Official
Salih Sezai Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1895 to 1907, 11 annual entries.
Archive reference 69_176; 349
Life#
Salih Sezai Efendi was born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Fethiye (Meğri) in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Muğla, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Muğla). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sivas). In 1906/07 the record shows 3. Müdür in Micova, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma). No annual entry is recorded for 1905/06.
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 3. Müdür. 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.53 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Beirut (Beyrut)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- 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
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Place
- Fethiye (Meğri)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- işret / saika-i mestî ile geceleri merakiz-i mütecavire memurininehakaret ve elfaz-ı bî-edebane istimaline cüret eylediği ve bu yüzden muhaberat-ı mühimmeyi tehire uğrattığı ve merkezce her vakit eksik olmayan ifadat ve tezvirattan geri durmadığı anlaşılmış olmakla mucib-i intibahî olmak üzere üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Cemaziyelahirinin yirmi sekizinde 17 Ağustos sene 1321 idareten açığa çıkarılmış; İşret
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1324
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93AH 1310 | First work | Fethiye (Meğri) | 380first-salary field |
| 1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Muğla | 380 |
| 1897 to 1904AH 1315 to 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 380 to 400 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Bandırma | 400 |
| No annual entry: 1905/06 (AH 1323) | |||
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 3. Müdür | Micova | 500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 26% |
| 1896/97 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1897/98 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1898/99 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1899/1900 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1900/01 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1901/02 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 380 | 33% |
| 1903/04 | 400 | 475 | 350 | 36% |
| 1904/05 | 400 | 450 | 350 | 38% |
| 1906/07 | 500 | 450 | 540 | 51% |
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
- Kasım Sırrı EfendiSivas, 7 shared years
- Mehmet Refik EfendiSivas, 7 shared years
- Ali Mazhar EfendiSivas, 7 shared years
- Hafız Mehmet EfendiSivas, 7 shared years
- Mehmet Eşref EfendiSivas, 7 shared years
44 officials in all. Officials recorded in Sivas
Same school recorded
- Abdülaziz Fikri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdullah EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdüssabur Sabri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet Besir EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Haşim EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Raşit EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Abdülgani EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Vedi EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
50 officials in all. Officials born in Beirut (Beyrut)
Full record
Annual entries (11)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Muğla | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Muğla | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Bandırma | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 3. Müdür | Micova | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_176; 349 |
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 (17)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Salih Sezai Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | 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 |
| 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 | 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) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier 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 | Mekri | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 380 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | işret / saika-i mestî ile geceleri merakiz-i mütecavire memurininehakaret ve elfaz-ı bî-edebane istimaline cüret eylediği ve bu yüzden muhaberat-ı mühimmeyi tehire uğrattığı ve merkezce her vakit eksik olmayan ifadat ve tezvirattan geri durmadığı anlaşılmış olmakla mucib-i intibahî olmak üzere üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Cemaziyelahirinin yirmi sekizinde 17 Ağustos sene 1321 idareten açığa çıkarılmış used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | İşret other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1324 | 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.
- 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.