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Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi

Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1849/50 (AH 1266). On record 1868 to 1905, 37 annual entries. Death recorded 1905/06.

Life

Born in Istanbul in 1849/50 (AH 1266) into the Armenian Christian (Ermeni) community, Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). Work began in Istanbul in 1864/65, at about 15, with four unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 150 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1868/69, places Gerope Gümüş Gerdan in Beyoğlu as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru). The annual lists then follow Gerope Gümüş Gerdan to Gelibolu from 1869 to 1871, then back to Beyoğlu from 1871 to 1878. Gerope Gümüş Gerdan then moved to Yenişehir, Beyoğlu and Bursa from 1878 to 1883, then Izmir (İzmir) from 1883 to 1894. Next came Jaffa (Yafa) and Beirut (Beyrut) from 1894 to 1900. The last posts were in Izmir again from 1900 to 1905. Six provinces on two continents in all, a number reached by fewer than 7 per cent of the 5,200 officials with a place of service. Entries spanning 38 years are rare, reached by fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,211 officials.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1868/69 to 1,000 in 1878, the peak, as an official for foreign communications (Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti) in Yenişehir, when 76 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05; the list of 1905/06 (AH 1323) gives the status word Vefat (death).

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.

All 11 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1869/701871/7218781880/811883/841894/951896/971900/011234567891011Istanbul, BeyoğluGeliboluYenişehirBursaIzmirJaffaBeirut
  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1849/50 (AH 1266); First work 1864/65 (AH 1281)

  2. Beyoğlu

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Muhabere Memuru

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Gelibolu

    1869 to 1871 (AH 1286 to 1287)

    Muhabere Memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Beyoğlu

    1871 to 1878 (AH 1288 to 1294)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    400 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  5. Yenişehir

    1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  6. Beyoğlu

    1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)

    No annual entry for 1879/80 (AH 1297) before it.

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  7. Bursa

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  8. Izmir (İzmir)

    1883 to 1894 (AH 1301 to 1311)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    600 to 850 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

  9. Jaffa (Yafa)

    1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    850 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  10. Beirut (Beyrut)

    1896 to 1900 (AH 1314 to 1317)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    760 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  11. Izmir (İzmir)

    1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    850 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  12. Death recorded in the annual list of 1905/06 (AH 1323): the word Vefat, not a date of death.

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221,000 kuruşMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This 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 Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1868/691506004802%
1869/7040060040018%
1870/7140060040020%
1871/7240055057031%
1872/7340055058526%
1873/7445050057035%
1874/7552553565049%
1875/7675053070064%
1876/77750582.560063%
1877/7875056060065%
18781,00060060076%
1878/791,00060060077%
1880/8160050050060%
1881/8260050050060%
1882/8360050050059%
1883/8460050050059%
1884/8560050050059%
1885/8660050050058%
1886/8760050050059%
1887/8860050050058%
1888/8975050050073%
1889/9075050050074%
1890/9185050050083%
1891/9285050050084%
1892/9385050050085%
1893/9485050050085%
1894/9585050050085%
1895/9685050050084%
1896/9776050049585%
1897/9876050048085%
1898/9976050049584%
1899/190076050050082%
1900/0185050050084%
1901/0285050048084%
1902/0385050040084%
1903/0485047545084%
1904/0585045045583%

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.

Career of Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1864/65AH 1281First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)150first-salary field
1868/69AH 1285Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu150
1869 to 1871AH 1286 to 1287Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1869/70400
1870/71400
Gelibolu400
1871 to 1878AH 1288 to 1294Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
7 entries
YearSalary
1871/72400
1872/73400
1873/74450
1874/75525
1875/76750
1876/77750
1877/78750
Beyoğlu400 to 750
1878 to 1879AH 1295 to 1296Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
2 entries
YearSalary
18781,000
1878/791,000
Yenişehir1,000
No annual entry: 1879/80 (AH 1297)
1880 to 1882AH 1298 to 1299Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
2 entries
YearSalary
1880/81600
1881/82600
Beyoğlu600
1882/83AH 1300Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBursa600
1883 to 1894AH 1301 to 1311Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
11 entries
YearSalary
1883/84600
1884/85600
1885/86600
1886/87600
1887/88600
1888/89750
1889/90750
1890/91850
1891/92850
1892/93850
1893/94850
Izmir (İzmir)600 to 850
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/95850
1895/96850
Jaffa (Yafa)850
1896 to 1900AH 1314 to 1317Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
4 entries
YearSalary
1896/97760
1897/98760
1898/99760
1899/1900760
Beirut (Beyrut)760
1900 to 1905AH 1318 to 1322Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
5 entries
YearSalary
1900/01850
1901/02850
1902/03850
1903/04850
1904/05850
Izmir (İzmir)850
1905/06AH 1323Death recorded

Record

Personal

Born
1849/50 (AH 1266)
Community
Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Esnaf
Death recorded
1905/06 (AH 1323)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Community school
Ermeni Millet Mektebi (4 years)Armenian community school
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Armenian
Kitabetwriting
French
Kitabetwriting
Turkish
Tekellumspeaking

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1864/65 (AH 1281)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
150

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Zimmet / Yenişehir Merkezi Başmemuriyeti'nden azli sekiz yüz kuruş zimmet-i emiriyesi zuhuruna ve Beyoğlu merkezinden Bursa'ya nakli dahi konsolide muamelatı hakkında bazı mertebe esrar‑ı telgrafîyi ifşa eylediği konsolitciler miyanında mütevatir olduğu gibi merkezce de mumaileyhin bu gibi ahvali hissedilmesine mebni olarak zimmet-i mezkure doksan sekiz senesi Recebinde tahsil edilmiştir.; Görevi Kötüye Kullanma
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322

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 160 officials with entries in Izmir (İzmir) in the same years, Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi had the 23rd highest salary.

All 266 officials with entries in Izmir (İzmir)

Same job title, same years

Of the 490 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in the same years, Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi had the 80th highest salary.

All 605 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

Same school

Of the 86 officials with Ermeni Millet Mektebi among their schools, Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi had the 18th highest salary.

All 86 officials with Ermeni Millet Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi had the 354th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 89 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285), Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi had the 31st highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (37)

Annual entries of Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1868/69AH 1285Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1869/70AH 1286Muhabere MemuruGelibolu400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1870/71AH 1287Muhabere MemuruGelibolu400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1871/72AH 1288Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1872/73AH 1289Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1873/74AH 1290Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu450Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1874/75AH 1291Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu525Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1875/76AH 1292Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1876/77AH 1293Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1877/78AH 1294Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1878AH 1295Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiYenişehir1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1878/79AH 1296Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiYenişehir1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1880/81AH 1298Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1881/82AH 1299Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1882/83AH 1300Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBursa600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1883/84AH 1301Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1884/85AH 1302Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1885/86AH 1303Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1886/87AH 1304Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1887/88AH 1305Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1888/89AH 1306Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1889/90AH 1307Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1890/91AH 1308Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1891/92AH 1309Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1892/93AH 1310Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1893/94AH 1311Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1894/95AH 1312Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiJaffa (Yafa)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1895/96AH 1313Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiJaffa (Yafa)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1896/97AH 1314Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeirut (Beyrut)760Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1897/98AH 1315Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeirut (Beyrut)760Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1898/99AH 1316Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeirut (Beyrut)760Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1899/1900AH 1317Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeirut (Beyrut)760Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1900/01AH 1318Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1901/02AH 1319Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1902/03AH 1320Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1903/04AH 1321Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
1904/05AH 1322Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_162; 321
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 (19)

Recorded values of Gerope Gümüş Gerdan Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameGerope Gümüş Gerdan EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1266Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationEsnafRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionHristiyanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityErmeniRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolErmeni Millet MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)4 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1281Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1864Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)150Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedZimmet / Yenişehir Merkezi Başmemuriyeti'nden azli sekiz yüz kuruş zimmet-i emiriyesi zuhuruna ve Beyoğlu merkezinden Bursa'ya nakli dahi konsolide muamelatı hakkında bazı mertebe esrar‑ı telgrafîyi ifşa eylediği konsolitciler miyanında mütevatir olduğu gibi merkezce de mumaileyhin bu gibi ahvali hissedilmesine mebni olarak zimmet-i mezkure doksan sekiz senesi Recebinde tahsil edilmiştir. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedGörevi Kötüye Kullanma other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322Later annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1323Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel 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 (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.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
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.
  • 35 annual entries of 37 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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

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