Official
Osman Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Serres (Siroz) in 1838/39 (AH 1254). On record 1865 to 1880, 16 annual entries. Death recorded 1880/81.
Archive reference 5_137; 271
Life#
Osman Efendi was born in Serres (Siroz) in 1838/39 (AH 1254). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
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 Serres in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The official was then about 27 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 27 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Çavuş in Serres, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Müvezzi in Serres, the salary going from 300 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Çavuş in Serres).
The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1865/66 as Çavuş. 10 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 650 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with no rises and 2 cuts. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 4.86 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1879/80, when 3 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1880/81 (AH 1298): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1838/39 (AH 1254)
- Birthplace
- Serres (Siroz)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
- Death recorded
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
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
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Place
- Serres (Siroz)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | First work | Serres (Siroz) | 300first-salary field |
| 1865 to 1869AH 1282 to 1285 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 300 |
| 1869 to 1880AH 1286 to 1297 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 to 142 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 | 300 | 650 | 10% | |
| 1866/67 | 300 | 600 | 9% | |
| 1867/68 | 300 | 600 | 8% | |
| 1868/69 | 300 | 600 | 300 | 10% |
| 1869/70 | 150 | 600 | 3% | |
| 1870/71 | 150 | 600 | 250 | 2% |
| 1871/72 | 150 | 550 | 285 | 2% |
| 1872/73 | 150 | 550 | 330 | 3% |
| 1873/74 | 150 | 500 | 330 | 5% |
| 1874/75 | 150 | 535 | 330 | 5% |
| 1875/76 | 150 | 530 | 345 | 4% |
| 1876/77 | 150 | 582.5 | 3% | |
| 1877/78 | 150 | 560 | 2% | |
| 1878 | 150 | 600 | 2% | |
| 1878/79 | 150 | 600 | 2% | |
| 1879/80 | 142 | 500 | 3% |
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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet AğaSerres (Siroz), 16 shared years
- Numan AğaSerres (Siroz), 12 shared years
- Abdurrahman Nuri EfendiSerres (Siroz), 12 shared years
- Hayrullah AğaSerres (Siroz), 10 shared years
- Hüseyin AğaSerres (Siroz), 6 shared years
18 officials in all. Officials recorded in Serres (Siroz)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Ahmed Muhtar EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Ahmet Hazım EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Ahmet Niyazi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Ahmet Rifat EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Yusuf Agâh BeySerres (Siroz), born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Yusuf Agah BeySerres (Siroz), born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Ahmet Niyazi EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Abdurrahman Nuri EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Numan AğaSerres (Siroz), born 1824/25 (AH 1240)
21 officials in all. Officials born in Serres (Siroz)
Full record
Annual entries (16)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Müvezzi | Serres (Siroz) | 142 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_137; 271 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Osman Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1254 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | siroz | 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 | esnaf | 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) | 1282 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1865 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Siroz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1298 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- 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.
- 11 annual entries of 16 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.