Official
Abdurrezak Bey Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Basra in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1891 to 1904, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 106_110_217
Life#
Abdurrezak Bey Efendi was born in Basra in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 475 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, with 475 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 475 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1899/1900 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Baghdad, the salary going from 475 to 570 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Basra). In 1903/04 the record shows 2. Posta Muduru in Baghdad, the salary going from 570 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Baghdad).
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as 2. Posta Muduru. 87 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 13 years with a salary the median is 475 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 430 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.4 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Birthplace
- Basra
- 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Place
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 475
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- hırsızlık / Bağdat Postahanesi'ndeki mektuplar ve derûnundan evrak-ı nakdiye ve emaetlerden ve meskukat sirkati vukuunun tekrarından dolayı mumaileyhin taht-ı muhakemeye alınması üzerine işten el çektirilmiş ise de ahlaksızlığı ve vazifesinin vekaletle idaresi kabil olamadığı cihetle beraet ettiği takdirde diğer mahalle tayin edilmemek üzere bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Saferinin yirmi beşinde 28 Nisan sene 1320 Evrak Memurluğu'ndan azl edildiği; Zimmet
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | First work | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 475first-salary field |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 475 |
| 1892 to 1899AH 1310 to 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Basra | 380 to 475 |
| 1899 to 1903AH 1317 to 1320 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 570 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 2. Posta Muduru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 1,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 42% |
| 1892/93 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 24% |
| 1893/94 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 44% |
| 1894/95 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 44% |
| 1895/96 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 45% |
| 1896/97 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1897/98 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1898/99 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1899/1900 | 570 | 500 | 600 | 69% |
| 1900/01 | 570 | 500 | 585 | 66% |
| 1901/02 | 570 | 500 | 555 | 66% |
| 1902/03 | 570 | 500 | 585 | 66% |
| 1903/04 | 1,000 | 475 | 87% |
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 and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Menaşe EfendiBaghdad (Bağdat) and 1 other place, 8 shared years
- Münşi EfendiBaghdad (Bağdat) and 1 other place, 7 shared years
- Salih Naci EfendiBasra, 7 shared years
- İspridyon Yavi EfendiBasra, 7 shared years
- Setran EfendiBaghdad (Bağdat), 6 shared years
74 officials in all. Officials recorded in Basra
Same school recorded
- Abdüllatif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdülvahap EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdürrauf EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Ahmet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Ahmet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Basra | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Basra | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Basra | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Basra | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Basra | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Basra | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Basra | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_110_217 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 2. Posta Muduru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 106_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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Abdurrezak Bey Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1287 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | basra | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | basra | 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) | 1307 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1890 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Bagdat | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 475 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | hırsızlık / Bağdat Postahanesi'ndeki mektuplar ve derûnundan evrak-ı nakdiye ve emaetlerden ve meskukat sirkati vukuunun tekrarından dolayı mumaileyhin taht-ı muhakemeye alınması üzerine işten el çektirilmiş ise de ahlaksızlığı ve vazifesinin vekaletle idaresi kabil olamadığı cihetle beraet ettiği takdirde diğer mahalle tayin edilmemek üzere bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Saferinin yirmi beşinde 28 Nisan sene 1320 Evrak Memurluğu'ndan azl edildiği used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal 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.
- 13 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.