Official
Yorgi Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Sivas in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1893 to 1903, 8 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0199; 395
Life#
Yorgi Efendi was born in Sivas in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir (İzmir), with 480 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Samos (Sisam), the salary going from 480 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Jerusalem (Kudüs), the salary going from 500 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Samos). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Yozgat, the salary going from 1,000 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Jerusalem). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Yozgat). No annual entry is recorded for 1896 to 1898.
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 90 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 8 years with a salary the median is 480 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.45 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Sivas
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- 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
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 480
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Muzır / Mumaileyhin muzır bir telgrafnameyi suret-i hafiyyede Mısır'a keşide eylemesinden naşi bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Cemaziyelahirinin on sekizinde 29 Ağustos sene 1319 idareten azledildiği; İdare tarafından azl edildi; Siyasi
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 480first-salary field |
| 1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Izmir (İzmir) | 480 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Samos (Sisam) | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315) | |||
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 1,000 |
| 1899 to 1902AH 1317 to 1319 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Yozgat | 400 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beirut (Beyrut) | 500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94 | 480 | 500 | 500 | 45% |
| 1894/95 | 480 | 500 | 500 | 46% |
| 1895/96 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 47% |
| 1898/99 | 1,000 | 500 | 495 | 90% |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 31% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 480 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
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 and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Hafız Mehmet Nuri EfendiYozgat, 3 shared years
- Hafız Mustafa Nuri EfendiYozgat, 3 shared years
- Ahmet İzzet EfendiYozgat, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Rasim EfendiYozgat, 3 shared years
- Aziz EfendiYozgat, 3 shared years
132 officials in all. Officials recorded in Yozgat
Same school recorded
- Abdülaziz EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Abdülaziz EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Abdullah Arif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Abdullah Faik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Abdullah Halit EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdurrahman Halis EfendiSivas, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ali Rıza EfendiSivas, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Hafız Mehmet Rüştü EfendiSivas, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmed Ramiz EfendiSivas, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Ahi EfendiSivas, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
94 officials in all. Officials born in Sivas
Full record
Annual entries (8)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Izmir (İzmir) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0199; 395 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Izmir (İzmir) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0199; 395 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Samos (Sisam) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0199; 395 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0199; 395 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Yozgat | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0199; 395 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Yozgat | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0199; 395 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Yozgat | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0199; 395 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beirut (Beyrut) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0199; 395 |
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 (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Yorgi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | sivas | 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 | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Rum | 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) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1309 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1892 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 480 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Muzır / Mumaileyhin muzır bir telgrafnameyi suret-i hafiyyede Mısır'a keşide eylemesinden naşi bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Cemaziyelahirinin on sekizinde 29 Ağustos sene 1319 idareten azledildiği used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | İdare tarafından azl edildi other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Siyasi other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- 8 annual entries of 8 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.