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Official

Hasan Ziver Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kafkasya in 1856/57 (AH 1273). On record 1877 to 1881, 5 annual entries. Death recorded 1896/97.

Life

Hasan Ziver Efendi was born in Kafkasya in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

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 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Niš (Niş), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karaağaç, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Niš).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1877/78 as Muhabere Memuru. 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 560 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 1.27 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1880/81, when 43 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1896/97 (AH 1314): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1856/57 (AH 1273)
Birthplace
Kafkasya
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
ciftci
Death recorded
1896/97 (AH 1314)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)
1 year
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
1876/77 (AH 1293)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

Career

Career of Hasan Ziver Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)500first-salary field
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruNiš (Niş)500
1878 to 1881AH 1295 to 1298Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1878500
1878/79500
1879/80475
1880/81475
Karaağaç500 to 475
1896/97AH 1314Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 1298500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 1298This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Hasan Ziver Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1877/7850056041036%
187850060050033%
1878/7950060042034%
1879/8047550038042%
1880/8147550040043%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KafkasyaKaraağaçIstanbulNiš

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Named in scholarly works

No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

12 officials in all. Officials recorded in Karaağaç

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

7 officials in all. Officials born in Kafkasya

Full record

Annual entries (5)

Annual entries of Hasan Ziver Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruNiš (Niş)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract23_34; 65
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruKaraağaç500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract23_34; 65
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruKaraağaç500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract23_34; 65
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruKaraağaç475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract23_34; 65
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruKaraağaç475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract23_34; 65
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)

Recorded values of Hasan Ziver Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHasan Ziver EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1273Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacekafkasyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationciftciRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Telegraph school (recorded code)1Recovered 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)1293Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1876Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1314Earlier 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.
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.