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Official

Unnamed official (0067_00230; sayfa no:457)

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1847/48 (AH 1264). On record 1873 to 1905, 31 annual entries.

Life

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

First work is recorded in Baghdad in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1873/74, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1873/74, shows Muhabere Memuru in Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows 2. Müdür in Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh), the salary going from 475 to 660 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Al Diwaniyah). In 1895/96 the record shows Başmemur in Amarah (Amare), the salary going from 660 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Suq al-Shuyukh). In 1897/98 the record shows Başmemur in Sehreban, with 540 kuruş a month (before: Başmemur in Amarah). In 1898/99 the record shows Başmemur in Saglaviye, the salary going from 540 to 513 kuruş a month (before: Başmemur in Sehreban). No annual entry is recorded for 1893 to 1895.

The highest salary, 660 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1883/84 as 2. Müdür. 70 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 31 years with a salary the median is 513 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 185 kuruş, is seen in 1883/84. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.08 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1847/48 (AH 1264)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the earlier annual personnel extract. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

First work

Year
1869/70 (AH 1286)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

Career

Career of Unnamed official (0067_00230; sayfa no:457), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First workBaghdad (Bağdat)500first-salary field
1873 to 1883AH 1290 to 1300Muhabere Memuru
11 entries
YearSalary
1873/74500
1874/75500
1875/76500
1876/77500
1877/78500
1878500
1878/79500
1879/80475
1880/81475
1881/82475
1882/83475
Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)500 to 475
1883 to 1893AH 1301 to 13102. Müdür
10 entries
YearSalary
1883/84660
1884/85660
1885/86660
1886/87660
1887/88660
1888/89660
1889/90660
1890/91660
1891/92660
1892/93660
Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660
No annual entry: 1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312)
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314Başmemur
2 entries
YearSalary
1895/96600
1896/97540
Amarah (Amare)600 to 540
1897/98AH 1315BaşmemurSehreban540
1898 to 1905AH 1316 to 1322Başmemur
7 entries
YearSalary
1898/99513
1899/1900513
1900/01513
1901/02513
1902/03513
1903/04513
1904/05513
Saglaviye513
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry02004006008001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320660 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320This 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 Unnamed official (0067_00230; sayfa no:457) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1873/7450050040044%
1874/7550053545041%
1875/7650053040041%
1876/77500582.541036%
1877/7850056041036%
187850060050033%
1878/7950060042034%
1879/8047550038042%
1880/8147550040043%
1881/8247550040042%
1882/8347550040039%
1883/8466050080070%
1884/8566050080070%
1885/8666050080071%
1886/8766050080072%
1887/8866050080071%
1888/8966050080071%
1889/9066050080072%
1890/9166050080073%
1891/9266050080073%
1892/9366050080073%
1895/966005001,00059%
1896/9754050090061%
1897/9854050090061%
1898/9951350094561%
1899/190051350090059%
1900/015135001,00058%
1901/025135001,00059%
1902/0351350085560%
1903/0451347572560%
1904/0551345078061%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
BaghdadSaglaviyeAl DiwaniyahSuq al-ShuyukhAmarahSehreban

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Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

8 officials in all. Officials recorded in Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

72 officials in all. Officials born in Baghdad (Bağdat)

Full record

Annual entries (31)

Annual entries of Unnamed official (0067_00230; sayfa no:457)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1883/84AH 13012. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1884/85AH 13022. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1885/86AH 13032. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1886/87AH 13042. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1887/88AH 13052. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1888/89AH 13062. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1889/90AH 13072. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1890/91AH 13082. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1891/92AH 13092. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1892/93AH 13102. MüdürSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)660Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1895/96AH 1313BaşmemurAmarah (Amare)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1896/97AH 1314BaşmemurAmarah (Amare)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1897/98AH 1315BaşmemurSehreban540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1898/99AH 1316BaşmemurSaglaviye513Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1899/1900AH 1317BaşmemurSaglaviye513Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1900/01AH 1318BaşmemurSaglaviye513Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1901/02AH 1319BaşmemurSaglaviye513Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1902/03AH 1320BaşmemurSaglaviye513Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1903/04AH 1321BaşmemurSaglaviye513Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
1904/05AH 1322BaşmemurSaglaviye513Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_00230; Sayfa No:457
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 Unnamed official (0067_00230; sayfa no:457) with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Birth year (AH)1264Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacebagdatRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthbagdatRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationEsnafRecovered 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
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1286Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1869Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeBagdatRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered 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.

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