Official
Zihni Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Kütahya in 1865/66 (AH 1282). On record 1885 to 1892, 7 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0120; 237
Life#
Zihni Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), 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: Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Eskişehir in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhabere Memuru in Niğde, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Niğde). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Eskişehir, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Eskişehir).
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Muhabere Memuru. 27 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 7 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 20 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.86 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1891/92, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Birthplace
- Kütahya
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Ermeni Millet Mektebi (4 years)Armenian community school
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 7 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)
- 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
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Place
- Eskişehir
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- işret / Mumaileyh gece gündüz iş ü işretle me’luf olduğundan ve ahali-i kaza ile daima muaraza eylediğinden bin üç yüz on senesi şehr-i Ramazan-ı şerifinin on ikisinde 19 Mart sene 1309 azledilmiştir.; İşret
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79AH 1296 | First work | Eskişehir | 380first-salary field |
| 1885 to 1888AH 1303 to 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Niğde | 380 to 400 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 400 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Eskişehir | 400 |
| 1890 to 1892AH 1308 to 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Bandırma | 400 |
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885/86 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1886/87 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1887/88 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1888/89 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1889/90 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1890/91 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1891/92 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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.
Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar (MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA, 2018). Name as printed: Zihni Efendi. PDF page 192.
Probable link: same name, birthplace and register and page of the archive reference
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mehmet Şevket EfendiNiğde, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Salim EfendiBandırma, 2 shared years
- Hafız Süleyman Şükrü EfendiAdana, 1 shared year
- Tahsin Necati EfendiAdana, 1 shared year
- Mustafa Necati EfendiAdana, 1 shared year
10 officials in all. Officials recorded in Niğde
Same school recorded
- Danyel Zihni EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Viçen Remzi EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Aleksan EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Artin Noris EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Hanna EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302)
85 officials in all. Officials with Ermeni Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Şevket EfendiKütahya, born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Süleyman Nafiz EfendiKütahya, born 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Mehmet Fevzi EfendiKütahya, born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Mustafa Rüştü EfendiKütahya, born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Mehmet Hurşit EfendiKütahya, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
19 officials in all. Officials born in Kütahya
Full record
Annual entries (7)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Niğde | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0120; 237 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Niğde | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0120; 237 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Niğde | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0120; 237 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0120; 237 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Eskişehir | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0120; 237 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Bandırma | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0120; 237 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Bandırma | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0120; 237 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Zihni Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1282 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kutahya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hudavendigar | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Ermeni Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1296 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1879 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Eskisehir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 380 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | işret / Mumaileyh gece gündüz iş ü işretle me’luf olduğundan ve ahali-i kaza ile daima muaraza eylediğinden bin üç yüz on senesi şehr-i Ramazan-ı şerifinin on ikisinde 19 Mart sene 1309 azledilmiştir. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | İşret other value | Legal 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.
- 7 annual entries of 7 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.