Official
Esad Fahreddin Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Niš (Niş) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). On record 1892 to 1905, 8 annual entries.
Archive reference 118-109-211
Life#
Esad Fahreddin Efendi was born in Niš (Niş) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Halep. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Aleppo (Halep) in 1892/93 (AH 1310): Posta. The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Mukayyit in Aleppo, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows no title (before: Mukayyit in Aleppo). In 1903/04 the record shows Mukayyit in Kahramanmaraş (Maraş), with 300 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1904/05 the record shows no title (before: Mukayyit in Kahramanmaraş). No annual entry is recorded for 1898 to 1903.
The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Mukayyit. 17 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 6 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Birthplace
- Niš (Niş)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school); place of the school as worded: Halep
- 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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Place
- Aleppo (Halep)
- First job as worded
- Posta
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 19
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 300
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Görev ihmali /postaneyi müvezzilerini eline bırakarak savuştuğundan işlerin sekteye uğramasına sebebiyet verdiğinden Nezaret Meclisi İdaresinin 10 Nisan 1312 tarihli kararıyla tevbih edilmiştir.; Görevi ihmali / mahall-i memuriyetine azimetinden istinkâf ve temerrüd ederek gitmediği gibi katiyen gitmeyeceği de anlaşılmış olduğundan 1321 Muharreminin 25’inde (11 Nisan 1319) bizzarure açığa çıkarıldığı Telgraf ve Posta Sicil Şubesinin 11 Safer 1322 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir.; Görev İhmali
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1314; 1321
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Postafirst work | Aleppo (Halep) | 300first-salary field |
| 1892 to 1897AH 1310 to 1314 | Mukayyit | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | |||
| No annual entry: 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320) | |||
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Mukayyit | Kahramanmaraş (Maraş) | 300 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 17% |
| 1893/94 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 17% |
| 1894/95 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 17% |
| 1895/96 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 17% |
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 18% |
| 1903/04 | 300 | 475 | 275 | 23% |
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
- Hacı Mehmet Murat EfendiAleppo (Halep), 5 shared years
- Mehmet Arif EfendiAleppo (Halep), 5 shared years
- Ahmet Hilmi EfendiAleppo (Halep), 5 shared years
- Unnamed official (0087_0144, sayfa no:285)Aleppo (Halep), 5 shared years
- Musa Kazım EfendiAleppo (Halep), 5 shared years
66 officials in all. Officials recorded in Aleppo (Halep)
Same school recorded
- Abdülgani EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Abdullah Kemali EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Abdurrezzak EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Abdüssamed Salih EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Ahmed Gazi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Sadik Sidki EfendiNiš (Niş), born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Mustafa Lütfi EfendiNiš (Niş), born 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Hasan Basri EfendiNiš (Niş), born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Mustafa Ragıp EfendiNiš (Niş), born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Ali EfendiNiš (Niş), born 1878 (AH 1295)
25 officials in all. Officials born in Niš (Niş)
Full record
Annual entries (8)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Mukayyit | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-109-211 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Mukayyit | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-109-211 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Mukayyit | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-109-211 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Mukayyit | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-109-211 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Mukayyit | Aleppo (Halep) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-109-211 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 118-109-211 | |||
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Mukayyit | Kahramanmaraş (Maraş) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-109-211 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 118-109-211 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Esad Fahreddin Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1291 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | nis | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Nis | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Nis | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Tuna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | tuna | 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 |
| Place of the school | Halep | 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1310 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1892 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Halep | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Halep | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Halep | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Halep | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Posta | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 19 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 300 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Görev ihmali /postaneyi müvezzilerini eline bırakarak savuştuğundan işlerin sekteye uğramasına sebebiyet verdiğinden Nezaret Meclisi İdaresinin 10 Nisan 1312 tarihli kararıyla tevbih edilmiştir. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Görevi ihmali / mahall-i memuriyetine azimetinden istinkâf ve temerrüd ederek gitmediği gibi katiyen gitmeyeceği de anlaşılmış olduğundan 1321 Muharreminin 25’inde (11 Nisan 1319) bizzarure açığa çıkarıldığı Telgraf ve Posta Sicil Şubesinin 11 Safer 1322 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir. other value | 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 | 1314; 1321 | Later 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 8 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.