Official
Mahmut Naci Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). On record 1878 to 1911, 32 annual entries.
Archive reference 0085_0098: 191
Life#
Mahmut Naci Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Vali.
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 1878/79 (AH 1296): Telgraf. The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878/79, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 150 to 240 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar). In 1894/95 the record shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Galata, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Gumruk Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 540 kuruş a month (before: Gumruk Kitabeti in Galata). In 1909/10 the record shows Tensikat in Istanbul, with 780 kuruş a month (before: Gumruk Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1910/11 the record shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 780 to 560 kuruş a month (before: Tensikat in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1881/82.
The highest salary, 780 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Gumruk Kitabeti. 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 32 years with a salary the median is 520 kuruş a month, with 13 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1889/90. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.2 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1910/11, when 53 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Vali
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 23
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 150
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 150
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Telgraffirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150first-salary field |
| 1878 to 1881AH 1296 to 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Üsküdar | 150 |
| No annual entry: 1881/82 (AH 1299) | |||
| 1882 to 1894AH 1300 to 1311 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 240 to 500 |
| 1894 to 1900AH 1312 to 1317 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Galata | 500 to 540 |
| 1900 to 1909AH 1318 to 1326 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 540 to 780 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Tensikat | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 780 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 560 |
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79 | 150 | 600 | 420 | 2% |
| 1879/80 | 150 | 500 | 380 | 4% |
| 1880/81 | 150 | 500 | 400 | 2% |
| 1882/83 | 240 | 500 | 6% | |
| 1883/84 | 300 | 500 | 12% | |
| 1884/85 | 320 | 500 | 16% | |
| 1885/86 | 320 | 500 | 17% | |
| 1886/87 | 320 | 500 | 17% | |
| 1887/88 | 400 | 500 | 27% | |
| 1888/89 | 400 | 500 | 27% | |
| 1889/90 | 500 | 500 | 42% | |
| 1890/91 | 500 | 500 | 43% | |
| 1891/92 | 500 | 500 | 43% | |
| 1892/93 | 500 | 500 | 44% | |
| 1893/94 | 500 | 500 | 46% | |
| 1894/95 | 500 | 500 | 46% | |
| 1895/96 | 600 | 500 | 59% | |
| 1896/97 | 540 | 500 | 61% | |
| 1897/98 | 540 | 500 | 61% | |
| 1898/99 | 540 | 500 | 61% | |
| 1899/1900 | 540 | 500 | 60% | |
| 1900/01 | 540 | 500 | 59% | |
| 1901/02 | 580 | 500 | 66% | |
| 1902/03 | 610 | 500 | 71% | |
| 1903/04 | 650 | 475 | 73% | |
| 1904/05 | 680 | 450 | 74% | |
| 1905/06 | 730 | 475 | 77% | |
| 1906/07 | 750 | 450 | 76% | |
| 1907/08 | 780 | 300 | 79% | |
| 1908/09 | 780 | 350 | 74% | |
| 1909/10 | 780 | 462.5 | 66% | |
| 1910/11 | 560 | 500 | 53% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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
- Mustafa İsmet EfendiIstanbul, 23 shared years
- Salih Tevfik EfendiIstanbul, 23 shared years
- Afif EfendiIstanbul, 23 shared years
- Melkok EfendiIstanbul, 23 shared years
- Ali Galip EfendiIstanbul, 22 shared years
1,515 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdulkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Abdullah sevki EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Ahmet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Ali Fethi BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdurrahman Rüştü EfendiIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Ahmet Rifat EfendiIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Alfo EfendiIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Ali BeyIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Ali Nuri EfendiIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (32)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Üsküdar | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Üsküdar | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Üsküdar | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 240 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 320 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 320 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 320 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Galata | 500 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Galata | 600 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Galata | 540 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Galata | 540 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Galata | 540 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Galata | 540 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 540 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 580 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 610 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 650 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 680 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 730 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 750 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 780 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 780 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Tensikat | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 780 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0098: 191 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Gumruk Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 560 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0085_0098: 191 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (24)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mahmut Naci Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1273 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Vali | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1296 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1879 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 23 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 150 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 150 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 3 annual entries of 32 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.