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Official

Mustafa Fahri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Söke in 1882/83 (AH 1300). On record 1902 to 1904, 2 annual entries.

Life

Mustafa Fahri Efendi was born in Söke in 1882/83 (AH 1300). 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: Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Söke in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sandıklı, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Doğubayazıt (Bayezid), the salary going from 200 to 320 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sandıklı).

The highest salary, 320 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 31 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 260 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 60 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Birthplace
Söke
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 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

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
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Place
Söke
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

Career

Career of Mustafa Fahri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workSöke200first-salary field
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruSandıklı200
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)320
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321320 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This 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 Fahri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1902/032005003809%
1903/0432047535031%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
SökeDoğubayazıtSandıklı

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Named in scholarly works

No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

Officials recorded in Sandıklı

Same school recorded

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

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Mustafa Fahri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruSandıklı200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract114_93; 181
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)320Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract114_93; 181
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 (13)

Recorded values of Mustafa Fahri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa Fahri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacesokeRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthaydinRecovered 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)5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1315Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1897Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeSokeRecovered 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.
  • 2 annual entries of 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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