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Official

Murat Adil Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). On record 1895 to 1900, 5 annual entries.

Archive reference 0068_0152; 301

Life

Murat Adil Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Thessaloniki in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sidirokastro (Demirhisar), with 400 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 30 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 31 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
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)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Şiddet / Mumaileyh ile Selanik Vilayeti Postanesi Mühimme Memuru Aziz Efendi'nin yekdiğerini darb ve cerh eyledikleri iddiasından dolayı bin üç yüz on sekizinde Zilkadenin yirmi altısında 4 Mart sene 1317 azil ile taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış; Şiddet

Career

Career of Murat Adil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First workThessaloniki (Selanik)400first-salary field
1895 to 1900AH 1313 to 1317Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1895/96400
1896/97400
1897/98400
1898/99400
1899/1900400
Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)400
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Murat Adil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1895/9640050040030%
1896/9740050040032%
1897/9840050040032%
1898/9940050040031%
1899/190040050040031%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
ThessalonikiSidirokastro

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

Officials recorded in Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

64 officials in all. Officials born in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Full record

Annual entries (5)

Annual entries of Murat Adil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruSidirokastro (Demirhisar)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0152; 301
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruSidirokastro (Demirhisar)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0152; 301
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruSidirokastro (Demirhisar)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0152; 301
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruSidirokastro (Demirhisar)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0152; 301
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruSidirokastro (Demirhisar)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0152; 301
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 (16)

Recorded values of Murat Adil Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMurat Adil EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1286Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceselanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthselanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationesnafRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1312Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1894Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeSelanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedŞiddet / Mumaileyh ile Selanik Vilayeti Postanesi Mühimme Memuru Aziz Efendi'nin yekdiğerini darb ve cerh eyledikleri iddiasından dolayı bin üç yüz on sekizinde Zilkadenin yirmi altısında 4 Mart sene 1317 azil ile taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedŞiddet other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • 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.