Official
Mehmet Süleyman Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1885/86 (AH 1303). On record 1906 to 1910, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 189-100-99
Life#
Mehmet Süleyman Efendi was born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1885/86 (AH 1303), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); Mehmet Süleyman also wrote Arabic as well as Turkish.
Work began in Beirut in 1906/07, at about 20, paid from the start, on 150 kuruş a month. Every annual entry from 1906/07 to 1909/10 places Mehmet Süleyman in the same post, deliverer (Müvezzi), in Beirut, the birthplace.
Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1906/07 to a peak of 400 in 1909/10, as Müvezzi in Beirut, when one in three paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 10,200 kuruş, 54 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 | 150 | 450 | 150 | 6% |
| 1907/08 | 150 | 300 | 175 | 12% |
| 1908/09 | 150 | 350 | 200 | 9% |
| 1909/10 | 400 | 462.5 | 33% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | First work | Beirut (Beyrut) | 150first-salary field |
| 1906 to 1910AH 1324 to 1327 | Müvezzi | Beirut (Beyrut) | 150 to 400 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Birthplace
- Beirut (Beyrut)
- 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
- 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- Place
- Beirut (Beyrut)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 150
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 44 officials with entries in Beirut (Beyrut) in the same years, Mehmet Süleyman Efendi had the 24th highest salary.
- Haci İbrahim Ethem Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Mehmet Besir Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Mehmet Selim Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mahmut Nedim Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 403 kuruş
- Muharrem Bey3 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 9 officials with the title Müvezzi in the same years, Mehmet Süleyman Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Mehmet Yahya Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hamid Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Zital Hayım Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Fevzi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdurrahim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Süleyman Efendi had the 1,725th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Yaşar Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Celalettin Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Enis Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 100 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 51 officials born in Beirut (Beyrut), Mehmet Süleyman Efendi had the 30th highest salary.
- Mehmet Bekir Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Tevfik Şahin Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Abdülhafız Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 300 kuruş
- İbrahim Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 250 kuruş
- MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİborn 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 300 kuruş
The page of Beirut (Beyrut), with the 51 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), Mehmet Süleyman Efendi had the 24th highest salary.
- Unnamed official (0156_0149;295)first entry in Beirut (Beyrut); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdurrahim Efendifirst entry in Beirut (Beyrut); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Mahmut Nedim Efendifirst entry in Beirut (Beyrut); highest salary 403 kuruş
- HÜSEYİN SABRİ EFENDİfirst entry in Beirut (Beyrut); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Abdülkadir Efendifirst entry in Mecca (Mekke); highest salary 300 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Müvezzi | Beirut (Beyrut) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-100-99 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Müvezzi | Beirut (Beyrut) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-100-99 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Müvezzi | Beirut (Beyrut) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-100-99 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Müvezzi | Beirut (Beyrut) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-100-99 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Süleyman Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1303 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | beyrut | 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 |
| 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1324 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1906 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 150 | 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.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Mehmet Süleyman Efendi
- Deliverer (Müvezzi)
- Beirut (Beyrut)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye 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)