Official
Mehmet Reşit Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). On record 1896 to 1905, 8 annual entries.
Archive reference 120-64-123
Life#
Mehmet Reşit Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Aleppo in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Jerusalem (Kudüs), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). No annual entry is recorded for 1903/04.
The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhabere Memuru. 18 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 8 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Birthplace
- Aleppo (Halep)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Yuzbasi
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Place
- Aleppo (Halep)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin iki arkadaşıyla beraber haklarında mahalli zabıtasınca icra edilen tahkikat neticesinde tebeyyün eden ahval ve harekât-ı gayrimeşruları hasebiyle azledildi.; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | First work | Aleppo (Halep) | 300first-salary field |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 |
| 1897 to 1903AH 1315 to 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 |
| No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321) | |||
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 300 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1897/98 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1898/99 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1899/1900 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1900/01 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1901/02 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1902/03 | 300 | 500 | 380 | 21% |
| 1904/05 | 300 | 450 | 350 | 23% |
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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet Hurşit EfendiAleppo (Halep), 6 shared years
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiAleppo (Halep), 6 shared years
- Mehmet Şefik EfendiAleppo (Halep), 6 shared years
- Ahmet Salih EfendiAleppo (Halep), 6 shared years
- Mehmet Cemil EfendiAleppo (Halep), 5 shared years
123 officials in all. Officials recorded in Aleppo (Halep)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Kamil EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Abdülmecid EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Abdüssabur Sabri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Ahmet Celalettin EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Ahmet Cevdet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet Cemil EfendiAleppo (Halep), born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Unnamed official (0087_0144, sayfa no:285)Aleppo (Halep), born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Ahmet Hilmi EfendiAleppo (Halep), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Hacı Mehmet Murat EfendiAleppo (Halep), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Şemsettin EfendiAleppo (Halep), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
66 officials in all. Officials born in Aleppo (Halep)
Full record
Annual entries (8)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-64-123 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-64-123 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-64-123 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-64-123 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-64-123 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-64-123 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-64-123 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-64-123 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Reşit Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1291 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | halep | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | halep | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Yuzbasi | 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 | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1311 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1893 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Halep | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin iki arkadaşıyla beraber haklarında mahalli zabıtasınca icra edilen tahkikat neticesinde tebeyyün eden ahval ve harekât-ı gayrimeşruları hasebiyle azledildi. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other value | Legal 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.
- 8 annual entries of 8 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.