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Official

Mehmet Behiç Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). On record 1909 to 1911, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 189-36-35

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Life

Mehmet Behiç Efendi was born in Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) in 1887/88 (AH 1305) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father's occupation was "defterdar". Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); Mehmet Behiç also held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

Work began in Erzurum in 1903/04, at about 16, paid from the start, on 150 kuruş a month. From 1909/10 to 1911 every annual entry places Mehmet Behiç in Erzurum, first as a candidate official (Mülazım), from 1911 in the clerkship of the chief director's office (Başmüdür Kitabeti).

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1909/10 to a peak of 300 in 1911, in the Başmüdür Kitabeti in Erzurum, when 7 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 7,200 kuruş, 41 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1911.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1903/0412DoğubayazıtErzurum

  1. Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)

    Born 1887/88 (AH 1305)

  2. Erzurum

    First work 1903/04 (AH 1321); 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)

    Mülazım 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328); Başmüdür Kitabeti 1911 (AH 1329)

    150 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329300 kuruşMülazımBaşmüdür Kitabeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same province

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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mehmet Behiç Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1909/10150462.51504000%
1910/111505001503000%
19113005004007%

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.

Career of Mehmet Behiç Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1903/04AH 1321First workErzurum150first-salary field
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Mülazım
2 entries
YearSalary
1909/10150
1910/11150
Erzurum150
1911AH 1329Başmüdür KitabetiErzurum300

Record

Personal

Born
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
turkish
Father's occupation
defterdar

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
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
1903/04 (AH 1321)
Place
Erzurum
First salary field (kuruş a month)
150

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 post (job title and place), same years

Of the 2 officials who held Mülazım in Erzurum in the same years, Mehmet Behiç Efendi had the lowest salary.

Same place, same years

Of the 5 officials with entries in Erzurum in the same years, Mehmet Behiç Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 148 officials with entries in Erzurum

Same job title, same years

Of the 18 officials with the title Mülazım in the same years, Mehmet Behiç Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 22 officials with the title Mülazım

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Behiç Efendi had the 2,211th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 4 officials born in Doğubayazıt (Bayezid), Mehmet Behiç Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

The page of Doğubayazıt (Bayezid), with the 4 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 123 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327), 122 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Behiç Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

All 123 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327)

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Mehmet Behiç Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1909/10AH 1327MülazımErzurum150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-36-35
1910/11AH 1328MülazımErzurum150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-36-35
1911AH 1329Başmüdür KitabetiErzurum300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-36-35
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 Mehmet Behiç Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMehmet Behiç EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1305Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacebayezidRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birtherzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationdefterdarRecovered 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)0 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)6 other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1321Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: placeerzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)150Recovered 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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.

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

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