Official
Mehmet Hasan Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1890 to 1905, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 0084_0139; 273
Life#
Mehmet Hasan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Damascus (Şam) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 14 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Damascus). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in İskenderun, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1900/01 the record shows 2. Müdür in Beyani nasif, the salary going from 400 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in İskenderun). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gaza (Gazze), the salary going from 1,000 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Beyani nasif). No annual entry is recorded for 1896/97 and 1903/04.
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 13 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 600 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.61 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
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- 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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- 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
- Damascus (Şam)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin ahlaksızlığı ve adab-ı İslamiyete ve insaniyete gayr-i mütemessik görülmesi cihetiyle ıslah-ı hali zımnında bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Rebiülahirinin on beşinde 28 Haziran sene 319 idareten açığa çıkarılıp açıkta kaldığı müddet içinde nedametle salah-ı hal kesb ettiğinden cezası kâfi görülmekle; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1322
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | First work | Damascus (Şam) | 400first-salary field |
| 1890 to 1896AH 1308 to 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 400 |
| No annual entry: 1896/97 (AH 1314) | |||
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 |
| 1898 to 1900AH 1316 to 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | İskenderun | 400 |
| 1900 to 1903AH 1318 to 1320 | 2. Müdür | Beyani nasif | 1,000 |
| No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321) | |||
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Gaza (Gazze) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1891/92 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1892/93 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1893/94 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1897/98 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1898/99 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 1,000 | 500 | 800 | 87% |
| 1901/02 | 1,000 | 500 | 800 | 87% |
| 1902/03 | 1,000 | 500 | 800 | 87% |
| 1904/05 | 500 | 450 | 350 | 52% |
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
- Abdullah EfendiDamascus (Şam), 6 shared years
- Ahmet Emin EfendiDamascus (Şam), 6 shared years
- Mustafa Hakkı EfendiDamascus (Şam), 6 shared years
- Ahmet Reşid BeyDamascus (Şam), 6 shared years
- Mahmut Hilmi EfendiDamascus (Şam), 6 shared years
71 officials in all. Officials recorded in Damascus (Şam)
Same school recorded
- Abbas Rüştü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Abdullah Zühtü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Abdurrahman Sezai EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Ahmet HamiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Ahmet Nuri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Hamdi BeyIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Hayri EfendiIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Lütfi EfendiIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Münim EfendiIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Necati EfendiIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | İskenderun | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | İskenderun | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 2. Müdür | Beyani nasif | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 2. Müdür | Beyani nasif | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 2. Müdür | Beyani nasif | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Gaza (Gazze) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0084_0139; 273 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Hasan Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1294 | 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 |
| 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) | 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 | sam | 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 | Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin ahlaksızlığı ve adab-ı İslamiyete ve insaniyete gayr-i mütemessik görülmesi cihetiyle ıslah-ı hali zımnında bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Rebiülahirinin on beşinde 28 Haziran sene 319 idareten açığa çıkarılıp açıkta kaldığı müddet içinde nedametle salah-ı hal kesb ettiğinden cezası kâfi görülmekle used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 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.
- 13 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.