Official
Miltiyadi Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1903 to 1906, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 120-85-165
Life#
Born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294), Miltiyadi Efendi came from the Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) community. Schooling took four years, at a community school (Millet Mektebi); Miltiyadi also wrote French, Greek (Rum) and Turkish, and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).
Miltiyadi began work in Istanbul in 1900/01, at about 23, with three unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 500 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1903/04, to 1905/06, every annual entry places Miltiyadi in the same post, travelling postal official (Seyyar Memur), in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa).
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 500 kuruş a month in 1903/04, as Seyyar Memur in Svilengrad, when 51 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.
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 1877/78 (AH 1294); First work 1900/01 (AH 1318)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04 | 500 | 475 | 675 | 51% |
| 1904/05 | 500 | 450 | 600 | 52% |
| 1905/06 | 500 | 475 | 540 | 50% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500first-salary field |
| 1903 to 1906AH 1321 to 1323 | Seyyar Memur | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1900/01 (AH 1318)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
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 16 officials with entries in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) in the same years, Miltiyadi Efendi had the 11th highest salary.
- Ahmet Tevfik Bey3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadettin Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mahmut Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Bahaattin Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Ahmet Kemal Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
All 68 officials with entries in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
Same job title, same years
Of the 82 officials with the title Seyyar Memur in the same years, Miltiyadi Efendi had the 64th highest salary.
- Mehmet İzzet Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Nurettin Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Tevfik Bey3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Salih Safi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Süleyman Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Miltiyadi Efendi had the 115th highest salary.
- Daron Naçhan Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Elyaho Romanoborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Elyas Zehlan Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 400 kuruş
- İlyaho Romanov Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 500 kuruş
- İstrati Mamli Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 350 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Miltiyadi Efendi had the 986th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Hamdi Beyborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Ahmet Hayri Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ahmet Lütfi Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Münim Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Necati Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 400 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), Miltiyadi Efendi had the 14th highest salary.
- Ahmet Necati Efendifirst entry in Adana; highest salary 400 kuruş
- İBRAHİM ETHEM EFENDİfirst entry in Edirne; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mahmut Nazım Efendifirst entry in Mitrovica (Mitroviça); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Şevki Efendifirst entry in Deregol; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0156_0133;263)first entry in Kartal; highest salary 500 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Seyyar Memur | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-85-165 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Seyyar Memur | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-85-165 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Seyyar Memur | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-85-165 |
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 | Miltiyadi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1294 | 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 | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet 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) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1318 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1900 | 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) | 500 | 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.
- 3 annual entries of 3 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
- Miltiyadi Efendi
- Travelling postal official (Seyyar Memur)
- Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- 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)