Official
Unnamed official (0086_0163: 321)
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Servia (Serfiçe) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). On record 1896 to 1907, 11 annual entries.
Archive reference 0086_0163: 321
Life#
This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Servia (Serfiçe) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mudur.
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: Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), the salary going from 300 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, the salary going from 350 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Larissa). In 1899/1900 the record shows 3. Müdür in Murgula, the salary going from 300 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 600 to 380 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Murgula).
The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as 3. Müdür. 70 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 11 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Birthplace
- Servia (Serfiçe)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Mudur
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 4 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
- 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
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93AH 1310 | First work | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300first-salary field |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 300 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) | 350 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Çanakkale | 300 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 3. Müdür | Murgula | 600 |
| 1900 to 1907AH 1318 to 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 to 400 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1897/98 | 350 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1898/99 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1899/1900 | 600 | 500 | 540 | 70% |
| 1900/01 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1901/02 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1902/03 | 380 | 500 | 380 | 31% |
| 1903/04 | 380 | 475 | 350 | 34% |
| 1904/05 | 380 | 450 | 350 | 35% |
| 1905/06 | 380 | 475 | 330 | 35% |
| 1906/07 | 400 | 450 | 300 | 39% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ömer Rasim EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 7 shared years
- İsmail Zühtü EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 7 shared years
- Mehmet Talat EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 7 shared years
- Hüseyin Rasim EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 7 shared years
- Mehmet Galip EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 7 shared years
238 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Kamil EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Abdülmecid EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Abdüssabur Sabri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Ahmet Celalettin EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Ahmet Cevdet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Yusuf Ziya EfendiServia (Serfiçe), born 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Hamza Elvan BeyServia (Serfiçe), born 1827/28 (AH 1243)
Full record
Annual entries (11)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Çanakkale | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 3. Müdür | Murgula | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0086_0163: 321 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Birth year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | serfice used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | selanik other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | manastir used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | selanik other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | mudur | 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) | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1310 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1892 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 10 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.