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Official

ALİ NUSRET EFENDİ

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1902 to 1904, 2 annual entries.

Life

ALİ NUSRET EFENDİ was born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as binbasi.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Pristina (Priştine) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Toyran, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 15 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 2 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
binbasi

Education

Idadi
İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

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
1898/99 (AH 1316)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
250

Career

Career of ALİ NUSRET EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First workPristina (Priştine)250first-salary field
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)250
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruToyran250
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321250 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This 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 ALİ NUSRET EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1902/0325050038015%
1903/0425047535014%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulToyranPristinaThessaloniki

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

65 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Same school recorded

132 officials in all. Officials with İdadi Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of ALİ NUSRET EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_110; 217
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruToyran250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_110; 217
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 (14)

Recorded values of ALİ NUSRET EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameALİ NUSRET EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1297Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationbinbasiRecovered 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
Schoolidadi MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling9Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1316Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1898Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placePristineRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered 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.
  • 2 annual entries of 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.