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Official

Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Konya in 1868/69 (AH 1285). On record 1893 to 1909, 14 annual entries.

Life

Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi was born in Konya in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muderris.

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 Konya in 1893/94 (AH 1311): Telgraf. The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Kitabeti in Tirebolu, the salary going from 250 to 225 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya). In 1898/99 the record shows Mal Muduru, the salary going from 225 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Kitabeti in Tirebolu). In 1899/1900 the record shows Mal Muduru in İpsala, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Mal Muduru). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti in Nablus, the salary going from 500 to 765 kuruş a month (before: Mal Muduru in İpsala). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 765 to 436 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti in Nablus). In 1907/08 the record shows Mal Muduru in Haifa (Hayfa), the salary going from 500 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti in Damascus). In 1908/09 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti in Acre (Akka), the salary going from 550 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Mal Muduru in Haifa). No annual entry is recorded for 1896/97 and 1902/03.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1908/09 as Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti. 74 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 350 kuruş. Over 14 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 275 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.06 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Birthplace
Konya
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Muderris

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 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
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Place
Konya
First job as worded
Telgraf
Age at first work (workbook field)
26
First salary field (kuruş a month)
250
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
250

Legal records

Judicial record (recorded code)
1
Legal record note as worded
Devamsızlık / Mumaileyhin mezuniyet-i resmiyesi hitam bulduğu halde memuriyeti başına gelmediğinden ve gelmeyeceği dahi edilen tahkikattan anlaşıldığından bin üç yüz on dört senesi Cemaziyelahirinin on yedisinde 11 Teşrinievvel sene 1312 azledildiği; Devamsızlık
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1321; 1322; 1323; 1324; 1326

Career

Career of Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311Telgraffirst workKonya250first-salary field
1893 to 1896AH 1311 to 1313Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1893/94250
1894/95250
1895/96250
Konya250
No annual entry: 1896/97 (AH 1314)
1897/98AH 1315Bidayet Mahkemesi Kitabeti
Justice (Adliye)
Tirebolu225
1898/99AH 1316Mal Muduru
Finance (Maliye)
500
1899 to 1902AH 1317 to 1319Mal Muduru
Finance (Maliye)
3 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900500
1900/01500
1901/02500
İpsala500
No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320)
1903/04AH 1321Muhasebe Kalemi BaskitabetiNablus765
1904 to 1907AH 1322 to 1324Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1904/05436
1905/06500
1906/07500
Damascus (Şam)436 to 500
1907/08AH 1325Mal Muduru
Finance (Maliye)
Haifa (Hayfa)550
1908/09AH 1326Muhasebe Kalemi BaskitabetiAcre (Akka)800
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entry02004006008001897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325800 kuruşEntry of another institution
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1893/9425050040013%
1894/9525050040013%
1895/9625050040013%
1897/9822550013%
1898/9950050048%
1899/190050050047%
1900/0150050047%
1901/0250050049%
1903/0476547580%
1904/0543645047%
1905/0650047550%
1906/0750045051%
1907/0855030073%
1908/0980035074%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KonyaAcreTireboluİpsalaNablusDamascusHaifa

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

58 officials in all. Officials recorded in Konya

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

27 officials in all. Officials born in Konya

Full record

Annual entries (14)

Annual entries of Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruKonya250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_184; 365-366
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruKonya250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_184; 365-366
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruKonya250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_184; 365-366
1897/98AH 1315Bidayet Mahkemesi KitabetiTirebolu225Justice (Adliye)Cross-ministry personnel workbook69_184; 365-366
1898/99AH 1316Mal MuduruYunda500Finance (Maliye)Cross-ministry personnel workbook69_184; 365-366
1899/1900AH 1317Mal Muduruİpsala500Finance (Maliye)Cross-ministry personnel workbook69_184; 365-366
1900/01AH 1318Mal Muduruİpsala500Finance (Maliye)Cross-ministry personnel workbook69_184; 365-366
1901/02AH 1319Mal Muduruİpsala500Finance (Maliye)Cross-ministry personnel workbook69_184; 365-366
1903/04AH 1321Muhasebe Kalemi BaskitabetiNablus765Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_184; 365-366
1904/05AH 1322Muhasebe Kalemi BaskitabetiDamascus (Şam)436Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_184; 365-366
1905/06AH 1323Muhasebe Kalemi BaskitabetiDamascus (Şam)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_184; 365-366
1906/07AH 1324Muhasebe Kalemi BaskitabetiDamascus (Şam)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_184; 365-366
1907/08AH 1325Mal MuduruHaifa (Hayfa)550Finance (Maliye)Cross-ministry personnel workbook69_184; 365-366
1908/09AH 1326Muhasebe Kalemi BaskitabetiAcre (Akka)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract69_184; 365-366
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 (27)

Recorded values of Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHafız Mehmet Nuri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1285Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplacekonyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: district (kaza)KonyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: sancakKonyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: province (vilayet)KonyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Province of birthkonyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationmuderrisRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionmuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityturkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
Schoolrusdiye mektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year (AH)1311Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
First work: Gregorian year as stored1893Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeKonyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: district (kaza)KonyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: sancakKonyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: province (vilayet)KonyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedTelgrafLinked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Age at first work (workbook field)26Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)250Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Legal records
Judicial record (recorded code)1Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık / Mumaileyhin mezuniyet-i resmiyesi hitam bulduğu halde memuriyeti başına gelmediğinden ve gelmeyeceği dahi edilen tahkikattan anlaşıldığından bin üç yüz on dört senesi Cemaziyelahirinin on yedisinde 11 Teşrinievvel sene 1312 azledildiği used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1321; 1322; 1323; 1324; 1326Later 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.
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.
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.
Linked personnel workbook
The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 6 annual entries of 14 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.