Official
Unnamed official (0156_0134;265)
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Erzurum in 1888/89 (AH 1306). On record 1904 to 1907, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 0156_0134;265
Life#
This official was born in Erzurum in 1888/89 (AH 1306) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a telegraph official (telgraf memuru). Schooling took nine years, at a preparatory secondary school (İdadi Mektebi).
The official began work in Istanbul in 1903/04, at about 15, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1904/05, with the official as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Istanbul. The last post was in Mecca (Mekke) in 1906/07.
The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1904/05 to 800 in 1906/07, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Mecca, when 78 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.
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 1888/89 (AH 1306)
First work 1903/04 (AH 1321); 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)
100 to 170 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05 | 100 | 450 | 350 | 2% |
| 1905/06 | 170 | 475 | 330 | 8% |
| 1906/07 | 800 | 450 | 300 | 78% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1904 to 1906AH 1322 to 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 to 170 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecca (Mekke) | 800 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Birthplace
- Erzurum
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
Education
- Idadi
- İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- 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
- 1903/04 (AH 1321)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
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 574 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Unnamed official (0156_0134;265) had the 163rd highest salary.
- Hüseyin Hasip Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Salahattin Bey2 shared years; highest salary 7,800 kuruş
- Suleyman Resat Bey2 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Bey2 shared years; highest salary 5,500 kuruş
- Fahri Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,001 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Unnamed official (0156_0134;265) had the 54th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey3 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey3 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Nikola Yunani Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
Same school
Of the 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi among their schools, Unnamed official (0156_0134;265) had the 17th highest salary.
- Ahmet Naci Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Huseyin Bedreddin Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mahmut Nedim Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 403 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abidin Efendiborn 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 185 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 56 officials born in Erzurum, Unnamed official (0156_0134;265) had the 13th highest salary.
- Hüseyin Avni Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mehmet Fehmi Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0156_0129;255)born 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Hüseyin Naker Efendiborn 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Hasan Seyfi Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 340 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), Unnamed official (0156_0134;265) had the 4th highest salary.
- Mehmet Sezai Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 50 kuruş
- Mustafa Hayri Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 120 kuruş
- Hıfzı Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Ahmet Refik Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 35 kuruş
- Mehmet Nail Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 50 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0156_0134;265 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 170 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0156_0134;265 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecca (Mekke) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0156_0134;265 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Birth year (AH) | 1306 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | erzurum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | erzurum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | telgraf memuru | 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 | idadi Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 9 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1321 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1903 | 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) | 100 | 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.
- 2 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Unnamed official (0156_0134;265)
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Erzurum
- Idadi school (İdadi 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)