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Official

Hafız İsmail Ataullah Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1900 to 1907, 7 annual entries.

Life

Hafız İsmail Ataullah Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kethuda.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 280 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 33.26 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Kethuda

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
50

Career

Career of Hafız İsmail Ataullah Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)50first-salary field
1900 to 1907AH 1318 to 1324Muhabere Memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1900/0150
1901/02100
1902/03100
1903/04150
1904/05250
1905/06270
1906/07280
Istanbul (Dersaadet)50 to 280
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324280 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 Hafız İsmail Ataullah Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1900/01505004000%
1901/021005004001%
1902/031005003801%
1903/041504753504%
1904/0525045035014%
1905/0627047533022%
1906/0728045030023%

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.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

907 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (7)

Annual entries of Hafız İsmail Ataullah Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract109_87_171
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract109_87_171
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract109_87_171
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract109_87_171
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract109_87_171
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)270Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract109_87_171
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)280Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract109_87_171
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 (14)

Recorded values of Hafız İsmail Ataullah Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHafız İsmail Ataullah EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1294Recovered 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 occupationKethudaRecovered 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
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1316Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1898Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)50Recovered 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.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 6 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.