Official
Ahmet Şükrü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Delvine in 1869/70 (AH 1286). On record 1894 to 1907, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 121-97-189
Life#
Ahmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Delvine in 1869/70 (AH 1286), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
Work began in Adana in 1894/95, at about 25, paid from the start, on 400 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with Ahmet Şükrü as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Adana. Ahmet Şükrü then moved to Kavadarci (Kavadar) from 1896 to 1903. The last posts were in Kičevo (Kırçova) from 1903 to 1906 and Çerkeş in 1906/07.
Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 550 in 1906/07, as Muhabere Memuru in Çerkeş, when 64 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1869/70 (AH 1286)
First work 1894/95 (AH 1312); 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)
400 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
1896 to 1903 (AH 1314 to 1320)
500 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years
Career and salary#
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1896/97 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1897/98 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 48% |
| 1899/1900 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1900/01 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1901/02 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1902/03 | 500 | 500 | 380 | 49% |
| 1903/04 | 450 | 475 | 350 | 47% |
| 1904/05 | 450 | 450 | 350 | 48% |
| 1905/06 | 450 | 475 | 330 | 47% |
| 1906/07 | 550 | 450 | 300 | 64% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | First work | Adana | 400first-salary field |
| 1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 400 to 500 |
| 1896 to 1903AH 1314 to 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavadarci (Kavadar) | 500 |
| 1903 to 1906AH 1321 to 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Kičevo (Kırçova) | 450 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Çerkeş | 550 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Birthplace
- Delvine
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Place
- Adana
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 35 officials with entries in Adana in the same years, Ahmet Şükrü Efendi had the 18th highest salary.
- Osman Nuri Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Ali Şefik Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mühtedi Mehmed Fehim Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Kostantin Kotovili2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 740 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,998 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Ahmet Şükrü Efendi had the 644th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey13 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey13 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Nikola Yunani Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Şükrü Efendi had the 1,120th highest salary of them.
- Abbas Zihni Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Ahmet Akif Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 260 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 2 officials born in Delvine, Ahmet Şükrü Efendi had the highest salary.
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 358 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), Ahmet Şükrü Efendi had the 54th highest salary.
- Mustafa Sabri Efendifirst entry in Adana; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0067_0233, sayfa no:463)first entry in Adana; highest salary 550 kuruş
- Salih Faik Efendifirst entry in Adana; highest salary 550 kuruş
- Mehmet Ali Efendifirst entry in Adana; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendifirst entry in Adana; highest salary 740 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavadarci (Kavadar) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavadarci (Kavadar) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavadarci (Kavadar) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavadarci (Kavadar) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavadarci (Kavadar) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavadarci (Kavadar) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavadarci (Kavadar) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Kičevo (Kırçova) | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Kičevo (Kırçova) | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Kičevo (Kırçova) | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Çerkeş | 550 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 121-97-189 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmet Şükrü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1286 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | delvine | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | yanya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1312 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1894 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Adana | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 12 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Ahmet Şükrü Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Kavadarci (Kavadar)
- Delvine
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)