Official
ALİ ULVİ EFENDİ
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). On record 1902 to 1906, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 115_94; 185
Life#
ALİ ULVİ EFENDİ was born in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as nazir.
Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Galata in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Pul Kitabeti in Galata, with 400 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Pul Kitabeti. 33 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 4 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1882/83 (AH 1300)
- Birthplace
- Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- nazir
Education
- Darüşşafaka
- Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0.5 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Darüşşafaka
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Place
- Galata
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03AH 1320 | First work | Galata | 400first-salary field |
| 1902 to 1906AH 1320 to 1323 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 33% |
| 1903/04 | 400 | 475 | 400 | 36% |
| 1904/05 | 400 | 450 | 400 | 38% |
| 1905/06 | 400 | 475 | 420 | 38% |
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
- Mahmut Cemalettin EfendiGalata, 4 shared years
- Mehmet Talip EfendiGalata, 4 shared years
- İspiraki EfendiGalata, 4 shared years
- Ömer Şükrü EfendiGalata, 4 shared years
- Halil Danyal EfendiGalata, 4 shared years
53 officials in all. Officials recorded in Galata
Same school recorded
- Ahmet Şemsettin EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Ali Nureddin EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- İsmail Cemal EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Mehmet Arif EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Halil Rifat EfendiLarissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- İbrahim Hakkı EfendiLarissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Ahmet Niyazi EfendiLarissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiLarissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Mehmet Besim EfendiLarissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
23 officials in all. Officials born in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_94; 185 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_94; 185 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_94; 185 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_94; 185 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | ALİ ULVİ EFENDİ | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | yenisehir2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | nazir | 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 | Darussafaka | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 12 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0.5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1320 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1902 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Galata | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | 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.
- 4 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.