Official
Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Muğla in 1878/79 (AH 1296). On record 1906 to 1912, 7 annual entries.
Archive reference 149-231-457
Life#
Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi was born in Muğla in 1878/79 (AH 1296) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a director (müdür). Schooling took nine years, at a preparatory secondary school (İdadi Mektebi). Ahmed Hayreddin knew four languages, English, French, Greek (Rum) and Turkish, all in writing, a number reached by fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,211 officials.
Work began in Jeddah (Cidde) in 1906/07, at about 27, paid from the start, on 700 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1906/07, with Ahmed Hayreddin as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Jeddah. Next came Kayseri from 1907 to 1909, then a return to Jeddah from 1909 to 1911, with a rise to postal official (Posta Memuru). The last posts were in Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) from 1911 to 1912. The farthest post, Al Hudaydah, lay about 2,900 km from Muğla, and fewer than 3 per cent of the 5,162 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from the birthplace.
The salary went from 700 kuruş a month in 1906/07 to 1,800 in 1911, the peak, as Posta Memuru in Al Hudaydah, when 84 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1911/12.
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.
Born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
First work 1906/07 (AH 1324); 1906/07 (AH 1324)
700 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
1911 to 1912 (AH 1329 to 1330)
1,800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
Career and salary#
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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 | 700 | 450 | 300 | 800 | 72% |
| 1907/08 | 500 | 300 | 300 | 450 | 65% |
| 1908/09 | 500 | 350 | 250 | 332 | 60% |
| 1909/10 | 1,200 | 462.5 | 500 | 700 | 75% |
| 1910/11 | 1,200 | 500 | 600 | 77% | |
| 1911 | 1,800 | 500 | 84% | ||
| 1911/12 | 1,800 | 900 | 69% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | First work | Jeddah (Cidde) | 700first-salary field |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Jeddah (Cidde) | 700 |
| 1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Kayseri | 500 |
| 1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328 | Posta Memuru | Jeddah (Cidde) | 1,200 |
| 1911 to 1912AH 1329 to 1330 | Posta Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,800 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Birthplace
- Muğla
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- turkish
- Father's occupation
- mudur
Education
- Idadi
- İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- 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
- English
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- Place
- Jeddah (Cidde)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 700
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 post (job title and place), same years
Of the 2 officials who held Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kayseri in the same years, Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi had the highest salary.
- Cafer-i Tayyar Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 6 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde) in the same years, Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.
- Ahmet Faiz Efend1 shared year; highest salary 5,400 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadettin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Zikri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mustafa Rasim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 200 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 7 officials with the title Posta Memuru in the same years, Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi had the highest salary.
- Salih Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 425 kuruş
- Mehmet Necati Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Hamid Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Mümtaz Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
Same school
Of the 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi among their schools, Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi had the 6th highest salary.
- Mehmet Yahya Efendiborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Salih Sıtkı Efendiborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 150 kuruş
- YUSUF ZİYAEDDİN EFENDİborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0156_0032; 61)born 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Abdülfettah Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 250 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 7 officials born in Muğla, Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi had the highest salary.
- Abdülfettah Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Şekip Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmet Faik Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Şükrü Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mustafa Şevket Efendiborn 1889/90 (AH 1307); highest salary 200 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi had the highest salary.
- Ahmet Şükrü Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ali Efendifirst entry in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Hüseyin Efendifirst entry in Kapani dakik; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Mehmet Nazmi Efendifirst entry in Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Mehmet Şükrü Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 200 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (7)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Jeddah (Cidde) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-231-457 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Kayseri | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-231-457 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Kayseri | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-231-457 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Posta Memuru | Jeddah (Cidde) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-231-457 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Posta Memuru | Jeddah (Cidde) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-231-457 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Posta Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-231-457 |
| 1911/12AH 1330 | Posta Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-231-457 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1296 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | mugla | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | aydin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | mudur | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | idadi mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 9 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0.5 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1324 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1906 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Cidde | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 700 | Recovered 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.
- 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.
Subjects
- Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi
- Postal official (Posta Memuru)
- Jeddah (Cidde)
- Muğla
- Idadi school (İdadi Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)