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Official

Ferit Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Aydın in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1893 to 1895, 2 annual entries.

Archive reference 0065_0234; 465

Life

Ferit Efendi was born in Aydın in 1877/78 (AH 1294). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aydın in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 225 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Aydın, with 225 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Muhabere Memuru. 26 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 2 years with a salary the median is 302.5 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 155 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 68.89 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Birthplace
Aydın
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Place
Aydın
First salary field (kuruş a month)
225

Career

Career of Ferit Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workAydın225first-salary field
1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1893/94225
1894/95380
Aydın225 to 380
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 1312380 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 1312This 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 Ferit Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1893/9422550040013%
1894/9538050040026%

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.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

20 officials in all. Officials recorded in Aydın

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

8 officials in all. Officials born in Aydın

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Ferit Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruAydın225Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0234; 465
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruAydın380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0234; 465
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 Ferit Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameFerit EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1294Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceaydinRecovered 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)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1309Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1892Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeAydinRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)225Recovered 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.