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Official

Mustafa Nuri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1854/55 (AH 1271). On record 1876 to 1912, 38 annual entries.

Life

Mustafa Nuri Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1854/55 (AH 1271). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Thessaloniki in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 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 Muhabere Memuru in Skopje (Üsküp), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Skopje). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitola (Manastır), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Resen (Resne), the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bitola). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 500 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Resen). In 1909/10 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 800 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Başmuhabere Memuru. 71 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 38 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.36 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1911/12, when 48 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1854/55 (AH 1271)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
ciftci

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1874/75 (AH 1291)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
380

Career

Career of Mustafa Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First workThessaloniki (Selanik)380first-salary field
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1294Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1876/77380
1877/78400
Skopje (Üsküp)380 to 400
1878 to 1880AH 1295 to 1297Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1878400
1878/79400
1879/80380
Thessaloniki (Selanik)400 to 380
1880 to 1884AH 1298 to 1301Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1880/81380
1881/82380
1882/83380
1883/84380
Bitola (Manastır)380
1884 to 1895AH 1302 to 1312Muhabere Memuru
11 entries
YearSalary
1884/85500
1885/86500
1886/87500
1887/88500
1888/89500
1889/90500
1890/91500
1891/92500
1892/93500
1893/94500
1894/95500
Resen (Resne)500
1895 to 1909AH 1313 to 1326Muhabere Memuru
14 entries
YearSalary
1895/96380
1896/97400
1897/98800
1898/99800
1899/1900800
1900/01800
1901/02800
1902/03800
1903/04800
1904/05800
1905/06800
1906/07800
1907/08800
1908/09800
Thessaloniki (Selanik)380 to 800
1909 to 1912AH 1327 to 1330Başmuhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1909/10900
1910/11900
1911900
1911/12900
Thessaloniki (Selanik)900
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006008001,0001882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13201911/12AH 1330900 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13201911/12AH 1330This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Mustafa Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1876/77380582.541016%
1877/7840056041016%
187840060050017%
1878/7940060042018%
1879/8038050038022%
1880/8138050040021%
1881/8238050040020%
1882/8338050040018%
1883/8438050040018%
1884/8550050040042%
1885/8650050040042%
1886/8750050040042%
1887/8850050040041%
1888/8950050040041%
1889/9050050040042%
1890/9150050040043%
1891/9250050040043%
1892/9350050040044%
1893/9450050040046%
1894/9550050040046%
1895/9638050040026%
1896/9740050040032%
1897/9880050040086%
1898/9980050040085%
1899/190080050040083%
1900/0180050040081%
1901/0280050040081%
1902/0380050038081%
1903/0480047535080%
1904/0580045035080%
1905/0680047533078%
1906/0780045030078%
1907/0880030025079%
1908/0980035025074%
1909/10900462.571%
1910/1190050071%
191190050073%
1911/1290090048%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
ThessalonikiSkopjeBitolaResen

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Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

303 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

64 officials in all. Officials born in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Full record

Annual entries (38)

Annual entries of Mustafa Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1907/08AH 1325Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1908/09AH 1326Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1909/10AH 1327Başmuhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1910/11AH 1328Başmuhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1911AH 1329Başmuhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
1911/12AH 1330Başmuhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_42; 79
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)

Recorded values of Mustafa Nuri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa Nuri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1271Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceselanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthselanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationciftciRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1291Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1874Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeselanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)380Recovered 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.
  • 31 annual entries of 38 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.