles: Inspection and control
Stored spellings: Teftis Memuru; teftis memuru
9 officials held the job title Teftis Memuru. Its 24 annual entries run from 1865 to 1911 (AH 1282 to 1328). The median of the 24 recorded monthly salaries is 520 kuruş, against 600 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 87 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 46 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 3 different years, and a quarter in 3 or more. It was the first title on record for 22 per cent of the officials and the last for 11 per cent. The entries name 2 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 8.
- Officials
- 9
- Years on recordAH 1282 to 1328, 14 years with an entry
- 1865 to 1911
- Median monthly salary0.87× the collection median of the same years (600 kuruş)
- 520 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 2
- First job title on recordfor 2 of the 9 officials
- 22%
Profile of the group: Inspection and control
No source read describes Teftis Memuru by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.
Inspectors and their offices. In the post and telegraph service inspectors watched over the offices and lines of a region, tested lines and offices and kept a journal of their findings; the directors of the offices answered to them.
History
The regulation of November 1876 provided travelling inspectors to see that the post and telegraph worked regularly. The inspectorships were abolished in 1880 and restored less than a year later.
Sources
- 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: 377. Used for: summary.
- Güneş, Mahir Melih (2026). Anadolu'da Telgrafın Toplumsal Tarihi (1856-1908). Doctoral thesis, Hacettepe University. Online copy (read 11 October 2026).Pages or part: 115. Used for: summary.
- 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: 49, 103-104. Used for: summary, history.
Monthly salary each year
The same numbers as a table
| Year | Recorded salaries | Median | Mean | Lower quartile | Upper quartile | Median of the whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 | 1 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 650 |
| 1866/67 | 1 | 520 | 520 | 520 | 520 | 600 |
| 1867/68 | 1 | 520 | 520 | 520 | 520 | 600 |
| 1868/69 | 1 | 520 | 520 | 520 | 520 | 600 |
| 1869/70 | 1 | 520 | 520 | 520 | 520 | 600 |
| 1870/71 | 1 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 600 |
| 1871/72 | 1 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 550 |
| 1872/73 | 1 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 550 |
| 1877/78 | 3 | 380 | 376.67 | 375 | 380 | 560 |
| 1878 | 5 | 380 | 702 | 380 | 380 | 600 |
| 1878/79 | 5 | 380 | 702 | 380 | 380 | 600 |
| 1890/91 | 1 | 1,272 | 1,272 | 1,272 | 1,272 | 500 |
| 1891/92 | 1 | 1,272 | 1,272 | 1,272 | 1,272 | 500 |
| 1910/11 | 1 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 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
9 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 (44%) 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 | 0 | 0% | 10% |
| 200 to 300 | 0 | 0% | 17% |
| 300 to 400 | 4 | 44% | 18% |
| 400 to 500 | 0 | 0% | 17% |
| 500 to 750 | 2 | 22% | 23% |
| 750 to 1,000 | 0 | 0% | 5% |
| 1,000 to 1,500 | 1 | 11% | 4% |
| 1,500 to 2,500 | 1 | 11% | 2% |
| 2,500 and more | 1 | 11% | 1% |
The median of the 24 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 520 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 600 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.87× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.63× and 2.54×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 46% 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%).
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 Teftis Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Teftis Memuru. The 5 titles with most officials, of 7 moves in all.
Held just after
The title of the entries just after a run of Teftis Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from Teftis Memuru to that title. The 5 titles with most officials, of 8 moves in all.
Of the 15 moves shown, 3 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
- 3 yearsmedian over 9 officials
- A quarter of the officials
- 3 years or moreupper quartile
- Most years of one official
- 5 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
9 officials with it recorded.
Age at the first annual entry in the job
9 officials with it recorded.
Province of birth
6 officials with it recorded.
Schooling
9 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
9 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Qualification
8 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.
Source of the record
9 officials with it recorded.
Officials on record each year
The same numbers as a table
| Year | Officials on record | First recorded | Annual entries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 1 | 1 | 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
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 8 | 22 | 1865 to 1911 |
| Izmir (İzmir) | Aydın province | 1 | 2 | 1890 to 1892 |
Ottoman officials recorded
9 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Akif Efendi | 1865 to 1870 | 5 | 520 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ali Riza Efendi | 1877 to 1879 | 3 | 380 | Kütahya |
| Mustafa Asim Efendi | 1877 to 1879 | 3 | 380 | Dagistan |
| Rifat Necmi Efendi | 1877 to 1879 | 3 | 370 | Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra) |
| Susa Selim Nikoli Efendi | 1870 to 1873 | 3 | 2,500 | Beirut (Beyrut) |
| Abdulkadir Efendi | 1878 to 1879 | 2 | 380 | Eskizagra |
| Jul Lekaye Efendi | 1878 to 1879 | 2 | 2,000 | Fransa |
| Mehmet Ali Bey | 1890 to 1892 | 2 | 1,272 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Yusuf Cemaleddin Efendi | 1910/11 | 1 | 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
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.