Official
Seyit Mehmet Rustu Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1849/50 (AH 1266). On record 1868 to 1881, 13 annual entries. Death recorded 1892/93.
Archive reference 0036_0151: 297
Life#
Seyit Mehmet Rustu Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1849/50 (AH 1266). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kadi.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283): Evkaf Kalemi. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli, with 480 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli, the salary going from 480 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli). In 1870/71 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Kastamonu, the salary going from 600 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli). In 1872/73 the record shows 2. Müdür in Safranbolu, the salary going from 700 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Kastamonu). In 1874/75 the record shows 2. Müdür in Karabuk, the salary going from 760 to 700 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Safranbolu). In 1880/81 the record shows Nufus Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 800 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Karabuk). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.
The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as 2. Müdür. 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 13 years with a salary the median is 700 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1869/70. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.73 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1880/81, when 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1892/93 (AH 1310): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Kadi
- Death recorded
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
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
- 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Evkaf Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 17
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 480
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 480
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Evkaf Kalemifirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 480first-salary field |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 480 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 600 |
| 1870 to 1872AH 1287 to 1288 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 700 |
| 1872 to 1874AH 1289 to 1290 | 2. Müdür | Safranbolu | 760 |
| 1874 to 1879AH 1291 to 1296 | 2. Müdür | Karabuk | 700 to 800 |
| No annual entry: 1879/80 (AH 1297) | |||
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Nufus Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 | 480 | 600 | 480 | 32% |
| 1869/70 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 48% |
| 1870/71 | 700 | 600 | 600 | 58% |
| 1871/72 | 700 | 550 | 600 | 61% |
| 1872/73 | 760 | 550 | 850 | 64% |
| 1873/74 | 760 | 500 | 830 | 65% |
| 1874/75 | 700 | 535 | 800 | 60% |
| 1875/76 | 700 | 530 | 850 | 61% |
| 1876/77 | 800 | 582.5 | 800 | 67% |
| 1877/78 | 800 | 560 | 800 | 68% |
| 1878 | 800 | 600 | 800 | 65% |
| 1878/79 | 800 | 600 | 800 | 66% |
| 1880/81 | 600 | 500 | 60% |
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
- Ali EfendiKastamonu, 2 shared years
- Yakub Rıza EfendiKastamonu, 2 shared years
- İsmet EfendiIstanbul and 1 other place, 2 shared years
- Mehmet Halit EfendiIstanbul and 1 other place, 2 shared years
- Mahmut Hilmi EfendiKaradeniz Ereğli, 2 shared years
333 officials in all. Officials recorded in Karabuk
Same school recorded
- Abdulvahab EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet Cemal EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet Fuat BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet Safvet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet Tevfik BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Naili EfendiIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ahmet Halit EfendiIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ahmet Latif EfendiIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ali Galip BeyIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ali Riza EfendiIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | 2. Müdür | Safranbolu | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | 2. Müdür | Safranbolu | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | 2. Müdür | Karabuk | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | 2. Müdür | Karabuk | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | 2. Müdür | Karabuk | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | 2. Müdür | Karabuk | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1878AH 1295 | 2. Müdür | Karabuk | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | 2. Müdür | Karabuk | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0036_0151: 297 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Nufus Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0036_0151: 297 |
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 (26)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Seyit Mehmet Rustu Efendi | Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1266 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Kadi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1283 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1866 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Evkaf Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 17 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 480 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 480 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1310 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 10 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.