Official
Mehmet Cevdet Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1894 to 1905, 11 annual entries.
Archive reference 0098_0219; 435
Life#
Mehmet Cevdet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Orman Mufettisi.
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: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Klisura in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Bursa, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Uşak, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bursa). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Balıkesir, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Uşak). In 1898/99 the record shows 3. Müdür in Susurluk, the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Balıkesir). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Susurluk). In 1902/03 the record shows Posta Memuru in Bandırma, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma).
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as 3. Müdür. 48 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 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.26 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Orman Mufettisi
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 5 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Place
- Klisura
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Görev ihmali / vazife-i mezkuresinde hilaf-ı beyyine hal ve harekatından ve rüyet edilen muhasebesinde bin üç yüz yirmi beş kuruş açığı zuhur ederek ahiren tesviye eylemesinden dolayı bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Rebiülevveli selhinde 4 Temmuz sene 1317 dört yüz otuz kuruş maaşla Bandırma Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyeti'ne nakledildiği; Görev İhmali
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | First work | Klisura | 400first-salary field |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Bursa | 400 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Uşak | 400 |
| 1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Balıkesir | 300 |
| 1898 to 1901AH 1316 to 1318 | 3. Müdür | Susurluk | 500 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Bandırma | 400 |
| 1902 to 1905AH 1320 to 1322 | Posta Memuru | Bandırma | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1897/98 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 48% |
| 1899/1900 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 47% |
| 1900/01 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 47% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1903/04 | 500 | 475 | 400 | 51% |
| 1904/05 | 500 | 450 | 400 | 52% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Not drawn. No position recorded: Klisura.
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
- Mehmet İbrahim EfendiBandırma, 2 shared years
- Ahmet Avni EfendiBandırma and 1 other place, 2 shared years
- Hüseyin Avni EfendiBursa, 1 shared year
- Salih Sezai EfendiBandırma, 1 shared year
- Yanko EfendiBursa, 1 shared year
30 officials in all. Officials recorded in Bandırma
Same school recorded
- Abbas EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Abdi Nazım EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Abdulgafur Sırrı EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Abdulgafur Sufi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdüllatif EfendiIstanbul, born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Ahmet Niyazi BeyIstanbul, born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Ahmet Rauf BeyIstanbul, born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Ahmet Tevfik EfendiIstanbul, born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Ali Haydar EfendiIstanbul, born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (11)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Bursa | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Uşak | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Balıkesir | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Balıkesir | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Susurluk | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 3. Müdür | Susurluk | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 3. Müdür | Susurluk | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Bandırma | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Posta Memuru | Bandırma | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Bandırma | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Posta Memuru | Bandırma | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0219; 435 |
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 | Mehmet Cevdet Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1289 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | orman mufettisi | 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) | 5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1307 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1890 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Klisura | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Görev ihmali / vazife-i mezkuresinde hilaf-ı beyyine hal ve harekatından ve rüyet edilen muhasebesinde bin üç yüz yirmi beş kuruş açığı zuhur ederek ahiren tesviye eylemesinden dolayı bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Rebiülevveli selhinde 4 Temmuz sene 1317 dört yüz otuz kuruş maaşla Bandırma Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyeti'ne nakledildiği used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Görev İhmali other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322 | 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.
- 11 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.