Official
Ali Haydar Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Manisa in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1901 to 1907, 6 annual entries.
Archive reference 116_136; 269
Life#
Ali Haydar Efendi was born in Manisa in 1873/74 (AH 1290) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
At about 20, in 1893/94, Ali Haydar began work in Manisa, with eight unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 250 kuruş. Fewer than 4 per cent of the 5,142 officials with a known apprenticeship worked unpaid for eight years or longer. Every annual entry from 1901/02 to 1906/07 places Ali Haydar in Manisa, the birthplace, first as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru), from 1906/07 as a postal official (Posta Memuru).
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 250 kuruş a month in 1901/02, as Muhabere Memuru in Manisa, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1906/07. Ali Haydar probably has an entry in "Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Manisa doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)" by NİZAM BERKAN MERCAN (2025) (the name, the birthplace, the archive register and page and a place of service agree).
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 14% |
| 1902/03 | 250 | 500 | 380 | 15% |
| 1903/04 | 250 | 475 | 350 | 14% |
| 1904/05 | 250 | 450 | 350 | 14% |
| 1905/06 | 250 | 475 | 330 | 14% |
| 1906/07 | 250 | 450 | 320 | 15% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | First work | Manisa | 250first-salary field |
| 1901 to 1906AH 1319 to 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Manisa | 250 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Posta Memuru | Manisa | 250 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Manisa
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 8 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
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Place
- Manisa
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
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.
Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Manisa doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909) (NİZAM BERKAN MERCAN, 2025). Name as printed: Ali Haydar Efendi. PDF page 142.
Probable link: same name, birthplace and register and page of the archive reference; served in the place the work covers
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 6 officials with entries in Manisa in the same years, Ali Haydar Efendi had the lowest salary.
- İbrahim Süreyya Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 660 kuruş
- Ahmet Niyazi Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 540 kuruş
- Osman Kadri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 540 kuruş
- Ahmet Şekip Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Musa Kâzım Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,333 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Ali Haydar Efendi had the 1,104th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey5 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey5 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Mehmet Hurşit Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Ali Haydar Efendi had the 2,552nd highest salary of them.
- Abbas Rüştü Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Abdülaziz Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Abdülbaki Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 675 kuruş
- Abdullah Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 720 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 12 officials born in Manisa, Ali Haydar Efendi had the 10th highest salary.
- Hasan Salih Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 900 kuruş
- İsmail Cemal Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 445 kuruş
- Halil Şükrü Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hafız Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 250 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), Ali Haydar Efendi had the 92nd highest salary.
- Unnamed official (121-112-219)first entry in Novi Pazar (Yenipazar); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Mehmet Adil Efendifirst entry in Amasya; highest salary 250 kuruş
- OSMAN NURİ EFENDİfirst entry in Damascus (Şam); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Karanfil Sırrı Efendifirst entry in Petrich (Petriç); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendifirst entry in Edirne; highest salary 300 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (6)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Manisa | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_136; 269 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Manisa | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_136; 269 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Manisa | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_136; 269 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Manisa | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_136; 269 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Manisa | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_136; 269 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Posta Memuru | Manisa | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_136; 269 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ali Haydar Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | manisa | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | aydin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 8 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1311 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1893 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Manisa | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 250 | Recovered 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.
- 5 annual entries of 6 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Ali Haydar Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Manisa
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Postal official (Posta Memuru)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)