Official
Ali Mümtaz Bey
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1898 to 1905, 7 annual entries.
Archive reference 102_86_167
Life#
Ali Mümtaz Bey was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father's occupation was "Defterdar". Schooling took nine years, at a preparatory secondary school (İdadi Mektebi); Ali Mümtaz also wrote Turkish and spoke French, and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).
Ali Mümtaz began work in Istanbul in 1897/98, at about 20, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 300 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1898/99 to 1904/05 places Ali Mümtaz in Istanbul, the birthplace, first in the Tercume Odasi, from 1904/05 as Mersule Basmemuru.
Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to a peak of 700 in 1900/01, in the Tercume Odasi in Istanbul, when 76 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1904/05.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 | 300 | 500 | 19% | |
| 1899/1900 | 500 | 500 | 47% | |
| 1900/01 | 700 | 500 | 700 | 76% |
| 1901/02 | 700 | 500 | 700 | 76% |
| 1902/03 | 700 | 500 | 700 | 75% |
| 1903/04 | 700 | 475 | 75% | |
| 1904/05 | 600 | 450 | 67% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300first-salary field |
| 1898 to 1904AH 1316 to 1321 | Tercume Odasi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 to 700 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Mersule Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Defterdar
Education
- Idadi
- İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Other High
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- French
- Tekellumspeaking
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- 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 893 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Ali Mümtaz Bey had the 341st highest salary.
- Hüseyin Hasip Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Salahattin Bey7 shared years; highest salary 7,800 kuruş
- Suleyman Resat Bey7 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Bey7 shared years; highest salary 5,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Asaf Bey7 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 6 officials with the title Tercume Odasi in the same years, Ali Mümtaz Bey had the 3rd highest salary.
- Yosef Arya Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 1,020 kuruş
- Mehmet Ferit Bey5 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Yervant Mariter Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ahmet Avni Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Mardiros Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 200 kuruş
Same school
Of the 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi among their schools, Ali Mümtaz Bey had the 20th highest salary.
- İsmail Hakkı Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mustafa Behçet Beyborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 1,260 kuruş
- Abdülfettah Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Abdulgafur Hamit Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Hüseyin Memduh Beyborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 425 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Ali Mümtaz Bey had the 704th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Hamdi Beyborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Ahmet Hayri Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ahmet Lütfi Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Münim Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Necati Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 400 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 93 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 92 have a recorded salary; Ali Mümtaz Bey had the 7th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Hayri Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Yusuf Ziyaettin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Mehmet Faik Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Cemal Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
- MEHMET HALİT EFENDİfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 300 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (7)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Tercume Odasi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_86_167 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Tercume Odasi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_86_167 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Tercume Odasi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_86_167 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Tercume Odasi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_86_167 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Tercume Odasi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_86_167 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Tercume Odasi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_86_167 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Mersule Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_86_167 |
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 | Ali Mümtaz Bey | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1294 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | defterdar | 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 | idadi Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 9 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1315 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1897 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | 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.
- 7 annual entries of 7 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
- Ali Mümtaz Bey
- Tercume Odasi
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Idadi school (İdadi Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Mersule Basmemuru
- 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)