Official
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Louros (Loros) in 1883/84 (AH 1301). On record 1903 to 1907, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 159-167-329
Life#
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Louros (Loros) in 1883/84 (AH 1301) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was an imam. Schooling took nine years, at a preparatory secondary school (İdadi Mektebi); Mehmet Tevfik also wrote French, Greek (Rum) and Turkish.
At about 14, in 1897/98, Mehmet Tevfik began work in Louros, with six unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 200 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1903/04, to 1906/07, every annual entry places Mehmet Tevfik in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Kastoria (Kesriye).
The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 500 in 1906/07, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Kastoria, when 51 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 15,000 kuruş, 67 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.
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 1883/84 (AH 1301); First work 1897/98 (AH 1315)
1903 to 1907 (AH 1321 to 1324)
250 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
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 | 250 | 475 | 350 | 14% |
| 1904/05 | 250 | 450 | 350 | 14% |
| 1905/06 | 250 | 475 | 330 | 14% |
| 1906/07 | 500 | 450 | 300 | 51% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | First work | Louros (Loros) | 200first-salary field |
| 1903 to 1907AH 1321 to 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastoria (Kesriye) | 250 to 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Birthplace
- Louros (Loros)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- imam
Education
- Idadi
- İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 6 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
- 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
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Place
- Louros (Loros)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 200
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 8 officials with entries in Kastoria (Kesriye) in the same years, Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.
- İBRAHİM HAKKI EFENDİ3 shared years; highest salary 350 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 594 kuruş
- Halil Rifat Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 540 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
- İbrahim Ethem Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 270 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,205 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 318th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey4 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey4 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Nikola Yunani Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
Same school
Of the 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi among their schools, Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 29th highest salary.
- Ahmet Fevzi Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Aristotil Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Mehmet Hulusi Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Mehmet Nazım Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 50 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 14th highest salary.
- Ali Hayri Efendifirst entry in Büyükdere; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in Vize; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Aziz Efendifirst entry in Damascus (Şam); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hüseyin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mahmut Celalettin Efendifirst entry in Yeniköy; highest salary 260 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastoria (Kesriye) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 159-167-329 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastoria (Kesriye) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 159-167-329 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastoria (Kesriye) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 159-167-329 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastoria (Kesriye) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 159-167-329 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Tevfik Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1301 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | loros | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | yanya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | imam | 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 | idadi Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 9 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 6 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1315 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1897 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Loros | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 200 | 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 4 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
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Kastoria (Kesriye)
- Louros (Loros)
- Idadi school (İdadi Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- 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)