Official
Mahir Ziya Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in İzmit in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1894 to 1905, 11 annual entries.
Archive reference 0074_0068; 133
Life#
Mahir Ziya Efendi was born in İzmit in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 200 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.6 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- İzmit
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Darüşşafaka
- Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Darüşşafaka
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 200
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200first-salary field |
| 1894 to 1905AH 1312 to 1322 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 200 to 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 9% |
| 1895/96 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 17% |
| 1896/97 | 400 | 500 | 495 | 32% |
| 1897/98 | 400 | 500 | 480 | 32% |
| 1898/99 | 400 | 500 | 495 | 31% |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 31% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 480 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 33% |
| 1903/04 | 400 | 475 | 450 | 36% |
| 1904/05 | 500 | 450 | 455 | 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
- Mustafa Nahit EfendiBeyoğlu, 11 shared years
- Ohannes Onnik EfendiBeyoğlu, 11 shared years
- Bekir Sami EfendiBeyoğlu, 11 shared years
- Nuri EfendiBeyoğlu, 11 shared years
- Mustafa Fevzi EfendiBeyoğlu, 11 shared years
262 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu
Same school recorded
- Abdullah EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Ahmet Bahaattin EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Aziz Mahmut EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Hasan Basri EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Hasan Fahri EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet Fahri Efendiİzmit, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Mehmet Emin Efendiİzmit, born 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Ahmet Lütfi Efendiİzmit, born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Mehmet Rami Efendiİzmit, born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Zaharyan Zaharyari Efendiİzmit, born 1864/65 (AH 1281)
14 officials in all. Officials born in İzmit
Full record
Annual entries (11)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0074_0068; 133 |
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 | Mahir Ziya Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | izmit | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | izmit | 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 | 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 | Darussafaka | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 12 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1312 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1894 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 200 | 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 11 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.