Official
Mehmet Said Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Tripoli (Trablusşam) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). On record 1893 to 1906, 12 annual entries.
Archive reference 0084_0159; 313
Life#
Mehmet Said Efendi was born in Tripoli (Trablusşam) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as seyh.
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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Adana in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 34 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 1893/94, the official was about 34 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yemen, the salary going from 400 to 675 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1903/04 the record shows 1. Müdür in Ibb (İbb), the salary going from 1,000 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yemen). In 1904/05 the record shows 1. Müdür in Bayt al-Faqih (Beytülfakih), with 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Ibb). No annual entry is recorded for 1902/03.
The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as 1. Müdür. 94 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 12 years with a salary the median is 837.5 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.64 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 93 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Birthplace
- Tripoli (Trablusşam)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- seyh
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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Place
- Adana
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Görev ihmali / Mumaileyh menafi-i zatiyesini vazife-i resmiyesine bi't-tercih amiri tarafından verilen tarafından verilen emre adem-i itaat ve temaruzla muamelat ve muhaberatı düçar-ı tezebzüb bir hale getirmesinden ve çend defa tevbih edilmiş olduğu halde yine münebbeh olmadığından muceb-i intibah olmak ve ıslah-ı hal eylemek üzere Nezaret İntihab-ı Memurin Komisyonu'nun kararıyla bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Recebinin on üçünde 2 Teşrinievvel sene 318 açığa çıkarıldığı; Görev İhmali
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1321; 1322; 1323
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | First work | Adana | 400first-salary field |
| 1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 400 |
| 1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 400 |
| 1898 to 1902AH 1316 to 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Yemen | 675 to 1,000 |
| No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320) | |||
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 1. Müdür | Ibb (İbb) | 1,500 |
| 1904 to 1906AH 1322 to 1323 | 1. Müdür | Bayt al-Faqih (Beytülfakih) | 1,500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1896/97 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1897/98 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1898/99 | 675 | 500 | 400 | 76% |
| 1899/1900 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 88% |
| 1900/01 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 87% |
| 1901/02 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 87% |
| 1903/04 | 1,500 | 475 | 1,400 | 94% |
| 1904/05 | 1,500 | 450 | 1,400 | 94% |
| 1905/06 | 1,500 | 475 | 1,500 | 93% |
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
- Ahmet Şevket EfendiYemen, 4 shared years
- Mehmet Raşit EfendiYemen, 4 shared years
- Hasan Tahsin EfendiYemen, 4 shared years
- Kazım BeyYemen, 4 shared years
- Antuan EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
109 officials in all. Officials recorded in Yemen
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Raif EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Ahmet Asım EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Ali Haydar EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Ali Rıza EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mahmut Hamdi EfendiTripoli (Trablusşam), born 1858/59 (AH 1275)
- Mehmet Fevzi EfendiTripoli (Trablusşam), born 1863/64 (AH 1280)
- Hacı Ahmet Hilmi EfendiTripoli (Trablusşam), born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Kamil EfendiTripoli (Trablusşam), born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- İlyas Raci EfendiTripoli (Trablusşam), born 1848/49 (AH 1265)
10 officials in all. Officials born in Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Full record
Annual entries (12)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Yemen | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Yemen | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Yemen | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Yemen | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 1. Müdür | Ibb (İbb) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | 1. Müdür | Bayt al-Faqih (Beytülfakih) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 1. Müdür | Bayt al-Faqih (Beytülfakih) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0159; 313 |
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 (17)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Said Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1276 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | trablussam | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | seyh | 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 | Sibyan Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1311 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1893 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Adana | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Görev ihmali / Mumaileyh menafi-i zatiyesini vazife-i resmiyesine bi't-tercih amiri tarafından verilen tarafından verilen emre adem-i itaat ve temaruzla muamelat ve muhaberatı düçar-ı tezebzüb bir hale getirmesinden ve çend defa tevbih edilmiş olduğu halde yine münebbeh olmadığından muceb-i intibah olmak ve ıslah-ı hal eylemek üzere Nezaret İntihab-ı Memurin Komisyonu'nun kararıyla bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Recebinin on üçünde 2 Teşrinievvel sene 318 açığa çıkarıldığı used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Görev İhmali other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1321; 1322; 1323 | Later annual personnel extract |
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.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- 12 annual entries of 12 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.