Officials first recorded in 1895/96 (AH 1313)

In 1895/96 (AH 1313) the collection records 2,496 officials; for 183 of them it is the first annual entry. The first annual entry is not the year of hiring: the personnel record gives the year of first work in a separate field. For 146 of the 183 that year is earlier. See How to read the records.

The first entries are in 89 places; Istanbul (Dersaadet) has 27 of them, Beyoğlu 18 and Damascus (Şam) 8. The most frequent job titles are Muhabere Memuru (118), Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti (21) and Posta Memuru (8). The median salary in 1895/96 was 300 kuruş a month, over the 182 with a salary that year.

The table lists them by highest monthly salary, the rank the personal pages give under “Recorded with”. Equal salaries share a rank. 1 official without a recorded salary comes last.