Official
Georgi Yorgi Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Alexandria (İskenderiye) in 1884/85 (AH 1302). On record 1906/07, 1 annual entry.
Archive reference 159-182-357
Life#
Georgi Yorgi Efendi was born in Alexandria (İskenderiye) in 1884/85 (AH 1302) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father's occupation was "tercuman". Work began in Aydın in 1902/03, at about 17, with four unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 250 kuruş. The one annual entry, for 1906/07, places Georgi Yorgi in Aydın in the sorting room (Tefrik Odası), on 250 kuruş a month.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1884/85 (AH 1302)
First work 1902/03 (AH 1320); 1906/07 (AH 1324)
250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
One annual entry, for 1906/07 (AH 1324): Tefrik Odası in Aydın, with 250 kuruş a month. Institution: Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf).
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Birthplace
- Alexandria (İskenderiye)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- tercuman
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 4 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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Italian
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- 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
- Aydın
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 16 officials with entries in Aydın in the same years, Georgi Yorgi Efendi had the 15th highest salary.
- Antas Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- Esad Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Hafız Bekir Sıdkı Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,150 kuruş
- Devidras Avram Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 5 officials with the title Tefrik Odası in the same years, Georgi Yorgi Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.
- Viçen Metviş Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Ali Nurettin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
- İsmail Celaleddin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Abdullah Yaşar Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 100 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Georgi Yorgi Efendi had the 232nd highest salary.
- Bedi’ Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Elyas Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 200 kuruş
- İsak Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Tevfik Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Yasef Recai Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 2 officials born in Alexandria (İskenderiye), Georgi Yorgi Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Hayret Lütfi Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 300 kuruş
The page of Alexandria (İskenderiye), with the 2 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), Georgi Yorgi Efendi had the 90th highest salary.
- İbrahim Kemal Efendifirst entry in Aydın; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Ali Efendifirst entry in Aydın; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Mirat Efendifirst entry in Trabzon; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ali Amir Efendifirst entry in Peja (İpek); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Elyas Efendifirst entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 200 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (1)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Tefrik Odası | Aydın | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 159-182-357 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Georgi Yorgi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1302 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | iskenderiye | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | misir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | tercuman | 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 | Millet 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) | 4 | 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 | Aydin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 250 | 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.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Georgi Yorgi Efendi
- Sorting room (Tefrik Odası)
- Aydın
- Alexandria (İskenderiye)
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)