Kasti Çaliki Efendi

Born 1864/65 (AH 1281) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)

Languages English, French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279

The career, year by year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Places and reading notes

Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul

8 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

The life

Kasti Çaliki Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). Schooling included Rumeli Hisarı İngiliz Mektebi. The language repertoire included English, French, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Galata Postahanesi in 1887/88 (AH 1305). Service included Şehir Dairesi Memuru in Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul (1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)). Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul appears most often, across 8 dated years.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 500 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 1864/65 (AH 1281)^[source]
Education: Rumeli Hisarı İngiliz Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1887/88 (AH 1305) · Galata Postahanesi^[source]
Age at first work: 24^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 250 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

8
Dated AH years: 1
Career place names: 8
Salary years: 400 → 500
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 500
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 55.4%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 1894/95 (AH 1312); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1894/95 (AH 1312).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 3 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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1864/65 (AH 1281)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Galata Postahanesi / Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Galata Postahanesi; Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul
1. Galata Postahanesi
  First work as recorded
  Calculated age 24
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul
  Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  250 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul
  Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1888/89 (AH 1306) · 7 recorded years
Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul
AH entries: 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul
1. Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7. Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8. Şehir Dairesi Memuru
  500 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9. Şehir Dairesi Memuru (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only

Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

View the yearly values

Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1887/88 (AH 1305)	400	400	150 to 1,500	43.8%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	400	400	135 to 1,500	45.6%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	400	400	130 to 1,500	46.2%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	400	400	125 to 1,500	45.4%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	500	400	140 to 1,600	56.1%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	500	400	135 to 1,500	56.2%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	500	400	140 to 1,400	55.4%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	500	400	140 to 1,500	55.4%	2004

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul8
1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul250 to 500

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title

Şehir Dairesi Memuru8
1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

Istanbul665 other officialsAbdurrezzak Bedirxan born 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 4,000 kuruş
1887/88 (AH 1305)190 other officialsAhmed Ataullah Efendi first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 2,800 kuruş

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Rumeli Hisarı İngiliz Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

English · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]
French · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]
Rum (as recorded) · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace: İstanbul^[source]
Birth province: Dersaadet^[source]
Birth year: 1864/65 (AH 1281)^[source]
Nationality or community: Rum^[source]
Archive references: BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279^[1]

Education and languages

English: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
French: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Rum (as recorded): Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Education: Rumeli Hisarı İngiliz Mektebi^[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 24^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: Galata Postahanesi^[source]
First-salary field: 250 kuruş (personal first-salary field)^[source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year: 1887/88 (AH 1305)^[source]

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları
AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 133, 134
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.; 226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.

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