Official
Apostol Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1854/55 (AH 1271). On record 1876 to 1884, 9 annual entries.
Archive reference 8_102; 199
Life#
Apostol Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1854/55 (AH 1271). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum).
Schooling recorded: Rum Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Asina.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tarabya, with 100 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1881/82 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 13 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 100 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 125 kuruş, is seen in 1881/82. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.72 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1883/84, when 12 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
Education
- Community school
- Rum Mektebi (4 years)Greek Orthodox (Rum) school
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Asinafamiliarity
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- zimmet / zimmetinden dolayı badema istihdam olunmamak üzere bin üç yüz iki senesi Saferinin yirmi birinde azl edilmiştir.; Zimmet
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76AH 1292 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1876 to 1884AH 1293 to 1301 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 100 to 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77 | 100 | 582.5 | 600 | 0% |
| 1877/78 | 100 | 560 | 600 | 0% |
| 1878 | 100 | 600 | 600 | 0% |
| 1878/79 | 100 | 600 | 600 | 0% |
| 1879/80 | 95 | 500 | 500 | 0% |
| 1880/81 | 175 | 500 | 500 | 4% |
| 1881/82 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 13% |
| 1882/83 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 11% |
| 1883/84 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 12% |
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
- Pakalarakliyan EfendiTarabya, 9 shared years
- Lazar EfendiTarabya, 9 shared years
- Mikail EfendiTarabya, 6 shared years
Same school recorded
- Atnaşyadi EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Eksiri Erşidi EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Mustafa Vehbi EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Naum Salaho EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Vakayadi Eskipiyos EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
60 officials in all. Officials with Rum Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Agop EfendiIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Ahmet Muhittin BeyIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Ahmet Refik BeyIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Ali Şefik EfendiIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Antuvan EfendiIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_102; 199 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_102; 199 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_102; 199 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_102; 199 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 95 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_102; 199 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 175 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_102; 199 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_102; 199 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_102; 199 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tarabya | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_102; 199 |
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 | Apostol Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1271 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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 | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rum 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) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1292 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1875 | 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) | 100 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | zimmet / zimmetinden dolayı badema istihdam olunmamak üzere bin üç yüz iki senesi Saferinin yirmi birinde azl edilmiştir. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
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.
- 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.
- 9 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.