Official
Mustafa Fahrettin Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kazanlak (Kızanlık) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1902 to 1904, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 116_129; 255
Life#
Mustafa Fahrettin Efendi was born in Kazanlak (Kızanlık) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.
Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Mersule Memuru in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Mersule Memuru. 33 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 400 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Kazanlak (Kızanlık)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
Education
- Darüşşafaka
- Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Darüşşafaka
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
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
- 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03AH 1320 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400first-salary field |
| 1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321 | Mersule Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 250 | 33% |
| 1903/04 | 400 | 475 | 300 | 36% |
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
- Hüseyin Nuri EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- İBRAHİM KEMALETTİN EFENDİIstanbul, 2 shared years
- MEHMET TEVFİK EFENDİIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Osman Nuri EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- ZİYAETTİN EFENDİIstanbul, 2 shared years
681 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Ahmet Şemsettin EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Ali Nureddin EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- ALİ ULVİ EFENDİDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- İsmail Cemal EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullatif EfendiKazanlak (Kızanlık), born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Hasan Hilmi EfendiKazanlak (Kızanlık), born 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- İbrahim EfendiKazanlak (Kızanlık), born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiKazanlak (Kızanlık), born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Nuri EfendiKazanlak (Kızanlık), born 1862/63 (AH 1279)
6 officials in all. Officials born in Kazanlak (Kızanlık)
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Mersule Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_129; 255 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Mersule Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_129; 255 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mustafa Fahrettin Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1297 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kizanlik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | rumeli sarki | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Telgraf Memuru | 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 | Darussafaka | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 12 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1320 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1902 | 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) | 400 | 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.
- 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.