Official
Behçet Cenavi Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Nazareth (Nasıra) in 1878 (AH 1295). On record 1901 to 1904, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 118-129-253
Life#
Born in Nazareth (Nasıra) in 1878 (AH 1295), Behçet Cenavi Efendi came from the Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) community; the father was a finance director (mal müdürü). Behçet Cenavi had four years of schooling, at a community school (Millet Mektebi), and wrote Arabic, French and Turkish.
At about 22, in 1900/01, Behçet Cenavi began work in Istanbul, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1901/02, with Behçet Cenavi as a postal official (Posta Memuru) in Tripoli (Trablusşam). The last posts were in Jerusalem in 1902/03 and Gaza (Gazze) in 1903/04.
The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to 340 in 1903/04, the peak, as Posta Memuru in Gaza, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 11,280 kuruş, 63 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1903/04.
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.
Born 1878 (AH 1295)
First work 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1902/03 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1903/04 | 340 | 475 | 400 | 31% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Posta Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 300 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 300 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Gaza (Gazze) | 340 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1878 (AH 1295)
- Birthplace
- Nazareth (Nasıra)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Mal muduru
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1900/01 (AH 1318)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
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 2 officials with entries in Tripoli (Trablusşam) in the same years, Behçet Cenavi Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Çaker Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 700 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 127 officials with the title Posta Memuru in the same years, Behçet Cenavi Efendi had the 101st highest salary.
- Mehmed Zülfikar Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Behçet Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Atnaşyadi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Salih Celalettin Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Hüseyin Fehmi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Behçet Cenavi Efendi had the 209th highest salary.
- Andros Hürmüziborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 240 kuruş
- Behor İshak Nesim Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Hamit Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 200 kuruş
- İshak Nesim Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Yakob Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 400 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 2 officials born in Nazareth (Nasıra), Behçet Cenavi Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Musa Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 400 kuruş
The page of Nazareth (Nasıra), with the 2 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), Behçet Cenavi Efendi had the 73rd highest salary.
- Ahmet Efendifirst entry in Haifa (Hayfa); highest salary 320 kuruş
- Hafız Mehmet Şükrü Efendifirst entry in Budak; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hasan Ziya Efendifirst entry in Edirne; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hüseyin Mazlum Efendifirst entry in İzmit; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hüseyin Zihni Efendifirst entry in Ivaylovgrad (Ortaköy); highest salary 250 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Posta Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-129-253 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-129-253 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Gaza (Gazze) | 340 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-129-253 |
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 | Behçet Cenavi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1295 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | nasira | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | mal muduru | 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 | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | 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) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1318 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1900 | 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) | 100 | 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.
- 3 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Behçet Cenavi Efendi
- Postal official (Posta Memuru)
- Tripoli (Trablusşam)
- Nazareth (Nasıra)
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)