Official
Şefkat Bedros Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Tokat in 1834/35 (AH 1250). On record 1867 to 1870, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 4_395; 784
Life#
Şefkat Bedros Efendi was born in Tokat in 1834/35 (AH 1250). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).
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 1865/66 (AH 1282): Tahrirat Kalemi. The official was then about 31 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1867/68, the official was about 33 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1867/68, shows Kitabet Memuru in Istanbul, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Kaymakam in Bijelo Polje (Akova), the salary going from 500 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Kitabet Memuru in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1869/70 as Kaymakam. 86 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 1,000 kuruş, is seen in 1869/70. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 73.21 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1834/35 (AH 1250)
- Birthplace
- Tokat
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
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
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- First job as worded
- Tahrirat Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 32
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 500
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Tahrirat Kalemifirst work | 500first-salary field | |
| 1867 to 1869AH 1284 to 1285 | Kitabet Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Kaymakam | Bijelo Polje (Akova) | 1,500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867/68 | 500 | 600 | 40% | |
| 1868/69 | 500 | 600 | 40% | |
| 1869/70 | 1,500 | 600 | 86% |
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 Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 ) (ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU, 2013). Name as printed: Şefkat Bedros Efendi. Printed pages 260, 261, 262, PDF pages 282, 283 and 284.
Probable link: same name, birthplace and register and page of the archive reference
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Siryus Mişel EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Süleyman Saim EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Hacı Mahmut Rifat EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Mehmet Lütfi BeyIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
124 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdulkadir EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Abdulkerim Fehmi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ahmet Nazif EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ahmet Şevki EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ömer Lütfü EfendiTokat, born 1834/35 (AH 1250)
- İbrahim Edhem EfendiTokat, born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Ali Rıza EfendiTokat, born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Mustafa Kafi EfendiTokat, born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Mehmet EfendiTokat, born 1855/56 (AH 1272)
14 officials in all. Officials born in Tokat
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Kitabet Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_395; 784 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Kitabet Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_395; 784 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Kaymakam | Bijelo Polje (Akova) | 1,500 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 4_395; 784 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Şefkat Bedros Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1250 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | tokat | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Tokat | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Tokat | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Sivas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Sibyan Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1282 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1865 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First job as worded | Tahrirat Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 32 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 500 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 500 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.