Official
Süleyman Şükrü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). On record 1907/08, 1 annual entry.
Archive reference 158-14-23
Life#
Born in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community, Süleyman Şükrü Efendi was the child of a gendarme (jandarma). Work began in Istanbul in 1901/02, at about 20, with six unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 500 kuruş. The one annual entry, for 1907/08, places Süleyman Şükrü in Alaşehir as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru), on 500 kuruş a month.
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.
Born 1880/81 (AH 1298); First work 1901/02 (AH 1319)
One annual entry, for 1907/08 (AH 1325): Muhabere Memuru in Alaşehir, with 500 kuruş a month. Institution: Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf).
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- jandarma
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 6 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
- 1901/02 (AH 1319)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
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 place, same years
Of the 3 officials with entries in Alaşehir in the same years, Süleyman Şükrü Efendi had the highest salary.
- Salih Sabri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ali Fahri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 250 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 313 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Süleyman Şükrü Efendi had the 39th highest salary.
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey1 shared year; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mahmut Nedim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Abdülvahid Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Muhtar Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Jozef Fori Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Şükrü Efendi had the 1,253rd highest salary of them.
- Abdülaziz Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Hüsnü Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Abdullah Kamil Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Abdullatif Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Abdurrahman Hilmi Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Şükrü Efendi had the 986th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Kamil Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Celal Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemal Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet İzzet Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Kemal Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 300 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325), Süleyman Şükrü Efendi had the 6th highest salary.
- Ali Fahri Efendifirst entry in Alaşehir; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Abdullah Avni Efendifirst entry in Kırşehir; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Ali Efendifirst entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 290 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Mehmet Şükrü Efendifirst entry in Jerusalem (Kudüs); highest salary 250 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (1)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Alaşehir | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 158-14-23 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Süleyman Şükrü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1298 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | jandarma | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 6 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1319 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1901 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 500 | Recovered 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.
Subjects
- Süleyman Şükrü Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Alaşehir
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)