Official
Mehmet Hamit Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). On record 1893 to 1895, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0159; 315
Life#
Mehmet Hamit Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.
Schooling recorded: Mülkiye Mektebi (School of Civil Administration), with 14 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Asina; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 24 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 250 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Tahrirat Kalemi. 30 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 2 years with a salary the median is 325 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 60 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
Education
- Higher or professional
- Mülkiye Mektebi (14 years)School of Civil Administration
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Other High
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Armenian
- Asinafamiliarity
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Asinafamiliarity. 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
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93AH 1310 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250first-salary field |
| 1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 to 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94 | 250 | 500 | 545 | 13% |
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 650 | 30% |
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
- Abdüssamed Salih EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Hasan Vehbi EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Unnamed official (76_63; 123)Istanbul, 2 shared years
- Ahmed Gazi EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
597 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Yosef EfendiMülkiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Ali Galip BeyMülkiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Mehmet Emin EfendiMülkiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Mehmet Faik BeyMülkiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Mehmet izzet BeyMülkiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
25 officials in all. Officials with Mülkiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet EfendiIstanbul, born 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Ahmet Ragıp EfendiIstanbul, born 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Ahmet Raşit EfendiIstanbul, born 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Ahmet Selahattin EfendiIstanbul, born 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Ali Fuat EfendiIstanbul, born 1869/70 (AH 1286)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0159; 315 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0159; 315 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Hamit Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1286 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | telgraf memuru | 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 | Mulkiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 14 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1310 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1892 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 250 | 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 2 annual entries of 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.