Official
AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİ
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1896 to 1905, 5 annual entries.
Archive reference 115_174; 345
Life#
Born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1872/73 (AH 1289), AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİ came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a muezzin. AHMET MİTHAT had seven years of schooling, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi), and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).
Work began in Thessaloniki in 1894/95, at about 22, with two unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 250 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1896/97 to 1904/05 places AHMET MİTHAT in Thessaloniki, the birthplace, first as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru), from 1904/05 as a letters official (Mekâtib Memuru).
Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 300 in 1902/03, as Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 16,800 kuruş, 57 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1897/98 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 14% |
| 1902/03 | 300 | 500 | 380 | 21% |
| 1903/04 | 300 | 475 | 350 | 23% |
| 1904/05 | 300 | 450 | 295 | 23% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | First work | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 250first-salary field |
| 1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 250 |
| No annual entry: 1898 to 1902 (AH 1316 to 1319) | |||
| 1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Mekâtib Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Birthplace
- Thessaloniki (Selanik)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Muezzin
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
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
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 157 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in the same years, AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİ had the 136th highest salary.
- Mustafa Nuri Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Hasan Nazmi Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mehmet Aziz Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mehmet Celal Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Galip Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,458 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİ had the 1,151st 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
- Mehmet Hurşit Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİ had the 2,211th highest salary of them.
- Abdulgafur Sırrı Efendiborn 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdullah Arif Efendiborn 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Abdullah Behçet Efendiborn 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Abdüllatif Efendiborn 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 520 kuruş
- Abdurrahman Akif Efendiborn 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 65 officials born in Thessaloniki (Selanik), AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİ had the 54th highest salary.
- Abdurrahman Akif Efendiborn 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ömer Fevzi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Osman Fevzi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Unnamed official (43_66; 129)born 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 675 kuruş
The page of Thessaloniki (Selanik), with the 65 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 164 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 163 have a recorded salary; AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİ had the 114th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 440 kuruş
- Mehmet Reşit Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Süleyman Hulusi Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Halil Vehbi Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Hasan Tevfik Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 500 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (5)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_174; 345 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_174; 345 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_174; 345 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_174; 345 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Mekâtib Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_174; 345 |
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 | AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİ | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1289 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | muezzin | 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) | 1312 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1894 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 250 | 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.
- 5 annual entries of 5 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
- AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİ
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Thessaloniki (Selanik)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Letters official (Mekâtib Memuru)
- 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)