Official
Ahmet Asım Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). On record 1893 to 1905, 11 annual entries.
Archive reference 0068_0162; 321
Life#
Ahmet Asım Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). 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). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1893/94 (AH 1311): Deavi Kalemi. The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Deavi Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 50 kuruş a month (before: Deavi Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1895/96.
The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 70 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.76 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- 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)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives 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
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Deavi Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 20
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 50
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Deavi Kalemifirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312 | Deavi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 |
| No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313) | |||
| 1896 to 1905AH 1314 to 1322 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 50 to 250 |
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 | 50 | 500 | 100 | 0% |
| 1894/95 | 50 | 500 | 110 | 0% |
| 1896/97 | 50 | 500 | 495 | 0% |
| 1897/98 | 100 | 500 | 480 | 2% |
| 1898/99 | 100 | 500 | 495 | 2% |
| 1899/1900 | 100 | 500 | 500 | 0% |
| 1900/01 | 150 | 500 | 500 | 4% |
| 1901/02 | 150 | 500 | 480 | 5% |
| 1902/03 | 180 | 500 | 400 | 8% |
| 1903/04 | 180 | 475 | 450 | 8% |
| 1904/05 | 250 | 450 | 455 | 14% |
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
- Mustafa Nesimi EfendiBeyoğlu and 1 other place, 11 shared years
- Bekir Sami EfendiBeyoğlu and 1 other place, 10 shared years
- Ahmet Kamil EfendiBeyoğlu, 9 shared years
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiBeyoğlu, 9 shared years
- Mahir Ziya EfendiBeyoğlu, 9 shared years
800 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Raif EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Ali Haydar EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Ali Rıza EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Ali Rıza EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Kemal BeyIstanbul, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Abdullah Kemal BeyIstanbul, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Abdurrahman Tahsin EfendiIstanbul, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Ahmed Gazi EfendiIstanbul, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiIstanbul, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (11)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Deavi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Deavi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 180 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 180 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0162; 321 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0162; 321 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (24)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmet Asım Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1291 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Sibyan Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1311 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1893 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Deavi Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 20 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 50 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 50 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 9 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.