Official
Hasan Fahri Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Nigbolu in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1889 to 1904, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 54_112; 221
Life#
Hasan Fahri Efendi was born in Nigbolu in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.
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 Istanbul in 1889/90 (AH 1307): Telgraf. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Muhabere Memuru in Gemlik, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çorlu, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gemlik). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Hayrabolu, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çorlu). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Saray, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Hayrabolu). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kıyıköy (Midye), the salary going from 400 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Saray). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aydogmus, the salary going from 475 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kıyıköy). In 1897/98 the record shows no title in Yozgat (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aydogmus). In 1898/99 the record shows 3. Müdür in Marmara Ereğlisi, with 500 kuruş a month (before: no title in Yozgat). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Burdur, the salary going from 500 to 475 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Marmara Ereğlisi). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Antalya, the salary going from 475 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Burdur). No annual entry is recorded for 1890/91 and 1899/1900.
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 12 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Birthplace
- Nigbolu
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Muduru
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0.5 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
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 18
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 400
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Telgraffirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400first-salary field |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Gemlik | 400 |
| No annual entry: 1890/91 (AH 1308) | |||
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Çorlu | 400 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Hayrabolu | 400 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Saray | 400 |
| 1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Kıyıköy (Midye) | 475 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Aydogmus | 400 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Yozgat | ||
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Marmara Ereğlisi | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | |||
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Burdur | 475 |
| 1901 to 1904AH 1319 to 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Antalya | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1891/92 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1892/93 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1893/94 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1894/95 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 44% |
| 1895/96 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 45% |
| 1896/97 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 48% |
| 1900/01 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 45% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 380 | 33% |
| 1903/04 | 400 | 475 | 350 | 36% |
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
- Mustafa Nazmi EfendiAntalya, 3 shared years
- Abdullah EfendiAntalya, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Sabri EfendiAntalya, 2 shared years
- Ahmet İzzet EfendiYozgat, 1 shared year
- Ahmet Fahri EfendiYozgat, 1 shared year
24 officials in all. Officials recorded in Antalya
Same school recorded
- Abdi Zühtü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Abdülkadir Ziya EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Naim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Salih Sabri EfendiNigbolu, born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Ali Rıza EfendiNigbolu, born 1862/63 (AH 1279)
- Hasan Mehdi EfendiNigbolu, born 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiNigbolu, born 1858/59 (AH 1275)
- Ahmet Şevki EfendiNigbolu, born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
6 officials in all. Officials born in Nigbolu
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Gemlik | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Çorlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Hayrabolu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Saray | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Kıyıköy (Midye) | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Kıyıköy (Midye) | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Aydogmus | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Yozgat | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 54_112; 221 | ||
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Marmara Ereğlisi | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Burdur | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Antalya | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Antalya | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Antalya | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_112; 221 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (23)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Hasan Fahri Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1289 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | nigbolu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Nigbolu | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Ruscuk | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Tuna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | tuna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Telgraf Muduru | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0.5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1307 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1890 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 18 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 400 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 12 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.