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Armas Efendi

Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1831/32 (AH 1247). On record 1863 to 1899, 37 annual entries.

Archive reference 0062_0134; 263

Life

Born in Istanbul in 1831/32 (AH 1247), Armas Efendi came from the Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) community. Schooling took four years, at a Greek Orthodox school (Rum Mektebi); Armas also wrote Turkish and spoke Greek (Rum).

Armas began work in the telegraph service (Telgraf) in Istanbul in 1863/64, at about 32, with half a year without pay as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 750 kuruş. Of the 5,128 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 3 per cent started at 32 or older. The first annual entry, for 1863/64, places Armas in Edirne as an official for foreign communications (Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti). The annual lists then follow Armas to Sulina in 1864/65, then Pristina (Priştine) from 1865 to 1873. Armas then moved to Samsun from 1873 to 1881, then Trabzon from 1881 to 1898. The last entry, for 1898/99, names neither a title nor a place.

Pay rose from 750 kuruş a month in 1863/64 to a peak of 1,000 in 1864/65, as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Sulina, when 63 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 36 years of salary come to 405,600 kuruş, 1.8 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.

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 7 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1863/641864/651865/661873/741881/82123456IstanbulEdirneSulinaPristinaSamsunTrabzon

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 7 (Place not recorded).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1831/32 (AH 1247); First work 1863/64 (AH 1280)

    First work as Telgraf

  2. Edirne

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    750 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Sulina (Sünne)

    1864/65 (AH 1281)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Pristina (Priştine)

    1865 to 1873 (AH 1282 to 1289)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    750 to 1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  5. Samsun

    1873 to 1881 (AH 1290 to 1298)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    800 to 1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  6. Trabzon

    1881 to 1898 (AH 1299 to 1315)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    900 to 1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 17 years

  7. Place not recorded not on the map

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 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 13161,000 kuruşMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 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 1316This 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 Armas Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1863/6475050075058%
1864/651,00062586063%
1865/661,00065058866%
1866/671,00060060067%
1867/681,00060060068%
1868/691,00060057070%
1869/701,00060057671%
1870/7175060060061%
1871/7275055057063%
1872/7375055058563%
1873/741,00050057079%
1874/751,00053565079%
1875/761,00053070078%
1876/77800582.560067%
1877/7880056060068%
187880060060065%
1878/791,00060060077%
1879/8080050050077%
1880/8180050050076%
1881/821,00050050084%
1882/831,00050050082%
1883/841,00050050082%
1884/851,00050050082%
1885/861,00050050083%
1886/871,00050050084%
1887/881,00050050083%
1888/891,00050050084%
1889/901,00050050085%
1890/911,00050050086%
1891/921,00050050086%
1892/931,00050050087%
1893/941,00050050087%
1894/951,00050050087%
1895/961,00050050087%
1896/9790050049588%
1897/9890050048088%

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 Armas Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1863/64AH 1280Telgraffirst workIstanbul (Dersaadet)750first-salary field
1863/64AH 1280Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEdirne750
1864/65AH 1281Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSulina (Sünne)1,000
1865 to 1873AH 1282 to 1289Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
8 entries
YearSalary
1865/661,000
1866/671,000
1867/681,000
1868/691,000
1869/701,000
1870/71750
1871/72750
1872/73750
Pristina (Priştine)1,000 to 750
1873 to 1881AH 1290 to 1298Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
9 entries
YearSalary
1873/741,000
1874/751,000
1875/761,000
1876/77800
1877/78800
1878800
1878/791,000
1879/80800
1880/81800
Samsun1,000 to 800
1881 to 1898AH 1299 to 1315Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
17 entries
YearSalary
1881/821,000
1882/831,000
1883/841,000
1884/851,000
1885/861,000
1886/871,000
1887/881,000
1888/891,000
1889/901,000
1890/911,000
1891/921,000
1892/931,000
1893/941,000
1894/951,000
1895/961,000
1896/97900
1897/98900
Trabzon1,000 to 900
1898/99AH 1316
Other institution

Record

Personal

Born
1831/32 (AH 1247)
Community
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
Nationality as recorded
Rum

Education

Community school
Rum Mektebi (4 years)Greek Orthodox (Rum) school
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0.5 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

Greek (Rum)
Tekellumspeaking. 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
1863/64 (AH 1280)
First job as worded
Telgraf
Age at first work (workbook field)
33
First salary field (kuruş a month)
750
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
750

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Zimmet / Firar / Mumaileyh bin üç yüz on altı senesi Ramazan-ı şerifi gurresinde 1 Kânunuevvel sene 1314 üç mah mezuniyet istihsal eylediği ve ahiren üç mah daha temdid olunduğu halde hitamında yine memuriyeti başına geldiği ve Nezaret Kontrol Kalemince Trabzon Merkezi'nde zuhur eden noksan ücûrât meselesinden dolayı mesul tutulacağını hissederek bir takrib Yunanistan'ın Atina şehrine firar eylemesinden naşi bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Şabanının on beşinde 6 Kânunuevvel sene 1315 idareten azledildiği şube-i mezkurenin 3 Cemaziyelevvel sene 1320 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir.; Zimmet

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 88 officials with entries in Trabzon in the same years, Armas Efendi had the 30th highest salary.

All 169 officials with entries in Trabzon

Same job title, same years

Of the 366 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in the same years, Armas Efendi had the 80th highest salary.

All 605 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

Same school

Of the 61 officials with Rum Mektebi among their schools, Armas Efendi had the 15th highest salary.

All 61 officials with Rum Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Armas 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 43 officials whose first annual entry is for 1863/64 (AH 1280), Armas Efendi had the 24th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (37)

Annual entries of Armas Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1863/64AH 1280Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEdirne750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1864/65AH 1281Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSulina (Sünne)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1865/66AH 1282Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPristina (Priştine)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1866/67AH 1283Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPristina (Priştine)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1867/68AH 1284Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPristina (Priştine)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1868/69AH 1285Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPristina (Priştine)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1869/70AH 1286Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPristina (Priştine)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1870/71AH 1287Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPristina (Priştine)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1871/72AH 1288Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPristina (Priştine)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1872/73AH 1289Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPristina (Priştine)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1873/74AH 1290Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSamsun1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1874/75AH 1291Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSamsun1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1875/76AH 1292Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSamsun1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1876/77AH 1293Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSamsun800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1877/78AH 1294Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSamsun800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1878AH 1295Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSamsun800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1878/79AH 1296Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSamsun1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1879/80AH 1297Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSamsun800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1880/81AH 1298Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSamsun800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1881/82AH 1299Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1882/83AH 1300Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1883/84AH 1301Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1884/85AH 1302Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1885/86AH 1303Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1886/87AH 1304Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1887/88AH 1305Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1888/89AH 1306Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1889/90AH 1307Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1890/91AH 1308Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1891/92AH 1309Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1892/93AH 1310Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1893/94AH 1311Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1894/95AH 1312Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1895/96AH 1313Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1896/97AH 1314Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1897/98AH 1315Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0134; 263
1898/99AH 1316OtherCross-ministry personnel workbook0062_0134; 263
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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 (25)

Recorded values of Armas Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameArmas EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1247Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplacedersaadet used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birthplaceistanbul other valueCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: district (kaza)istanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: sancakistanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: province (vilayet)istanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionHristiyanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityRumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolRum MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0.5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year (AH)1280Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
First work: Gregorian year as stored1863Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: district (kaza)istanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: sancakistanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: province (vilayet)istanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedTelgrafLinked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Age at first work (workbook field)33Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First salary field (kuruş a month)750Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)750Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedZimmet / Firar / Mumaileyh bin üç yüz on altı senesi Ramazan-ı şerifi gurresinde 1 Kânunuevvel sene 1314 üç mah mezuniyet istihsal eylediği ve ahiren üç mah daha temdid olunduğu halde hitamında yine memuriyeti başına geldiği ve Nezaret Kontrol Kalemince Trabzon Merkezi'nde zuhur eden noksan ücûrât meselesinden dolayı mesul tutulacağını hissederek bir takrib Yunanistan'ın Atina şehrine firar eylemesinden naşi bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Şabanının on beşinde 6 Kânunuevvel sene 1315 idareten azledildiği şube-i mezkurenin 3 Cemaziyelevvel sene 1320 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir. 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.
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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.
Linked personnel workbook
The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 29 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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