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Official

Ali Haydar Bey

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). On record 1893 to 1896, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 69_136; 269

Life

Ali Haydar Bey was born in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, the salary going from 300 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Muhabere Memuru. 30 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and 2 cuts. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 50 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when 3 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 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
1888/89 (AH 1306)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of Ali Haydar Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)400first-salary field
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruKaradeniz Ereğli400
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale300
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar100
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This 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 Ali Haydar Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1893/9440050040030%
1894/9530050040017%
1895/961005004003%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulÜsküdarKaradeniz EreğliÇanakkale

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

26 officials in all. Officials recorded in Karadeniz Ereğli

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Ali Haydar Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruKaradeniz Ereğli400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_136; 269
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_136; 269
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruÜsküdar100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_136; 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 (13)

Recorded values of Ali Haydar Bey with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAli Haydar BeyPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1292Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered 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
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1306Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1889Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered 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.
  • 3 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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