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Official

Unnamed official (0067_0233, sayfa no:463)

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). On record 1894 to 1905, 11 annual entries.

Life

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288). 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 Konya in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mersin, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in İzmit, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mersin). In 1901/02 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 550 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in İzmit). In 1902/03 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Hama, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows Posta Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Hama).

The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 66 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 11 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
7 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
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Place
Konya
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
hırsızlık / Beyrut Ziraat Bankası'nın Postahaneye tevdi edilen on bin kuruşluk altın bir adet posta paketini sirkatle Mısır'a firar eylediğinden üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Rebiülahrinin üçünde 25 Mayıs sene 321 idareten azledilmiş ve mahkemece gıyaben cereyan eden muhakeme neticesinde mezkur yüz liranın iki kat olarak kendisinden ahz ve istirdadına ve beş sene kalebendliğine hükmolunduğu mesruk yüz lira mahallince i‘ta ve zimmet; Zimmet

Career

Career of Unnamed official (0067_0233, sayfa no:463), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workKonya500first-salary field
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruAdana500
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruMersin500
1896 to 1901AH 1314 to 1318Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1896/97500
1897/98500
1898/99500
1899/1900500
1900/01550
İzmit500 to 550
1901/02AH 1319Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400
1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321Seyyar Memur
2 entries
YearSalary
1902/03500
1903/04500
Hama500
1904/05AH 1322Posta MemuruBeirut (Beyrut)500
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322550 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001894/95AH 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 Unnamed official (0067_0233, sayfa no:463) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1894/9550050040046%
1895/9650050040047%
1896/9750050040049%
1897/9850050040049%
1898/9950050040048%
1899/190050050040047%
1900/0155050040066%
1901/0240050044532%
1902/0350050060049%
1903/0450047567551%
1904/0550045040052%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulBeirutKonyaAdanaMersinİzmitHama

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

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

731 officials in all. Officials recorded in İzmit

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (11)

Annual entries of Unnamed official (0067_0233, sayfa no:463)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruAdana500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruMersin500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere Memuruİzmit500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere Memuruİzmit500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere Memuruİzmit500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere Memuruİzmit500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere Memuruİzmit550Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1901/02AH 1319Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1902/03AH 1320Seyyar MemurHama500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1903/04AH 1321Seyyar MemurHama500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
1904/05AH 1322Posta MemuruBeirut (Beyrut)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0233, Sayfa No:463
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)

Recorded values of Unnamed official (0067_0233, sayfa no:463) with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Birth year (AH)1288Recovered 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
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)7Recovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1305Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1888Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeKonyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedhırsızlık / Beyrut Ziraat Bankası'nın Postahaneye tevdi edilen on bin kuruşluk altın bir adet posta paketini sirkatle Mısır'a firar eylediğinden üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Rebiülahrinin üçünde 25 Mayıs sene 321 idareten azledilmiş ve mahkemece gıyaben cereyan eden muhakeme neticesinde mezkur yüz liranın iki kat olarak kendisinden ahz ve istirdadına ve beş sene kalebendliğine hükmolunduğu mesruk yüz lira mahallince i‘ta ve zimmet used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedZimmet other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook 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
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.

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