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Official

Şaban Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kayseri in 1864/65 (AH 1281). On record 1895 to 1904, 9 annual entries.

Archive reference 0085_0108: 211

Life

Şaban Efendi was born in Kayseri in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Zabtiye Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kayseri in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 8 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kayseri, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kayseri). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Malatya, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat).

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 9 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 200 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 8 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Kayseri
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Zabtiye Memuru

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
8 years
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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Place
Kayseri
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

Career

Career of Şaban Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workKayseri200first-salary field
1895 to 1900AH 1313 to 1317Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1895/96200
1896/97200
1897/98200
1898/99200
1899/1900200
Kayseri200
1900 to 1903AH 1318 to 1320Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1900/01200
1901/02200
1902/03200
Yozgat200
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruMalatya200
Monthly salary, kuruş
0501001502001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320200 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320This 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 Şaban Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1895/962005004009%
1896/972005004008%
1897/982005004009%
1898/992005004009%
1899/19002005004007%
1900/012005004008%
1901/022005004009%
1902/032005003809%
1903/042004753508%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KayseriMalatyaYozgat

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

23 officials in all. Officials recorded in Kayseri

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

22 officials in all. Officials born in Kayseri

Full record

Annual entries (9)

Annual entries of Şaban Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruKayseri200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0085_0108: 211
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruKayseri200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0085_0108: 211
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruKayseri200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0085_0108: 211
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruKayseri200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0085_0108: 211
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruKayseri200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0085_0108: 211
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruYozgat200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0085_0108: 211
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruYozgat200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0085_0108: 211
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruYozgat200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0085_0108: 211
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruMalatya200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0085_0108: 211
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 (14)

Recorded values of Şaban Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameŞaban EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1281Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacekayseriRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthankaraRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationZabtiye MemuruRecovered 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
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)8Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1305Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1888Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placekayseriRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered 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.
  • 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.