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Official

Ali Rıza Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Gelibolu in 1887/88 (AH 1305). On record 1909 to 1911, 3 annual entries.

Life

Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Gelibolu in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as mahkeme memuru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Eceabat in 1904/05 (AH 1322). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1909/10, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1909/10, shows Muhabere Memuru in Keşan, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1911 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gelibolu, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Keşan).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Muhabere Memuru. 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1911, when 7 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Birthplace
Gelibolu
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
turkish
Father's occupation
mahkeme memuru

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 years
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
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
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Place
Eceabat
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Ali Rıza Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1904/05AH 1322First workEceabat300first-salary field
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1909/10300
1910/11300
Keşan300
1911AH 1329Muhabere MemuruGelibolu300
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329300 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Rıza Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1909/10300462.530015%
1910/1130050030014%
19113005004007%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
GeliboluEceabatKeşan

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.

Possible links: 4 entries in 1 work

Recorded with

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

30 officials in all. Officials born in Gelibolu

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Ali Rıza Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1909/10AH 1327Muhabere MemuruKeşan300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-55-54
1910/11AH 1328Muhabere MemuruKeşan300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-55-54
1911AH 1329Muhabere MemuruGelibolu300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-55-54
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 Rıza Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAli Rıza EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1305Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacegeliboluRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthedirneRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationmahkeme memuruRecovered 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)1322Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: placeeceabadRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered 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.