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Unnamed official (0067_0239; sayfa no:475)

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Trabzon in 1866/67 (AH 1283). On record 1885 to 1901, 15 annual entries. Death recorded 1901/02.

Life

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Trabzon in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

First work is recorded in Trabzon in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 600 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Svilengrad). In 1893/94 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Trabzon, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edirne). No annual entry is recorded for 1886/87.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1885/86 as Muhabere Memuru. 58 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 15 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with no rises and 2 cuts. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 2.67 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 31 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1901/02 (AH 1319): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Trabzon
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Death recorded
1901/02 (AH 1319)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 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.

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Place
Trabzon
First salary field (kuruş a month)
600

Career

Career of Unnamed official (0067_0239; sayfa no:475), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workTrabzon600first-salary field
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)600
No annual entry: 1886/87 (AH 1304)
1887 to 1892AH 1305 to 1309Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1887/88500
1888/89500
1889/90500
1890/91500
1891/92500
Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)500
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruEdirne500
1893 to 1901AH 1311 to 1318Başmüdür Kitabeti
8 entries
YearSalary
1893/94400
1894/95400
1895/96400
1896/97400
1897/98400
1898/99400
1899/1900400
1900/01400
Trabzon400
1901/02AH 1319Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry02004006001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315600 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Unnamed official (0067_0239; sayfa no:475) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1885/8660050040058%
1887/8850050040041%
1888/8950050040041%
1889/9050050040042%
1890/9150050040043%
1891/9250050040043%
1892/9350050040044%
1893/9440050060030%
1894/9540050060030%
1895/9640050060030%
1896/9740050060032%
1897/9840050057032%
1898/9940050057531%
1899/190040050060031%
1900/0140050058531%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
TrabzonIoanninaSvilengradEdirne

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Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

126 officials in all. Officials recorded in Trabzon

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

65 officials in all. Officials born in Trabzon

Full record

Annual entries (15)

Annual entries of Unnamed official (0067_0239; sayfa no:475)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruSvilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruSvilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruSvilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruSvilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruSvilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruEdirne500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1893/94AH 1311Başmüdür KitabetiTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1894/95AH 1312Başmüdür KitabetiTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1895/96AH 1313Başmüdür KitabetiTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1896/97AH 1314Başmüdür KitabetiTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1897/98AH 1315Başmüdür KitabetiTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1898/99AH 1316Başmüdür KitabetiTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1899/1900AH 1317Başmüdür KitabetiTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
1900/01AH 1318Başmüdür KitabetiTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0239; Sayfa No:475
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 (13)

Recorded values of Unnamed official (0067_0239; sayfa no:475) with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Birth year (AH)1283Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacetrabzonRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthtrabzonRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)4Recovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1299Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1882Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeTrabzonRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)600Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1319Earlier 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.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.