Official
Mustafa Sıtkı Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1852/53 (AH 1269). On record 1873 to 1896, 23 annual entries. Death recorded 1896/97.
Archive reference 0065_0222; 441
Life#
Mustafa Sıtkı Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.
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: Bulgarian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Thessaloniki in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1873/74, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1873/74, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1875/76 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Prilep (Pirlepe), the salary going from 285 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitola (Manastır), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Prilep). In 1878 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Kozani (Kozana), the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bitola). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Kozani). No annual entry is recorded for 1894/95.
The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878 as Başmuhabere Memuru. 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 23 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1878. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.37 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1896/97 (AH 1314): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Birthplace
- Thessaloniki (Selanik)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Ketebe
- Death recorded
- 1896/97 (AH 1314)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
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
- Bulgarian
- Tekellumspeaking
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 150
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Görev ihmali / keşide edilen mühim ve müstacel telgrafnameleri ekall on iki ve bazen yirmi dört saat kadar merkezde tehirine sebebiyet verdiğinden dolayı bekası caiz olamayacağından üç yüz on iki senesi şehr-i Cemaziyelevvelinin on altısında 2 Teşrinisani sene 1310 açığa çırakılmıştır.; Görev İhmali
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1313
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | First work | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 150first-salary field |
| 1873 to 1875AH 1290 to 1291 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 150 to 285 |
| 1875 to 1877AH 1292 to 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Prilep (Pirlepe) | 500 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Bitola (Manastır) | 500 |
| 1878 to 1894AH 1295 to 1311 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 800 to 600 |
| No annual entry: 1894/95 (AH 1312) | |||
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873/74 | 150 | 500 | 400 | 5% |
| 1874/75 | 285 | 535 | 450 | 11% |
| 1875/76 | 500 | 530 | 400 | 41% |
| 1876/77 | 500 | 582.5 | 410 | 36% |
| 1877/78 | 500 | 560 | 410 | 36% |
| 1878 | 800 | 600 | 600 | 65% |
| 1878/79 | 800 | 600 | 600 | 66% |
| 1879/80 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 61% |
| 1880/81 | 600 | 500 | 570 | 60% |
| 1881/82 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 60% |
| 1882/83 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1883/84 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1884/85 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1885/86 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 58% |
| 1886/87 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1887/88 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 58% |
| 1888/89 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 58% |
| 1889/90 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 58% |
| 1890/91 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1891/92 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1892/93 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1893/94 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 60% |
| 1895/96 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
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
- Unnamed official (58_0008; 13)Kozani (Kozana), 5 shared years
- Ali Rıza EfendiKozani (Kozana), 4 shared years
- Mehmet Aziz EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 3 shared years
- Mustafa EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 2 shared years
- Ahmet Faik EfendiKozani (Kozana), 2 shared years
89 officials in all. Officials recorded in Kozani (Kozana)
Same school recorded
- Ahmet Resmi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ali Rıza EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ali Tevfik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Besim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Hafiz Hasan Husnu EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hüsnü EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Nikola Eftiyaka EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Ali Riza EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- Mehmet Akif EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- Unnamed official (0049_0033; 63)Thessaloniki (Selanik), born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
64 officials in all. Officials born in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Full record
Annual entries (23)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhabere Memuru | Prilep (Pirlepe) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Prilep (Pirlepe) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Bitola (Manastır) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Kozani (Kozana) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0222; 441 |
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 (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mustafa Sıtkı Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1269 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Ketebe | 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) | 1285 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1868 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 150 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Görev ihmali / keşide edilen mühim ve müstacel telgrafnameleri ekall on iki ve bazen yirmi dört saat kadar merkezde tehirine sebebiyet verdiğinden dolayı bekası caiz olamayacağından üç yüz on iki senesi şehr-i Cemaziyelevvelinin on altısında 2 Teşrinisani sene 1310 açığa çırakılmıştır. 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 | 1313 | Later annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1314 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
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.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, 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.
- 23 annual entries of 23 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.