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Official

Mustafa Sakıp Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1851/52 (AH 1268). On record 1868 to 1907, 38 annual entries.

Life

Mustafa Sakıp Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1851/52 (AH 1268). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as seyh.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Üsküdar in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1880/81 the record shows 2. Müdür in Karesi, the salary going from 380 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar). In 1886/87 the record shows 2. Müdür in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Karesi). In 1891/92 the record shows 3. Müdür in Burdur, the salary going from 800 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Afyonkarahisar). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Isparta, the salary going from 540 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Burdur). In 1903/04 the record shows 2. Müdür in Ilgın, with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Isparta). No annual entry is recorded for 1871/72 and 1902/03.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as 2. Müdür. 76 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 38 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 420 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.55 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
seyh

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 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.

Languages

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1864/65 (AH 1281)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Yasak yayın / Mumaileyh mukaddema bulunduğu Burdur Telgraf Merkezi Müdüriyeti zamanına ait evrak-ı perişan arasında resmi ve adi bir takım mekatip ve gazete ve risale bulunmasından dolayı taraf-ı nezaretten Konya Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti'ne yazılan 9 Teşrinievvel sene 1318 tarihli tahrirat üzerine İsparta merkezinden işten el çektirilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış ve mahalli bidayet mahkemesince icra kılınan muhakemesi neticesinde beraeti tebeyyün eylediği; Siyasi

Career

Career of Mustafa Sakıp Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1864/65AH 1281First workÜsküdar300first-salary field
1868 to 1871AH 1285 to 1287Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1868/69300
1869/70300
1870/71350
Üsküdar300 to 350
No annual entry: 1871/72 (AH 1288)
1872 to 1877AH 1289 to 1293Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1872/73285
1873/74400
1874/75400
1875/76400
1876/77400
Üsküdar285 to 400
1877 to 1878AH 1294 to 1295Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1877/78400
1878400
Istanbul (Dersaadet)400
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1878/79400
1879/80380
Üsküdar400 to 380
1880 to 1886AH 1298 to 13032. Müdür
6 entries
YearSalary
1880/81800
1881/82800
1882/83800
1883/84800
1884/85800
1885/86800
Karesi800
1886 to 1891AH 1304 to 13082. Müdür
5 entries
YearSalary
1886/87800
1887/88800
1888/89800
1889/90800
1890/91800
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)800
1891 to 1901AH 1309 to 13183. Müdür
10 entries
YearSalary
1891/92600
1892/93600
1893/94600
1894/95600
1895/96600
1896/97540
1897/98540
1898/99540
1899/1900540
1900/01540
Burdur600 to 540
1901/02AH 13192. MüdürIsparta800
No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320)
1903 to 1907AH 1321 to 13242. Müdür
4 entries
YearSalary
1903/04800
1904/05800
1905/06800
1906/07800
Ilgın800
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entry02004006008001873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320800 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001873/74AH 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 Mustafa Sakıp Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1868/6930060048010%
1869/7030060040012%
1870/7135060040017%
1872/732855504009%
1873/7440050040024%
1874/7540053545023%
1875/7640053040023%
1876/77400582.541017%
1877/7840056041016%
187840060050017%
1878/7940060042018%
1879/8038050038022%
1880/8180050080076%
1881/8280050080077%
1882/8380050080076%
1883/8480050080076%
1884/8580050080076%
1885/8680050080077%
1886/8780050080077%
1887/8880050080076%
1888/8980050080077%
1889/9080050080078%
1890/9180050080079%
1891/9260050060059%
1892/9360050060059%
1893/9460050060060%
1894/9560050060060%
1895/9660050060059%
1896/9754050054061%
1897/9854050054061%
1898/9954050054061%
1899/190054050054060%
1900/0154050054059%
1901/0280050080081%
1903/0480047580080%
1904/0580045080080%
1905/0680047580578%
1906/0780045080078%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulIlgınÜsküdarKaresiAfyonkarahisarBurdurIsparta

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

376 officials in all. Officials recorded in Üsküdar

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 (38)

Annual entries of Mustafa Sakıp Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1868/69AH 1285Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1869/70AH 1286Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1870/71AH 1287Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar350Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1872/73AH 1289Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1880/81AH 12982. MüdürKaresi800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1881/82AH 12992. MüdürKaresi800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1882/83AH 13002. MüdürKaresi800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1883/84AH 13012. MüdürKaresi800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1884/85AH 13022. MüdürKaresi800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1885/86AH 13032. MüdürKaresi800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1886/87AH 13042. MüdürAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1887/88AH 13052. MüdürAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1888/89AH 13062. MüdürAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1889/90AH 13072. MüdürAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1890/91AH 13082. MüdürAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1891/92AH 13093. MüdürBurdur600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1892/93AH 13103. MüdürBurdur600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1893/94AH 13113. MüdürBurdur600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1894/95AH 13123. MüdürBurdur600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürBurdur600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1896/97AH 13143. MüdürBurdur540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1897/98AH 13153. MüdürBurdur540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1898/99AH 13163. MüdürBurdur540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1899/1900AH 13173. MüdürBurdur540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürBurdur540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1901/02AH 13192. MüdürIsparta800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1903/04AH 13212. MüdürIlgın800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1904/05AH 13222. MüdürIlgın800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1905/06AH 13232. MüdürIlgın800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
1906/07AH 13242. MüdürIlgın800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_141; 279
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)

Recorded values of Mustafa Sakıp Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa Sakıp EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1268Recovered 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
Father's occupationseyhRecovered 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)4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1281Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1864Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeuskudarRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedYasak yayın / Mumaileyh mukaddema bulunduğu Burdur Telgraf Merkezi Müdüriyeti zamanına ait evrak-ı perişan arasında resmi ve adi bir takım mekatip ve gazete ve risale bulunmasından dolayı taraf-ı nezaretten Konya Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti'ne yazılan 9 Teşrinievvel sene 1318 tarihli tahrirat üzerine İsparta merkezinden işten el çektirilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış ve mahalli bidayet mahkemesince icra kılınan muhakemesi neticesinde beraeti tebeyyün eylediği used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedSiyasi 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.
  • 35 annual entries of 38 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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