Official
Salim Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1852/53 (AH 1269). On record 1872 to 1906, 29 annual entries.
Archive reference 101_8_13
Life#
Salim Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Istanbul in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1873/74 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1874/75 the record shows Mukayyit in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 175 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1876/77 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 175 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Istanbul). In 1877/78 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1878/79 the record shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1880/81 the record shows Müvezzi in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1888/89 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 250 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80 and 1883 to 1888.
The highest salary, 290 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Sevk Kalemi. 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 29 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 75 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.18 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 7 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
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
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Görev ihmali / posta kutularını vaktsiz açtığından azil edilmiş ise de taht-ı muhakemeye alınıp açıkta bulunduğu müddet dahi cezay-ı kafi görülmekle üç yüz altı senesi Zilkadesinin on beşinde (1 Temmuz sene 1305) yüz kuruş maaşla Dersaadet Merkezi Sevk Mekatibi Telgrafı Odası'na alınmış; Görev İhmali
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1306; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 |
| 1874 to 1876AH 1291 to 1292 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 175 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 |
| 1877 to 1878AH 1294 to 1295 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 |
| No annual entry: 1879/80 (AH 1297) | |||
| 1880 to 1883AH 1298 to 1300 | Müvezzi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 |
| No annual entry: 1883 to 1888 (AH 1301 to 1305) | |||
| 1888 to 1906AH 1306 to 1323 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 to 290 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73 | 100 | 550 | 400 | 1% |
| 1873/74 | 100 | 500 | 1% | |
| 1874/75 | 175 | 535 | 450 | 6% |
| 1875/76 | 175 | 530 | 250 | 6% |
| 1876/77 | 200 | 582.5 | 375 | 5% |
| 1877/78 | 200 | 560 | 400 | 4% |
| 1878 | 200 | 600 | 400 | 3% |
| 1878/79 | 200 | 600 | 250 | 5% |
| 1880/81 | 250 | 500 | 8% | |
| 1881/82 | 250 | 500 | 8% | |
| 1882/83 | 250 | 500 | 6% | |
| 1888/89 | 100 | 500 | 500 | 0% |
| 1889/90 | 100 | 500 | 525 | 2% |
| 1890/91 | 100 | 500 | 525 | 2% |
| 1891/92 | 130 | 500 | 590 | 5% |
| 1892/93 | 130 | 500 | 580 | 5% |
| 1893/94 | 200 | 500 | 476.5 | 9% |
| 1894/95 | 200 | 500 | 450 | 9% |
| 1895/96 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1896/97 | 200 | 500 | 425 | 8% |
| 1897/98 | 220 | 500 | 430 | 12% |
| 1898/99 | 235 | 500 | 440 | 13% |
| 1899/1900 | 235 | 500 | 440 | 12% |
| 1900/01 | 235 | 500 | 452.5 | 12% |
| 1901/02 | 235 | 500 | 445 | 13% |
| 1902/03 | 235 | 500 | 470 | 14% |
| 1903/04 | 235 | 475 | 490 | 13% |
| 1904/05 | 250 | 450 | 500 | 14% |
| 1905/06 | 290 | 475 | 507.5 | 23% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiIstanbul, 29 shared years
- Marat BeyefendiIstanbul, 29 shared years
- Mehmet Şerefeddin EfendiIstanbul, 29 shared years
- Mehmet Zühdü EfendiIstanbul, 29 shared years
- David EfendiIstanbul, 29 shared years
1,457 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Abdurrahman Şakir BeySıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Ahmet Daim EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Ahmet Rifat EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdurrahman serafettin EfendiIstanbul, born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Ahmet Muhtar EfendiIstanbul, born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Ahmet Refet EfendiIstanbul, born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Ali Galip EfendiIstanbul, born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Ali Rıza EfendiIstanbul, born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (29)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 175 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 175 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Müvezzi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Müvezzi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Müvezzi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 130 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 130 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 220 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 235 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 235 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 235 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 235 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 235 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 235 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Sevk Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 290 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 101_8_13 |
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 (17)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Salim Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1269 | 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 |
| Father's occupation | esnaf | 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 | Sibyan Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1282 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1865 | 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) | 100 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Görev ihmali / posta kutularını vaktsiz açtığından azil edilmiş ise de taht-ı muhakemeye alınıp açıkta bulunduğu müddet dahi cezay-ı kafi görülmekle üç yüz altı senesi Zilkadesinin on beşinde (1 Temmuz sene 1305) yüz kuruş maaşla Dersaadet Merkezi Sevk Mekatibi Telgrafı Odası'na alınmış used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Görev İhmali other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1306; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323 | Later annual personnel extract |
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.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- 29 annual entries of 29 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.