Official
Ali Rıza Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Tavas in 1868/69 (AH 1285). On record 1889 to 1893, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 58-129;251
Life#
Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Tavas in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Doktor.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Izmir (İzmir) in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 320 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Muhabere Memuru in Latakia (Lazkiye), with 320 kuruş a month. In 1890/91 the record shows Posta Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 320 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Latakia). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 300 to 570 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Beirut).
The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhabere Memuru. 59 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 445 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 270 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.31 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Birthplace
- Tavas
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Doktor
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 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
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)
- Place
- Izmir (İzmir)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 320
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Görev ihmali / Mumaileyh makam-ı celil-i sadaret-i şahane imzasıyla Nablus Mutasarrıflığına ve zevat-ı saireye mahallince birçok telgrafnameler tezyi‘ ve tevzi‘ etmiş olmasına mebni bin üç yüz on senesine şehri Ramazan-ı şerifinin yirmi ikisinde 28 Mart sene 1309 işten el çektirilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış ve Suriye Vilayeti Meclis-i İdaresince bi’l- muhakeme cera’ati sabit olmağla altı mah müddetle hapsine karar verilerek bin üç yüz on bir senesi şehr-i Şevval-i şerifinin on beşinde 9 Nisan sene 1309 azil edilmiştir.; Görev İhmali
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87AH 1304 | First work | Izmir (İzmir) | 320first-salary field |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 320 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Posta Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 |
| 1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 570 to 600 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 | 320 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1890/91 | 300 | 500 | 380 | 15% |
| 1891/92 | 570 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1892/93 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
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
- Mehmet Kemal EfendiDamascus (Şam), 2 shared years
- Mustafa Vehbi EfendiDamascus (Şam), 2 shared years
- Mehmet Hasan EfendiDamascus (Şam), 2 shared years
- Abdüllatif Lütfü EfendiDamascus (Şam), 2 shared years
- Hafız Mehmet Sadık EfendiDamascus (Şam), 2 shared years
62 officials in all. Officials recorded in Damascus (Şam)
Same school recorded
- Abdi Zühtü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Abdülkadir Ziya EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Naim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 320 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-129;251 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Posta Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-129;251 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-129;251 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-129;251 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ali Rıza Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1285 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | tavas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | aydin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Doktor | 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) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1304 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1887 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | izmir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 320 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Görev ihmali / Mumaileyh makam-ı celil-i sadaret-i şahane imzasıyla Nablus Mutasarrıflığına ve zevat-ı saireye mahallince birçok telgrafnameler tezyi‘ ve tevzi‘ etmiş olmasına mebni bin üç yüz on senesine şehri Ramazan-ı şerifinin yirmi ikisinde 28 Mart sene 1309 işten el çektirilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış ve Suriye Vilayeti Meclis-i İdaresince bi’l- muhakeme cera’ati sabit olmağla altı mah müddetle hapsine karar verilerek bin üç yüz on bir senesi şehr-i Şevval-i şerifinin on beşinde 9 Nisan sene 1309 azil edilmiştir. 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) |
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.
- 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.
- 4 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.