Official
Mustafa Sabit Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Tuzla in 1876/77 (AH 1293). On record 1901 to 1905, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 118-176-347
Life#
Born in Tuzla in 1876/77 (AH 1293) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community, Mustafa Sabit Efendi was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). Mustafa Sabit had seven years of schooling, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi), and wrote Turkish and spoke Arabic.
Work began in Adana in 1893/94, at about 17, with eight unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 300 kuruş. Of the 5,142 officials with a known apprenticeship, fewer than 4 per cent worked unpaid for eight years or longer. The annual lists begin in 1901/02, with Mustafa Sabit as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Bartın. From 1902 to 1905 the annual entries place Mustafa Sabit in Samsun.
The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to 380 in 1902/03, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Samsun, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 17,280 kuruş, 74 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1904/05.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1902/03 | 380 | 500 | 380 | 31% |
| 1903/04 | 380 | 475 | 350 | 34% |
| 1904/05 | 380 | 450 | 350 | 35% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | First work | Adana | 300first-salary field |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Bartın | 300 |
| 1902 to 1905AH 1320 to 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Samsun | 380 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Birthplace
- Tuzla
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 8 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
- Tekellumspeaking
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Place
- Adana
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
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 14 officials with entries in Samsun in the same years, Mustafa Sabit Efendi had the 13th highest salary.
- Ali Bey3 shared years; highest salary 2,400 kuruş
- Mehmet Fazıl Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 720 kuruş
- Ahmet Faiz Efend2 shared years; highest salary 5,400 kuruş
- Cevri Baha Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Fazıl Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,237 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mustafa Sabit Efendi had the 822nd 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; Mustafa Sabit Efendi had the 2,060th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Abdullah Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ahmet Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Feyzi Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 720 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), Mustafa Sabit Efendi had the 64th highest salary.
- Ahmet İhsan Efendifirst entry in Trabzon; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in Edirne; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Behor İsak Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 800 kuruş
- İbrahim Ethem Efendifirst entry in Neapoli (Nasliç); highest salary 380 kuruş
- Karabet Asadoryan Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 700 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Bartın | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-176-347 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Samsun | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-176-347 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Samsun | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-176-347 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Samsun | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-176-347 |
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 | Mustafa Sabit Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | tuzla4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | cezairi bahri sefid | 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 | 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) | 8 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1311 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1893 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Adana | 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 |
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.
- 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.
Subjects
- Mustafa Sabit Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Samsun
- Tuzla
- 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)