Official
Marko Lansa Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1848/49 (AH 1265). On record 1867 to 1882, 16 annual entries. Death recorded 1882/83.
Archive reference 5_328; 653
Life#
Marko Lansa Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1848/49 (AH 1265). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Tekellum.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1867/68, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1867/68, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 250 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878/79 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 45 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 425 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1870/71. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.73 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1881/82, when 46 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1882/83 (AH 1300): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1848/49 (AH 1265)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
- Death recorded
- 1882/83 (AH 1300)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Italian
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Tekellumspeaking. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Tekellumspeaking
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1864/65 (AH 1281)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1864/65AH 1281 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250first-salary field |
| 1867 to 1882AH 1284 to 1299 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 250 to 500 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867/68 | 250 | 600 | 600 | 5% |
| 1868/69 | 250 | 600 | 570 | 6% |
| 1869/70 | 250 | 600 | 576 | 9% |
| 1870/71 | 300 | 600 | 600 | 12% |
| 1871/72 | 300 | 550 | 570 | 13% |
| 1872/73 | 350 | 550 | 585 | 15% |
| 1873/74 | 350 | 500 | 570 | 16% |
| 1874/75 | 400 | 535 | 650 | 23% |
| 1875/76 | 450 | 530 | 700 | 34% |
| 1876/77 | 450 | 582.5 | 600 | 34% |
| 1877/78 | 500 | 560 | 600 | 36% |
| 1878 | 500 | 600 | 600 | 33% |
| 1878/79 | 550 | 600 | 600 | 45% |
| 1879/80 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 47% |
| 1880/81 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 47% |
| 1881/82 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 46% |
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
- Kirkor Serpusyan EfendiBeyoğlu, 16 shared years
- Melkon Berhadar EfendiBeyoğlu, 16 shared years
- Paskal Mıgırdıç Kazancıyan EfendiBeyoğlu, 16 shared years
- Mıgırdiç AcemyanBeyoğlu, 16 shared years
- Hamparsom Akna EfendiBeyoğlu, 15 shared years
127 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu
Same school recorded
- Abdulkadir EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Abdulkerim Fehmi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ahmet Nazif EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ahmet Şevki EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmed Rıfat EfendiIstanbul, born 1848/49 (AH 1265)
- Ahmed Sadık EfendiIstanbul, born 1848/49 (AH 1265)
- Ali Afif EfendiIstanbul, born 1848/49 (AH 1265)
- Ali Nafiz EfendiIstanbul, born 1848/49 (AH 1265)
- Andon Körkis EfendiIstanbul, born 1848/49 (AH 1265)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (16)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 550 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_328; 653 |
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 | ||
| Name | Marko Lansa Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1265 | 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 | esnaf | 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 | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Sibyan 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 |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1281 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1864 | 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) | 250 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1300 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- 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.
- 13 annual entries of 16 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.