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Official

Unnamed official (0049_0041; 79)

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1843/44 (AH 1259). On record 1871 to 1902, 23 annual entries. Death recorded 1902/03.

Life

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Istanbul in 1843/44 (AH 1259). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The official was then about 26 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus (Şam), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1875/76 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Belkova, the salary going from 400 to 650 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Damascus). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kastoria (Kesriye), the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Belkova). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Veria (Karaferye), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kastoria). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Veria). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Omeraga, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1892/93 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kozan (Sis), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Omeraga). No annual entry is recorded for 1874/75, 1878 to 1879 and 1881 to 1887.

The highest salary, 650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1875/76 as Muhabere Memuru. 59 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 530 kuruş. Over 23 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1875/76. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.89 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1902/03 (AH 1320): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1843/44 (AH 1259)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf
Death recorded
1902/03 (AH 1320)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)
2 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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1869/70 (AH 1286)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
380

Career

Career of Unnamed official (0049_0041; 79), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)380first-salary field
1871 to 1874AH 1288 to 1290Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1871/72380
1872/73400
1873/74400
Damascus (Şam)380 to 400
No annual entry: 1874/75 (AH 1291)
1875 to 1878AH 1292 to 1294Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1875/76650
1876/77600
1877/78600
Belkova650 to 600
No annual entry: 1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruKastoria (Kesriye)500
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruVeria (Karaferye)500
No annual entry: 1881 to 1887 (AH 1299 to 1304)
1887 to 1891AH 1305 to 1308Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1887/88500
1888/89500
1889/90500
1890/91500
Thessaloniki (Selanik)500
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruOmeraga500
1892 to 1902AH 1310 to 13193. Müdür
10 entries
YearSalary
1892/93500
1893/94500
1894/95500
1895/96500
1896/97500
1897/98500
1898/99500
1899/1900500
1900/01500
1901/02500
Kozan (Sis)500
1902/03AH 1320Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entry02004006008001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315650 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Unnamed official (0049_0041; 79) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1871/7238055040020%
1872/7340055040026%
1873/7440050040024%
1875/7665053040059%
1876/77600582.541050%
1877/7860056041050%
1879/8050050038047%
1880/8150050040047%
1887/8850050040041%
1888/8950050040041%
1889/9050050040042%
1890/9150050040043%
1891/9250050040043%
1892/9350050060044%
1893/9450050060046%
1894/9550050060046%
1895/9650050060047%
1896/9750050054049%
1897/9850050054049%
1898/9950050054048%
1899/190050050054047%
1900/0150050054047%
1901/0250050054049%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulKozanDamascusBelkovaKastoriaVeriaThessalonikiOmeraga

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

102 officials in all. Officials recorded in Kozan (Sis)

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (23)

Annual entries of Unnamed official (0049_0041; 79)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1871/72AH 1288Muhabere MemuruDamascus (Şam)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1872/73AH 1289Muhabere MemuruDamascus (Şam)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere MemuruDamascus (Şam)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruBelkova650Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruBelkova600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruBelkova600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruKastoria (Kesriye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruVeria (Karaferye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruOmeraga500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1892/93AH 13103. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1893/94AH 13113. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1894/95AH 13123. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1896/97AH 13143. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1897/98AH 13153. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1898/99AH 13163. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1899/1900AH 13173. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
1901/02AH 13193. MüdürKozan (Sis)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0041; 79
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)

Recorded values of Unnamed official (0049_0041; 79) with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Birth year (AH)1259Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationEsnafRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Telegraph school (recorded code)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2Recovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1286Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1869Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)380Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1320Earlier 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.
  • 23 annual entries of 23 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.