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Official

Osman Efendi Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). On record 1897 to 1908, 11 annual entries.

Life

Osman Efendi Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Mazgirt in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 28 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mazgirt, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elazığ, with 150 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mazgirt). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karesi, the salary going from 150 to 145 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elazığ). In 1902/03 the record shows Muharrerat Memuru in Hudavendigar, with 150 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karesi). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Malkoclar, the salary going from 150 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muharrerat Memuru in Hudavendigar).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.24 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 28 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 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

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
Mazgirt
First salary field (kuruş a month)
150

Career

Career of Osman Efendi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workMazgirt150first-salary field
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruMazgirt150
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruElazığ150
1899 to 1902AH 1317 to 1319Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900145
1900/01150
1901/02150
Karesi145 to 150
1902 to 1905AH 1320 to 1322Muharrerat Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1902/03150
1903/04150
1904/05150
Hudavendigar150
1905 to 1908AH 1323 to 1325Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1905/06250
1906/07250
1907/08250
Malkoclar250
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324250 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 Osman Efendi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1897/981505004006%
1898/991505004006%
1899/19001455004004%
1900/011505004004%
1901/021505004005%
1902/031505001505%
1903/041504751504%
1904/051504501505%
1905/0625047533014%
1906/0725045030015%
1907/0825030025028%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KemaliyeMalkoclarMazgirtElazığKaresiHudavendigar

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Named in scholarly works

No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.

Possible links: 3 entries in 1 work

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

25 officials in all. Officials recorded in Karesi

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

63 officials in all. Officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin)

Full record

Annual entries (11)

Annual entries of Osman Efendi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruMazgirt150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruElazığ150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruKaresi145Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruKaresi150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruKaresi150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1902/03AH 1320Muharrerat MemuruHudavendigar150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1903/04AH 1321Muharrerat MemuruHudavendigar150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1904/05AH 1322Muharrerat MemuruHudavendigar150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruMalkoclar250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruMalkoclar250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
1907/08AH 1325Muhabere MemuruMalkoclar250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract158-49-93
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 Osman Efendi Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameOsman Efendi EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1286Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceeginRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthelazigRecovered 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
SchoolSibyan 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)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1315Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1897Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeMazgirdRecovered 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
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.
  • 9 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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