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Official

Mahmut Hilmi Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1843/44 (AH 1259). On record 1862 to 1905, 44 annual entries.

Life

Mahmut Hilmi Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1843/44 (AH 1259). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ulema.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1862/63, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1862/63, shows Muhabere Memuru in Pristina (Priştine), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1863/64 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Serres (Siroz), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pristina). In 1864/65 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 500 to 560 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Serres). In 1865/66 the record shows 2. Müdür in Arta (Narda), the salary going from 560 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1866/67 the record shows 1. Müdür in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 760 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Arta). In 1867/68 the record shows 2. Müdür in Çankırı, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Ioannina). 2 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1872/73 the record shows 1. Müdür in Damascus (Şam), with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Jaffa (Yafa)). In 1884/85 the record shows Müfettiş in Suriye, the salary going from 1,300 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Damascus). In 1888/89 the record shows Başmüdür in Ioannina, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Suriye). In 1889/90 the record shows Başmüdür in Damascus, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Ioannina). In 1903/04 the record shows Başmüdür in Beirut (Beyrut), with 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Damascus).

The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Başmüdür. 99 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 44 years with a salary the median is 1,500 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 700 kuruş, is seen in 1884/85. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.25 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 98 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1843/44 (AH 1259)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Ulema

Education

Idadi
İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
Higher or professional
Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

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

Languages

Arabic
Tekellumspeaking
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1862/63 (AH 1279)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Fi 6 Cemaziyelahir sene 1306 ve fi 25 Kânunusani sene 1304; Sahte pul / Şam-ı şerif Telgraf Müdüriyeti'nde iken Dersaadet'e gönderilen bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pullardan dolayı taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamış ise de zirde gösterildiği vechile tebrie-i zimmet eylemiştir.; Şam-ı şerif Telgraf ve Posta İdaresi'nce bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pulun maddesinden dolayı mütecasirlerini zahire ihracı hakkında Telgraf ve Posta Nezaret-i Aliyyesi'nde vukubulan işʻar üzerine Suriye Merkez Mutasarrıflığı Meclis-i İdaresi'nce tahkikat ve tetkikatta gerek müdür-i mumaileyh Hilmi Efendi'nin ve gerek muhabere memurlarının bu işte zimedhal bulundukları tebeyyün etmeyip fakat posta memuru Abdurrahim Efendi'nin adem-i ehliyet ve dikkatinden dolayı ifa-yı memuriyet esnasında hariçten tasni‘ ve asıl pullarla tebdil edilmiş olacağı melhuz bulunduğundan müdür-i mumaileyh ile muhabere memurlarının beraetlerine ve Abdurrahim Efendi'nin tebeyyün eden adem-i ehliyetine mebni tardına karar verildiği meclis-i mezkurun 16 Muharrem sene 1298 tarihli mazbatasında gösterildiği Meclis-i İdare-i vilayetin 18 Muharrem sene 1298 tarihli ilamının merbut suret-i musaddakasında muharrer bulunmuştur.; Zimmet
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322

Career

Career of Mahmut Hilmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1862/63AH 1279First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)500first-salary field
1862/63AH 1279Muhabere MemuruPristina (Priştine)500
1863/64AH 1280Muhabere MemuruSerres (Siroz)500
1864/65AH 1281Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)560
1865/66AH 12822. MüdürArta (Narda)760
1866/67AH 12831. MüdürIoannina (Yanya)1,200
1867/68AH 12842. MüdürÇankırı1,000
1868 to 1870AH 1285 to 12862. Müdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1868/691,200
1869/701,200
Karadeniz Ereğli1,200
1870 to 1872AH 1287 to 12881. Müdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1870/711,200
1871/721,200
Jaffa (Yafa)1,200
1872 to 1884AH 1289 to 13011. Müdür
13 entries
YearSalary
1872/731,200
1873/741,200
1874/751,200
1875/761,200
1876/771,300
1877/781,300
18781,500
1878/791,500
1879/801,300
1880/811,300
1881/821,300
1882/831,300
1883/841,300
Damascus (Şam)1,200 to 1,300
1884 to 1888AH 1302 to 1305Müfettiş
4 entries
YearSalary
1884/852,000
1885/862,000
1886/872,000
1887/882,000
Suriye2,000
1888/89AH 1306BaşmüdürIoannina (Yanya)2,000
1889 to 1903AH 1307 to 1320Başmüdür
14 entries
YearSalary
1889/902,000
1890/912,000
1891/922,500
1892/932,500
1893/942,500
1894/952,850
1895/962,850
1896/972,565
1897/982,565
1898/993,000
1899/19003,000
1900/013,000
1901/023,000
1902/033,000
Damascus (Şam)2,000 to 3,000
1903 to 1905AH 1321 to 1322Başmüdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1903/043,000
1904/053,000
Beirut (Beyrut)3,000
Monthly salary, kuruş
01,0002,0003,0001863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13203,000 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320This 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 Mahmut Hilmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1862/6350050050034%
1863/6450050050032%
1864/6556062557038%
1865/6676065098063%
1866/671,2006001,32074%
1867/681,0006001,00068%
1868/691,2006001,00078%
1869/701,2006001,00080%
1870/711,2006001,20081%
1871/721,2005501,20085%
1872/731,2005501,20086%
1873/741,2005001,29086%
1874/751,2005351,30085%
1875/761,2005301,20085%
1876/771,300582.51,22587%
1877/781,3005601,22588%
18781,5006001,25087%
1878/791,5006001,25087%
1879/801,3005001,20090%
1880/811,3005001,20090%
1881/821,3005001,20090%
1882/831,3005001,20090%
1883/841,3005001,20090%
1884/852,0005002,00092%
1885/862,0005002,00093%
1886/872,0005002,00093%
1887/882,0005002,00093%
1888/892,0005003,00094%
1889/902,0005003,00095%
1890/912,0005003,00095%
1891/922,5005003,00097%
1892/932,5005002,62597%
1893/942,5005002,62597%
1894/952,8505002,85098%
1895/962,8505002,82598%
1896/972,5655002,632.598%
1897/982,5655002,632.598%
1898/993,0005002,61099%
1899/19003,0005002,70098%
1900/013,0005002,61098%
1901/023,0005002,70098%
1902/033,0005002,70098%
1903/043,0004752,65098%
1904/053,0004502,70098%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KemaliyeBeirutIstanbulPristinaSerresThessalonikiArtaIoannina

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.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

182 officials in all. Officials recorded in Damascus (Şam)

Same school recorded

132 officials in all. Officials with İdadi Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

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

Full record

Annual entries (44)

Annual entries of Mahmut Hilmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1862/63AH 1279Muhabere MemuruPristina (Priştine)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1863/64AH 1280Muhabere MemuruSerres (Siroz)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1864/65AH 1281Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)560Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1865/66AH 12822. MüdürArta (Narda)760Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1866/67AH 12831. MüdürIoannina (Yanya)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1867/68AH 12842. MüdürÇankırı1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1868/69AH 12852. MüdürKaradeniz Ereğli1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1869/70AH 12862. MüdürKaradeniz Ereğli1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1870/71AH 12871. MüdürJaffa (Yafa)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1871/72AH 12881. MüdürJaffa (Yafa)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1872/73AH 12891. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1873/74AH 12901. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1874/75AH 12911. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1875/76AH 12921. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1876/77AH 12931. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1877/78AH 12941. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1878AH 12951. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1878/79AH 12961. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1879/80AH 12971. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1880/81AH 12981. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1881/82AH 12991. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1882/83AH 13001. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1883/84AH 13011. MüdürDamascus (Şam)1,300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1884/85AH 1302MüfettişSuriye2,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1885/86AH 1303MüfettişSuriye2,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1886/87AH 1304MüfettişSuriye2,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1887/88AH 1305MüfettişSuriye2,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1888/89AH 1306BaşmüdürIoannina (Yanya)2,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1889/90AH 1307BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)2,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1890/91AH 1308BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)2,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1891/92AH 1309BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)2,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1892/93AH 1310BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)2,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1893/94AH 1311BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)2,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1894/95AH 1312BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)2,850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1895/96AH 1313BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)2,850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1896/97AH 1314BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)2,565Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1897/98AH 1315BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)2,565Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1898/99AH 1316BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1899/1900AH 1317BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1900/01AH 1318BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1901/02AH 1319BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1902/03AH 1320BaşmüdürDamascus (Şam)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1903/04AH 1321BaşmüdürBeirut (Beyrut)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
1904/05AH 1322BaşmüdürBeirut (Beyrut)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract22_64; 127
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 (20)

Recorded values of Mahmut Hilmi Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMahmut Hilmi EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1259Recovered 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
Father's occupationUlemaRecovered 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
Schoolidadi MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling9Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Telegraph school (recorded code)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1279Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1862Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered 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 wordedFi 6 Cemaziyelahir sene 1306 ve fi 25 Kânunusani sene 1304 used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedSahte pul / Şam-ı şerif Telgraf Müdüriyeti'nde iken Dersaadet'e gönderilen bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pullardan dolayı taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamış ise de zirde gösterildiği vechile tebrie-i zimmet eylemiştir. other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedŞam-ı şerif Telgraf ve Posta İdaresi'nce bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pulun maddesinden dolayı mütecasirlerini zahire ihracı hakkında Telgraf ve Posta Nezaret-i Aliyyesi'nde vukubulan işʻar üzerine Suriye Merkez Mutasarrıflığı Meclis-i İdaresi'nce tahkikat ve tetkikatta gerek müdür-i mumaileyh Hilmi Efendi'nin ve gerek muhabere memurlarının bu işte zimedhal bulundukları tebeyyün etmeyip fakat posta memuru Abdurrahim Efendi'nin adem-i ehliyet ve dikkatinden dolayı ifa-yı memuriyet esnasında hariçten tasni‘ ve asıl pullarla tebdil edilmiş olacağı melhuz bulunduğundan müdür-i mumaileyh ile muhabere memurlarının beraetlerine ve Abdurrahim Efendi'nin tebeyyün eden adem-i ehliyetine mebni tardına karar verildiği meclis-i mezkurun 16 Muharrem sene 1298 tarihli mazbatasında gösterildiği Meclis-i İdare-i vilayetin 18 Muharrem sene 1298 tarihli ilamının merbut suret-i musaddakasında muharrer bulunmuştur. other valueLegal 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)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322Later annual personnel extract
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.
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.
  • 36 annual entries of 44 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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