Official
İsmail Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1878 (AH 1295). On record 1897 to 1902, 5 annual entries.
Archive reference 0098_131; 259
Life#
İsmail Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); İsmail also wrote French as well as Turkish and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).
Work began in Istanbul in 1895/96, at about 17, with two unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 20 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1897/98 to 1901/02 places İsmail in Istanbul, the birthplace, first as an official for outgoing items (Mersule Memuru), from 1901/02 as a registry clerk (Mukayyit).
The salary went from 20 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to 150 in 1901/02, the peak, as Mukayyit in Istanbul, when 5 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 5,040 kuruş, 16 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1901/02.
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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 | 20 | 500 | 135 | 425 | 0% |
| 1898/99 | 50 | 500 | 170 | 440 | 0% |
| 1899/1900 | 100 | 500 | 200 | 450 | 0% |
| 1900/01 | 100 | 500 | 250 | 450 | 1% |
| 1901/02 | 150 | 500 | 225 | 440 | 5% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96AH 1313 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 20first-salary field |
| 1897 to 1901AH 1315 to 1318 | Mersule Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 20 to 100 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1878 (AH 1295)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 20
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 post (job title and place), same years
Of the 21 officials who held Mersule Memuru in Istanbul in the same years, İsmail Efendi had the 18th highest salary.
- Abdurrahman Şakir Bey4 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Unnamed official (58_0003;3)4 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Halil Rasih Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hasan Remzi Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 260 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 794 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, İsmail Efendi had the 739th highest salary.
- Hüseyin Hasip Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Salahattin Bey5 shared years; highest salary 7,800 kuruş
- Suleyman Resat Bey5 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Bey5 shared years; highest salary 5,500 kuruş
- Fahri Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 40 officials with the title Mersule Memuru in the same years, İsmail Efendi had the 37th highest salary.
- Abdurrahman Şakir Bey4 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Halil Vehbi Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 540 kuruş
- Unnamed official (58_0003;3)4 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Halil Rasih Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Sarafim Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 350 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; İsmail Efendi had the 2,922nd highest salary of them.
- Abdülkadir Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 300 kuruş
- ABDULLAH VEHBİ EFENDİborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Abdurrezzak Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmed İzzet Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 360 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; İsmail Efendi had the 1,716th highest salary of them.
- Abdülkerim Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Feyzi Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Muhsin Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Selahattin Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ali Saib Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 900 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 88 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), İsmail Efendi had the 80th highest salary.
- Abdulgafur Hamit Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Ali Osman Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 180 kuruş
- Unnamed official (76_60; 117)first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 50 kuruş
- Hasan Şevki Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 200 kuruş
All 88 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Full record
Annual entries (5)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Mersule Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 20 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_131; 259 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Mersule Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_131; 259 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Mersule Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_131; 259 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Mersule Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_131; 259 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_131; 259 |
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 | İsmail Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1295 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1313 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1895 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 20 | 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.
- 5 annual entries of 5 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
- İsmail Efendi
- Official for outgoing items (Mersule Memuru)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Registry clerk (Mukayyit)
- 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)