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Official

Mehmet Derviş Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Damascus (Şam) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). On record 1905 to 1907, 2 annual entries.

Archive reference 148-210-415

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Life

Mehmet Derviş Efendi was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1864/65 (AH 1281), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); Mehmet Derviş also wrote Arabic as well as Turkish.

Mehmet Derviş began work in Damascus in 1904/05, at about 40, paid from the start, on 500 kuruş a month. Only 40 of the 5,128 officials whose age at first work is known began work at 40 or older. Both annual entries, for 1905/06 and 1906/07, place Mehmet Derviş in Damascus, the birthplace, as a travelling postal official (Seyyar Memur).

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 500 kuruş a month in 1905/06, as Seyyar Memur in Damascus, when half the paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324500 kuruşSeyyar Memur
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 Mehmet Derviş Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1905/0650047554050%
1906/0750045050051%

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.

Career of Mehmet Derviş Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1904/05AH 1322First workDamascus (Şam)500first-salary field
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324Seyyar Memur
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06500
1906/07500
Damascus (Şam)500

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Damascus (Şam)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Arabic
Kitabetwriting
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1904/05 (AH 1322)
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 20 officials with entries in Damascus (Şam) in the same years, Mehmet Derviş Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

All 145 officials with entries in Damascus (Şam)

Same job title, same years

Of the 42 officials with the title Seyyar Memur in the same years, Mehmet Derviş Efendi had the 23rd highest salary.

All 273 officials with the title Seyyar Memur

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Derviş Efendi had the 1,253rd highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 59 officials born in Damascus (Şam), Mehmet Derviş Efendi had the 18th highest salary.

The page of Damascus (Şam), with the 59 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 117 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), Mehmet Derviş Efendi had the 8th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Mehmet Derviş Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323Seyyar MemurDamascus (Şam)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract148-210-415
1906/07AH 1324Seyyar MemurDamascus (Şam)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract148-210-415
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)

Recorded values of Mehmet Derviş Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMehmet Derviş EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1281Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacesamRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthsuriyeRecovered 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
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1322Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1904Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placesamRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered 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.
  • 1 annual entry 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.

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