Official
Mehmet İhsan Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). On record 1891 to 1900, 9 annual entries.
Archive reference 0091_0032: 61
Life#
Mehmet İhsan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306): Telgraf. The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 16 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Tetkik Memuru in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Dava Kalemi in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month (before: Tetkik Memuru in Istanbul). In 1899/1900 the record shows Memur in Galata, the salary going from 100 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Dava Kalemi in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Memur. 18 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 9 years with a salary the median is 80 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25.1 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 years
- 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
- 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
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 14
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 50
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Devamsızlık
Notes from the record
- Merit and competence grade (recorded code)
- 1
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Telgraffirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1891 to 1898AH 1309 to 1315 | Tetkik Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 to 100 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Dava Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Memur | Galata | 300 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 | 50 | 500 | 0% | |
| 1892/93 | 80 | 500 | 3% | |
| 1893/94 | 80 | 500 | 3% | |
| 1894/95 | 80 | 500 | 3% | |
| 1895/96 | 80 | 500 | 2% | |
| 1896/97 | 80 | 500 | 2% | |
| 1897/98 | 100 | 500 | 2% | |
| 1898/99 | 100 | 500 | 2% | |
| 1899/1900 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
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
- Ali Ekrem BeyIstanbul, 8 shared years
- Mustafa Haydar EfendiIstanbul, 8 shared years
- Ahmet EfendiIstanbul, 8 shared years
- Ali Neşet EfendiIstanbul, 8 shared years
- Ali Rıza EfendiIstanbul, 8 shared years
902 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdüllatif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdülvahap EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdürrauf EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdurrezak Bey EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Ahmet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet HamdiIstanbul, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Ahmet Kemal EfendiIstanbul, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Ahmet Münir EfendiIstanbul, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Ahmet Necip EfendiIstanbul, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Ahmet Sırrı EfendiIstanbul, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (9)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Tetkik Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0032: 61 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Tetkik Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0032: 61 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Tetkik Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0032: 61 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Tetkik Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0032: 61 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Tetkik Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0032: 61 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Tetkik Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0032: 61 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Tetkik Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0032: 61 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Dava Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0091_0032: 61 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Memur | Galata | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0032: 61 |
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 (25)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet İhsan Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1292 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| 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; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1306 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1889 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 14 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 50 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 50 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Other recorded values | ||
| Merit and competence grade (recorded code) | 1 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
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.
- 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.
- 8 annual entries of 9 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.