Official
Ali Memduh Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bursa in 1883/84 (AH 1301). On record 1900 to 1906, 6 annual entries.
Archive reference 116_184; 365
Life#
Ali Memduh Efendi was born in Bursa in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Bursa in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 16 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Tefrik Odası in Bursa, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Bursa, the salary going from 200 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Tefrik Odası in Bursa).
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Merkez Memuru. 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 37.97 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Birthplace
- Bursa
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
- Place
- Bursa
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | First work | Bursa | 100first-salary field |
| 1900 to 1905AH 1318 to 1322 | Tefrik Odası | Bursa | 100 to 200 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Merkez Memuru | Bursa | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01 | 100 | 500 | 400 | 1% |
| 1901/02 | 100 | 500 | 400 | 1% |
| 1902/03 | 200 | 500 | 420 | 9% |
| 1903/04 | 200 | 475 | 450 | 8% |
| 1904/05 | 200 | 450 | 400 | 8% |
| 1905/06 | 500 | 475 | 500 | 50% |
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.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar (DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK, 2019). Name as printed: Ali Memduh Efendi. PDF page 88.
Probable link: same name, birthplace and register and second number of the archive reference; served in the place the work covers
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Abdurrahman Tahsin EfendiBursa, 6 shared years
- Bekir Şevki EfendiBursa, 6 shared years
- Mustafa Rifat EfendiBursa, 6 shared years
- Ahmet Tayyip EfendiBursa, 6 shared years
- Ahmet Tevfik EfendiBursa, 6 shared years
33 officials in all. Officials recorded in Bursa
Same school recorded
- Abdülbaki EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318)
- Abdülkerim Hüsnü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318)
- Abdullah EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318)
- Abdullatif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318)
- Ahmet Asaf EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Bedros Dermenas EfendiBursa, born 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Veysi EfendiBursa, born 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Ahmet Cevat EfendiBursa, born 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiBursa, born 1886/87 (AH 1304)
- Ahmet Burhanettin EfendiBursa, born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
37 officials in all. Officials born in Bursa
Full record
Annual entries (6)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Tefrik Odası | Bursa | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_184; 365 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Tefrik Odası | Bursa | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_184; 365 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Tefrik Odası | Bursa | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_184; 365 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Tefrik Odası | Bursa | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_184; 365 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Tefrik Odası | Bursa | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_184; 365 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Merkez Memuru | Bursa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_184; 365 |
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 | ||
| Name | Ali Memduh Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1301 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | bursa | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hudavendigar | 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) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1317 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1899 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Bursa | 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.
- 6 annual entries of 6 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.