Official
Unnamed official (0100_0023; 43)
Catholic Christian (Katolik). Born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1845/46 (AH 1262). On record 1865 to 1901, 31 annual entries.
Archive reference 0100_0023; 43
Life#
This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The record gives the community as Catholic Christian (Katolik).
Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Beirut in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1867/68 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1868/69 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bitlis, the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Damascus). In 1869/70 the record shows 2. Müdür in Baalbek, with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bitlis). In 1879/80 the record shows 3. Müdür in Baalbek, the salary going from 800 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Baalbek). In 1881/82 the record shows 2. Müdür in Jaffa (Yafa), the salary going from 600 to 750 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Baalbek). In 1889/90 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tuzla, the salary going from 900 to 850 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Jaffa). In 1896/97 the record shows 2. Müdür in Gaza (Gazze), with 850 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Tuzla). No annual entry is recorded for 1890 to 1896.
The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1888/89 as 2. Müdür. 83 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 31 years with a salary the median is 760 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1867/68. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.82 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 81 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1845/46 (AH 1262)
- Birthplace
- Beirut (Beyrut)
- Community
- Catholic Christian (Katolik)
- Nationality as recorded
- Katolik
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- English
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Place
- Beirut (Beyrut)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Zimmet / açığa çıkarılmış ve netice-i muhasebeye zuhur eden on iki bin beş yüz kuruş zimmetinin kefilinden tahsiline ve kendisinin bir sene hapisle üç sene-i memuriyetinden tardına meclisce karar verildiği ve ahiren hariçden… anlaşılan dokuz bin dört yüz otuz üç kuruş yirmi paranın dahi zimmet-i muhakemesine nim… ilavesi için mesarihen taht-ı hükmüne aldırılarak tenmin istifası esbabının istikhaline dair mahaline tebligat… ifa kılındığı telgraf ve posta sicil şubesinin “25 Cemaziyelevvel sene 320” ve “15 Muharrem sene 322” tarihli vukuat pusulalarında beyan edilmiştir. m.; Zimmet / ” iki bin üç yüz kırk dokuz … otuz dokuz tesatim(?) ile beş bin kuruş yirmi para zimmet-i bint ederek azl edilmiş ve muahhiren zimmet-i mezkuru tamamen teslim eylediği cihetle üç yüz on dört senesi Rebiülevvelinin on dokuzunda “16 Ağustos sene 312” sekiz yüz elli kuruş eblağla Beyrut Vilayetiꞌnde Gazze Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyet ve Şefliğine tayin olunup; Zimmet
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | First work | Beirut (Beyrut) | 400first-salary field |
| 1865 to 1867AH 1282 to 1283 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 400 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 600 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | 2. Müdür | Bitlis | 800 |
| 1869 to 1879AH 1286 to 1296 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 800 |
| 1879 to 1881AH 1297 to 1298 | 3. Müdür | Baalbek | 600 |
| 1881 to 1889AH 1299 to 1306 | 2. Müdür | Jaffa (Yafa) | 750 to 900 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | 2. Müdür | Tuzla | 850 |
| No annual entry: 1890 to 1896 (AH 1308 to 1313) | |||
| 1896 to 1901AH 1314 to 1318 | 2. Müdür | Gaza (Gazze) | 850 to 765 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 | 400 | 650 | 576 | 20% |
| 1866/67 | 400 | 600 | 480 | 18% |
| 1867/68 | 600 | 600 | 480 | 48% |
| 1868/69 | 800 | 600 | 1,000 | 61% |
| 1869/70 | 800 | 600 | 1,000 | 61% |
| 1870/71 | 800 | 600 | 1,000 | 63% |
| 1871/72 | 760 | 550 | 855 | 64% |
| 1872/73 | 760 | 550 | 850 | 64% |
| 1873/74 | 760 | 500 | 830 | 65% |
| 1874/75 | 760 | 535 | 800 | 65% |
| 1875/76 | 760 | 530 | 850 | 67% |
| 1876/77 | 800 | 582.5 | 800 | 67% |
| 1877/78 | 800 | 560 | 800 | 68% |
| 1878 | 800 | 600 | 800 | 65% |
| 1878/79 | 800 | 600 | 800 | 66% |
| 1879/80 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 61% |
| 1880/81 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 60% |
| 1881/82 | 750 | 500 | 800 | 74% |
| 1882/83 | 750 | 500 | 800 | 73% |
| 1883/84 | 700 | 500 | 800 | 71% |
| 1884/85 | 700 | 500 | 800 | 70% |
| 1885/86 | 700 | 500 | 800 | 72% |
| 1886/87 | 700 | 500 | 800 | 72% |
| 1887/88 | 700 | 500 | 800 | 71% |
| 1888/89 | 900 | 500 | 800 | 83% |
| 1889/90 | 850 | 500 | 800 | 83% |
| 1896/97 | 850 | 500 | 765 | 87% |
| 1897/98 | 765 | 500 | 778.5 | 85% |
| 1898/99 | 765 | 500 | 800 | 84% |
| 1899/1900 | 765 | 500 | 783 | 82% |
| 1900/01 | 765 | 500 | 800 | 81% |
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
- Ahmed EfendiJaffa (Yafa), 7 shared years
- Mustafa Zihni EfendiJaffa (Yafa), 5 shared years
- Karabet EfendiJaffa (Yafa) and 1 other place, 5 shared years
- Karnik EfendiGaza (Gazze), 5 shared years
- Musa EfendiGaza (Gazze), 5 shared years
28 officials in all. Officials recorded in Baalbek
Same school recorded
- Mıgırdıç KirkoryanMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Yakup EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- İstepan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Kostantin KotoviliMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Ohannes Bogosyan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1866/67 (AH 1283)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hızır Abbas EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
- Yusuf Yaşar Sabit EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Abdullah EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- İskender EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
50 officials in all. Officials born in Beirut (Beyrut)
Full record
Annual entries (31)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | 2. Müdür | Bitlis | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1878AH 1295 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | 2. Müdür | Baalbek | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | 3. Müdür | Baalbek | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | 3. Müdür | Baalbek | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | 2. Müdür | Jaffa (Yafa) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | 2. Müdür | Jaffa (Yafa) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | 2. Müdür | Jaffa (Yafa) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | 2. Müdür | Jaffa (Yafa) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | 2. Müdür | Jaffa (Yafa) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | 2. Müdür | Jaffa (Yafa) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | 2. Müdür | Jaffa (Yafa) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | 2. Müdür | Jaffa (Yafa) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | 2. Müdür | Tuzla | 850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 2. Müdür | Gaza (Gazze) | 850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 2. Müdür | Gaza (Gazze) | 765 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 2. Müdür | Gaza (Gazze) | 765 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 2. Müdür | Gaza (Gazze) | 765 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 2. Müdür | Gaza (Gazze) | 765 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0023; 43 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Birth year (AH) | 1262 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Katolik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1282 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1865 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / açığa çıkarılmış ve netice-i muhasebeye zuhur eden on iki bin beş yüz kuruş zimmetinin kefilinden tahsiline ve kendisinin bir sene hapisle üç sene-i memuriyetinden tardına meclisce karar verildiği ve ahiren hariçden… anlaşılan dokuz bin dört yüz otuz üç kuruş yirmi paranın dahi zimmet-i muhakemesine nim… ilavesi için mesarihen taht-ı hükmüne aldırılarak tenmin istifası esbabının istikhaline dair mahaline tebligat… ifa kılındığı telgraf ve posta sicil şubesinin “25 Cemaziyelevvel sene 320” ve “15 Muharrem sene 322” tarihli vukuat pusulalarında beyan edilmiştir. m. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / ” iki bin üç yüz kırk dokuz … otuz dokuz tesatim(?) ile beş bin kuruş yirmi para zimmet-i bint ederek azl edilmiş ve muahhiren zimmet-i mezkuru tamamen teslim eylediği cihetle üç yüz on dört senesi Rebiülevvelinin on dokuzunda “16 Ağustos sene 312” sekiz yüz elli kuruş eblağla Beyrut Vilayetiꞌnde Gazze Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyet ve Şefliğine tayin olunup other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 26 annual entries of 31 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.