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John Vitali Efendi

Latin Catholic (Latin). Born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1846/47 (AH 1263). On record 1867 to 1901, 33 annual entries.

Archive reference 0062_0137; 269

Life

John Vitali Efendi was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1846/47 (AH 1263) into the Latin Catholic (Latin) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took four years, at a special school (Mekteb-i Mahsusa); John Vitali also wrote French, Greek (Rum) and Italian.

Work began in Izmir in 1866/67, at about 19, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 480 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1867/68, with John Vitali as an official for foreign communications (Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti) in Volos (Golos). Next came Ayvalık from 1868 to 1870, then a return to Izmir, the birthplace, from 1870 to 1873. The annual lists then follow John Vitali to Bursa in 1873/74, then back to Ayvalık from 1874 to 1899. For 1877 to 1878 the lists have no entry. The last posts were in Izmir again from 1899 to 1901. Of the 775 officials whose entries span 30 years or more, fewer than 7 per cent kept one title throughout.

Pay rose from 480 kuruş a month in 1867/68 to a peak of 800 in 1876/77, as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Ayvalık, when two in three paid officials earned less. In all, 33 years of salary come to 231,540 kuruş, 1.1 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1900/01.

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.

All 7 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1867/681868/691870/711873/741874/751899/19001234567IzmirVolosAyvalıkBursa
  1. Izmir (İzmir)

    Born 1846/47 (AH 1263); First work 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  2. Volos (Golos)

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    480 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Ayvalık

    1868 to 1870 (AH 1285 to 1286)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Izmir (İzmir)

    1870 to 1873 (AH 1287 to 1289)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    380 to 455 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  5. Bursa

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    760 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Ayvalık

    1874 to 1899 (AH 1291 to 1316)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    540 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 24 years

    No annual entry for 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295).

  7. Izmir (İzmir)

    1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    540 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 1318800 kuruşMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 1318This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same province

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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of John Vitali Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1867/6848060060044032%
1868/6940060057017%
1869/7040060057618%
1870/7140060060080020%
1871/7238055057080020%
1872/7345555058575540%
1873/7476050057047565%
1874/7576053565065%
1875/7676053070067%
1876/77800582.560067%
1878/7980060060066%
1879/8060050050061%
1880/8160050050060%
1881/8260050050060%
1882/8360050050059%
1883/8460050050059%
1884/8560050050059%
1885/8660050050058%
1886/8760050050059%
1887/8860050050058%
1888/8960050050058%
1889/9060050050058%
1890/9160050050059%
1891/9260050050059%
1892/9360050050059%
1893/9460050050060%
1894/9560050050060%
1895/9660050050059%
1896/9754050049561%
1897/9854050048061%
1898/9954050049561%
1899/190054050050050060%
1900/0154050050050059%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of John Vitali Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1866/67AH 1283First workIzmir (İzmir)480first-salary field
1867/68AH 1284Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiVolos (Golos)480
1868 to 1870AH 1285 to 1286Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
2 entries
YearSalary
1868/69400
1869/70400
Ayvalık400
1870 to 1873AH 1287 to 1289Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1870/71400
1871/72380
1872/73455
Izmir (İzmir)400 to 455
1873/74AH 1290Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBursa760
1874 to 1877AH 1291 to 1293Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1874/75760
1875/76760
1876/77800
Ayvalık760 to 800
No annual entry: 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)
1878 to 1899AH 1296 to 1316Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
21 entries
YearSalary
1878/79800
1879/80600
1880/81600
1881/82600
1882/83600
1883/84600
1884/85600
1885/86600
1886/87600
1887/88600
1888/89600
1889/90600
1890/91600
1891/92600
1892/93600
1893/94600
1894/95600
1895/96600
1896/97540
1897/98540
1898/99540
Ayvalık800 to 540
1899 to 1901AH 1317 to 1318Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
2 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900540
1900/01540
Izmir (İzmir)540

Record

Personal

Born
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Birthplace
Izmir (İzmir)
Community
Latin Catholic (Latin)
Nationality as recorded
Latin
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Other named school
Mekteb-i Mahsusa (4 years)special school
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
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

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1866/67 (AH 1283)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
480

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Görev ihmali / Mumaileyhin vazifesine adem-i dikkati yüzünden bazı mühim telgrafların teehhürüne bâdî olmakla bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Şabanının yirmi üçünde 28 Teşrinisani sene 1317 yine beş yüz kırk kuruş maaşla ve becayiş suretiyle Avlonya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti'ne naklolunmuş ise de memuriyet-i cedidesine azimet eylemediğinden tekaütü icra olunmuk üzere bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Muharreminin yirmi birinde 16 Nisan sene 1318 bi'z-zarur açığa çıkarıldığı; Görev ihmali / memuriyetini yoluyla ifa etmediğinden dolayı azledilmiş ise de açıkta bulunduğu müddet hakkında ceza-yı kafi görülüp doksan altı senesi; Görev İhmali
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1296; 1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318

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 post (job title and place), same years

Of the 14 officials who held Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir (İzmir) in the same years, John Vitali Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

Same place, same years

Of the 22 officials with entries in Ayvalık in the same years, John Vitali Efendi had the 6th highest salary.

All 41 officials with entries in Ayvalık

Same job title, same years

Of the 405 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in the same years, John Vitali Efendi had the 127th highest salary.

All 605 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

Same school

Of the 38 officials with Mekteb-i Mahsusa among their schools, John Vitali Efendi had the 14th highest salary.

All 38 officials with Mekteb-i Mahsusa

Same birthplace

Of the 62 officials born in Izmir (İzmir), John Vitali Efendi had the 14th highest salary.

The page of Izmir (İzmir), with the 62 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 73 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284), John Vitali Efendi had the 37th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (33)

Annual entries of John Vitali Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1867/68AH 1284Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiVolos (Golos)480Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1868/69AH 1285Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1869/70AH 1286Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1870/71AH 1287Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1871/72AH 1288Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1872/73AH 1289Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)455Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1873/74AH 1290Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBursa760Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1874/75AH 1291Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık760Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1875/76AH 1292Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık760Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1876/77AH 1293Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1878/79AH 1296Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1879/80AH 1297Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1880/81AH 1298Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1881/82AH 1299Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1882/83AH 1300Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1883/84AH 1301Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1884/85AH 1302Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1885/86AH 1303Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1886/87AH 1304Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1887/88AH 1305Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1888/89AH 1306Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1889/90AH 1307Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1890/91AH 1308Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1891/92AH 1309Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1892/93AH 1310Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1893/94AH 1311Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1894/95AH 1312Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1895/96AH 1313Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1896/97AH 1314Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1897/98AH 1315Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1898/99AH 1316Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAyvalık540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1899/1900AH 1317Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
1900/01AH 1318Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIzmir (İzmir)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0137; 269
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 (18)

Recorded values of John Vitali Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameJohn Vitali EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1263Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceizmirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthaydinRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationesnafRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionHristiyanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityLatinRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolMektebi MahsusaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1283Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1866Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeizmirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)480Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedGörev ihmali / Mumaileyhin vazifesine adem-i dikkati yüzünden bazı mühim telgrafların teehhürüne bâdî olmakla bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Şabanının yirmi üçünde 28 Teşrinisani sene 1317 yine beş yüz kırk kuruş maaşla ve becayiş suretiyle Avlonya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti'ne naklolunmuş ise de memuriyet-i cedidesine azimet eylemediğinden tekaütü icra olunmuk üzere bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Muharreminin yirmi birinde 16 Nisan sene 1318 bi'z-zarur açığa çıkarıldığı used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedGörev ihmali / memuriyetini yoluyla ifa etmediğinden dolayı azledilmiş ise de açıkta bulunduğu müddet hakkında ceza-yı kafi görülüp doksan altı senesi other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedGörev İhmali other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1296; 1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318Later 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.
  • 30 annual entries of 33 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.

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