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Official

Unnamed official (0006_0294; 583)

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemah in 1857/58 (AH 1274). On record 1876 to 1911, 34 annual entries.

Life

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Kemah in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hademe.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Osmaniye in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Kontrol Kalemi in Osmaniye, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows İstatistik Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Osmaniye). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 and 1909/10.

The highest salary, 720 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as İstatistik Kalemi. 63 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 34 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1878/79. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.69 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Birthplace
Kemah
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Hademe

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives 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
1876/77 (AH 1293)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of Unnamed official (0006_0294; 583), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workOsmaniye400first-salary field
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1294Kontrol Kalemi
2 entries
YearSalary
1876/77400
1877/78400
Osmaniye400
No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295)
1878 to 1909AH 1296 to 1326İstatistik Kalemi
31 entries
YearSalary
1878/79500
1879/80400
1880/81400
1881/82450
1882/83450
1883/84450
1884/85550
1885/86550
1886/87600
1887/88600
1888/89600
1889/90600
1890/91600
1891/92600
1892/93600
1893/94600
1894/95600
1895/96650
1896/97585
1897/98600
1898/99600
1899/1900600
1900/01650
1901/02675
1902/03675
1903/04675
1904/05675
1905/06675
1906/07675
1907/08675
1908/09700
Istanbul (Dersaadet)500 to 700
No annual entry: 1909/10 (AH 1327)
1910/11AH 1328İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)720
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entry02004006008001882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320720 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320This 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 Unnamed official (0006_0294; 583) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1876/77400582.517%
1877/7840056016%
1878/7950060034%
1879/8040050035%
1880/8140050034%
1881/8245050040%
1882/8345050037%
1883/8445050038%
1884/8555050056%
1885/8655050056%
1886/8760050059%
1887/8860050030058%
1888/8960050030058%
1889/9060050040058%
1890/9160050040059%
1891/9260050040059%
1892/9360050040059%
1893/9460050040060%
1894/9560050013160%
1895/9665050015072%
1896/9758550017572%
1897/9860050020073%
1898/9960050020072%
1899/190060050025070%
1900/0165050025073%
1901/0267550025074%
1902/0367550074%
1903/0467547574%
1904/0567545074%
1905/0667547572%
1906/0767545071%
1907/0867530076%
1908/0970035071%
1910/1172050063%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KemahIstanbulOsmaniye

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

1,587 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

19 officials in all. Officials born in Kemah

Full record

Annual entries (34)

Annual entries of Unnamed official (0006_0294; 583)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Kontrol KalemiOsmaniye400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1877/78AH 1294Kontrol KalemiOsmaniye400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1878/79AH 1296İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1879/80AH 1297İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1880/81AH 1298İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1881/82AH 1299İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)450Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1882/83AH 1300İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)450Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1883/84AH 1301İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)450Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1884/85AH 1302İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)550Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1885/86AH 1303İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)550Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1886/87AH 1304İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1887/88AH 1305İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1888/89AH 1306İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1889/90AH 1307İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1890/91AH 1308İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1891/92AH 1309İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1892/93AH 1310İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1893/94AH 1311İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1894/95AH 1312İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1895/96AH 1313İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)650Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1896/97AH 1314İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)585Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1897/98AH 1315İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1898/99AH 1316İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1899/1900AH 1317İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1900/01AH 1318İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)650Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1901/02AH 1319İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1902/03AH 1320İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1903/04AH 1321İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1904/05AH 1322İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1905/06AH 1323İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1906/07AH 1324İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1907/08AH 1325İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1908/09AH 1326İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)700Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
1910/11AH 1328İstatistik KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0294; 583
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 Unnamed official (0006_0294; 583) with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Birth year (AH)1274Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacekemahRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birtherzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationHademeRecovered 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
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1293Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1876Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeosmaniyeRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered 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.
  • 30 annual entries of 34 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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