Official
Mardek(?) Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1862/63 (AH 1279). On record 1888 to 1895, 7 annual entries.
Archive reference 0087_0120; 237
Life#
Mardek(?) Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1862/63 (AH 1279) into the Armenian Christian (Ermeni) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took four years, at a community school (Millet Mektebi); Mardek(?) also wrote Arabic, Armenian and Turkish.
At about 26, in 1888/89, Mardek(?) began work in Baghdad, with two unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 400 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1888/89, to 1894/95, every annual entry places Mardek(?) in the same post, machine official (Makine Memuru), in Baghdad, the birthplace.
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 400 kuruş a month in 1888/89, as Makine Memuru in Baghdad, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1894/95.
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 27% |
| 1889/90 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 27% |
| 1890/91 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 28% |
| 1891/92 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 29% |
| 1892/93 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 29% |
| 1893/94 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 30% |
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 30% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | First work | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400first-salary field |
| 1888 to 1895AH 1306 to 1312 | Makine Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1862/63 (AH 1279)
- Birthplace
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Place
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 50 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat) in the same years, Mardek(?) Efendi had the 49th highest salary.
- Bekir Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 2,700 kuruş
- Nikola Colini Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 2,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Lebip Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 760 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0087_0094, sayfa no:185.)7 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mehmet Salih Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 655 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 15 officials with the title Makine Memuru in the same years, Mardek(?) Efendi had the 12th highest salary.
- Mehmet Fehmi Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ohannes Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Ahmet Rıfat Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 650 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0094_15; 27)7 shared years; highest salary 620 kuruş
- Ahmet Hilmi Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Mardek(?) Efendi had the 168th highest salary.
- Artin Mahir Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Dikran Ansoryan Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Habip Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 950 kuruş
- Arnest Lapir Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Karakin Yaver Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 650 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 73 officials born in Baghdad (Bağdat), Mardek(?) Efendi had the 53rd highest salary.
- İbrahim Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehdi Fevzi Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 684 kuruş
- Salih Naci Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Yosef Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 600 kuruş
- İbrahim Efendiborn 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 1,700 kuruş
The page of Baghdad (Bağdat), with the 73 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 114 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 113 have a recorded salary; Mardek(?) Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Kâmil Efendifirst entry in Baghdad (Bağdat); highest salary 630 kuruş
- Mehmet Kadri Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 775 kuruş
- Osman Şevki Efendifirst entry in Besni (Behisni); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Firdevs Efendifirst entry in Ioannina (Yanya); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Mahmud Kamil Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (7)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Makine Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0120; 237 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Makine Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0120; 237 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Makine Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0120; 237 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Makine Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0120; 237 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Makine Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0120; 237 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Makine Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0120; 237 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Makine Memuru | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0120; 237 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mardek(?) Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1279 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | bagdat | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | bagdat | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1306 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1889 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Bagdat | 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 |
What the sources named in this table are
- 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.
- 7 annual entries of 7 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Mardek(?) Efendi
- Machine official (Makine Memuru)
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)