Official
Mehmet Ali Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Ergani in 1852/53 (AH 1269). On record 1875 to 1907, 29 annual entries.
Archive reference 54_167; 331-332
Life#
Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Ergani in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
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 Şanlıurfa (Urfa) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Kozan, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana). In 1878 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Kilis, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Kozan). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 600 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Kilis). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 400 to 570 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Arapgir, the salary going from 570 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır). 3 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Müdür in Palu, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Harput, with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Palu). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Niğde, the salary going from 540 to 720 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Harput). In 1902/03 the record shows 2. Müdür in Zor, the salary going from 720 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Niğde). In 1906/07 the record shows 2. Müdür in Sakkul acz, the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Zor). No annual entry is recorded for 1878/79 and 1897 to 1900.
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 2. Müdür. 85 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 29 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.07 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Birthplace
- Ergani
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 7 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
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Place
- Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Zimmet / Mumaileyhin merkez-i mezkur kuyudat ve muamelatını usul ve talimat dairesinde icra eylememesi ve merkeze vürud eden ceman altmış iki bin altı yüz altmış bir kuruşluk altmış beş parça emanat ve numuneden yirmi dokuz bin beş yüz kırk yedi kuruşluk yirmi dört parçanın sahiplerine verildiğine dair bir dereceye kadar kanaat hasıl olabilmiş ise de otuz üç bin yüz on dört kuruşluk kırk bir parçanın vaktiyle mürsel-i ileyhlerine verilip ale'l-usul alınması lazım gelen makbuz ilmühaberlerini ibraz edememesi cihetiyle 9 Temmuz sene 1313 tarihinde işten el çektirilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış ve kaza-i mezbur meclis-i idaresince muhakemesi bi'l-icra mevadd-ı mezkureden dolayı beraetine ve fakat ifa-yı vazife hususunda tesamuh ve rehaveti görülmesi hasebiyle Ceza Kanunname-i Hümayunu'nun yüz ikinci maddesinin fıkra-i ahiresine tevfikan memuriyetinde azline karar verilip kara-ı vaki adem-i kabul ile istinaf dava olunması üzerine Ergani Sancağı Meclis-i İdaresi'nde istinafen cereyan eden muhakeme neticesinde mevadd-ı mebhuseden beraet-i zimmetine ve saika-i gaflet ve nesyile emanat-ı mersuleye mahsus defterin muamele-i lazimesini taht-ı intizamda icra etmediği kendi ikrarıyla sabit olmasına mebni yalnız bu cihetten madde-i mezkure-i kanuniyenin fıkra-i ûlâsına tevfikan biraylık maaşının ceza-yı nakdi olarak ahzıyla usulen iade-i memuriyetine karar verilmiş ise de işbu karar dahi temyiz edilmesiyle Şurâ-yı Devlet Temyiz Mahkeme-i Aliyyesi'nce icra kılınan tetkikat-ı temyiziye neticesinde noksanı tetkikattan ve bazı yolsuzluktan dolayı nakz edilerek evrak-ı dava Temyiz Mahkemesi'nden nakzı mutazammın sadır olan ilam ile maan Mamüretülaziz Vilayet-i Aliyyesi'ne iade kılınmış ve fakat azline lüzum görülmüş olmakla nezaret meclis-i idaresi kararıyla bin üç yüz on altı senesi Rebiülahirinin on ikisinde 18 Ağustos sene 1314 yerine diğeri tayin edilerek açıkta kalmış ise de ortada ne Hazine-i Celile'nin ve ne de ahalinin bir zayiatı olmadığı cihetle ileride zuhur ederse kendisine ve kefiline hakk-ı müracaat baki olmak üzre üç yüz on sekiz senesi Muharreminin sekizinde 25 Nisan sene 1316 beş yüz kırk kuruş maaşla Harput Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne tayin olunup; Zimmet
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | First work | Şanlıurfa (Urfa) | 380first-salary field |
| 1875 to 1877AH 1292 to 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 380 to 400 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozan | 600 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kilis | 600 |
| No annual entry: 1878/79 (AH 1296) | |||
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 400 |
| 1880 to 1884AH 1298 to 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 570 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Arapgir | 600 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Ergani | 600 |
| 1886 to 1890AH 1304 to 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Besni | 600 |
| 1890 to 1894AH 1308 to 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 570 to 600 |
| 1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314 | 3. Müdür | Palu | 600 to 540 |
| No annual entry: 1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317) | |||
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 3. Müdür | Harput | 540 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 2. Müdür | Niğde | 720 |
| 1902 to 1906AH 1320 to 1323 | 2. Müdür | Zor | 800 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 2. Müdür | Sakkul acz | 1,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76 | 380 | 530 | 400 | 18% |
| 1876/77 | 400 | 582.5 | 410 | 17% |
| 1877/78 | 600 | 560 | 600 | 50% |
| 1878 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 46% |
| 1879/80 | 400 | 500 | 380 | 35% |
| 1880/81 | 570 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1881/82 | 570 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1882/83 | 570 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1883/84 | 570 | 500 | 400 | 57% |
| 1884/85 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1885/86 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1886/87 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1887/88 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1888/89 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1889/90 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1890/91 | 570 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1891/92 | 570 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1892/93 | 570 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1893/94 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1894/95 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 60% |
| 1895/96 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1896/97 | 540 | 500 | 540 | 61% |
| 1900/01 | 540 | 500 | 540 | 59% |
| 1901/02 | 720 | 500 | 800 | 77% |
| 1902/03 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 81% |
| 1903/04 | 800 | 475 | 800 | 80% |
| 1904/05 | 800 | 450 | 800 | 80% |
| 1905/06 | 800 | 475 | 805 | 78% |
| 1906/07 | 1,000 | 450 | 800 | 85% |
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
- Agop EfendiDiyarbakır, 8 shared years
- Abdullah EfendiDiyarbakır, 8 shared years
- David EfendiDiyarbakır, 8 shared years
- Luk Amasyan EfendiDiyarbakır, 8 shared years
- Kadri EfendiDiyarbakır, 7 shared years
91 officials in all. Officials recorded in Diyarbakır
Same school recorded
- Adil EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Agop Maryan EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Ahmet Canib EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Corci EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Haci Mehmet Şükrü EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Full record
Annual entries (29)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Adana | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozan | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kilis | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Arapgir | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Ergani | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Besni | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Besni | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Besni | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Besni | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | 3. Müdür | Palu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | 3. Müdür | Palu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 3. Müdür | Palu | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 3. Müdür | Harput | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 2. Müdür | Niğde | 720 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 2. Müdür | Zor | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 2. Müdür | Zor | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | 2. Müdür | Zor | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 2. Müdür | Zor | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 2. Müdür | Sakkul acz | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_167; 331-332 |
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 Ali Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1269 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | ergani | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | diyarbakir | 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 | Sibyan 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) | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1285 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1868 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Urfa | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 380 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / Mumaileyhin merkez-i mezkur kuyudat ve muamelatını usul ve talimat dairesinde icra eylememesi ve merkeze vürud eden ceman altmış iki bin altı yüz altmış bir kuruşluk altmış beş parça emanat ve numuneden yirmi dokuz bin beş yüz kırk yedi kuruşluk yirmi dört parçanın sahiplerine verildiğine dair bir dereceye kadar kanaat hasıl olabilmiş ise de otuz üç bin yüz on dört kuruşluk kırk bir parçanın vaktiyle mürsel-i ileyhlerine verilip ale'l-usul alınması lazım gelen makbuz ilmühaberlerini ibraz edememesi cihetiyle 9 Temmuz sene 1313 tarihinde işten el çektirilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış ve kaza-i mezbur meclis-i idaresince muhakemesi bi'l-icra mevadd-ı mezkureden dolayı beraetine ve fakat ifa-yı vazife hususunda tesamuh ve rehaveti görülmesi hasebiyle Ceza Kanunname-i Hümayunu'nun yüz ikinci maddesinin fıkra-i ahiresine tevfikan memuriyetinde azline karar verilip kara-ı vaki adem-i kabul ile istinaf dava olunması üzerine Ergani Sancağı Meclis-i İdaresi'nde istinafen cereyan eden muhakeme neticesinde mevadd-ı mebhuseden beraet-i zimmetine ve saika-i gaflet ve nesyile emanat-ı mersuleye mahsus defterin muamele-i lazimesini taht-ı intizamda icra etmediği kendi ikrarıyla sabit olmasına mebni yalnız bu cihetten madde-i mezkure-i kanuniyenin fıkra-i ûlâsına tevfikan biraylık maaşının ceza-yı nakdi olarak ahzıyla usulen iade-i memuriyetine karar verilmiş ise de işbu karar dahi temyiz edilmesiyle Şurâ-yı Devlet Temyiz Mahkeme-i Aliyyesi'nce icra kılınan tetkikat-ı temyiziye neticesinde noksanı tetkikattan ve bazı yolsuzluktan dolayı nakz edilerek evrak-ı dava Temyiz Mahkemesi'nden nakzı mutazammın sadır olan ilam ile maan Mamüretülaziz Vilayet-i Aliyyesi'ne iade kılınmış ve fakat azline lüzum görülmüş olmakla nezaret meclis-i idaresi kararıyla bin üç yüz on altı senesi Rebiülahirinin on ikisinde 18 Ağustos sene 1314 yerine diğeri tayin edilerek açıkta kalmış ise de ortada ne Hazine-i Celile'nin ve ne de ahalinin bir zayiatı olmadığı cihetle ileride zuhur ederse kendisine ve kefiline hakk-ı müracaat baki olmak üzre üç yüz on sekiz senesi Muharreminin sekizinde 25 Nisan sene 1316 beş yüz kırk kuruş maaşla Harput Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne tayin olunup used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324 | Later annual personnel extract |
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.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- 28 annual entries of 29 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.