Official
Yusuf Hayrullah Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). On record 1892 to 1904, 9 annual entries.
Archive reference 0091_157: 311
Life#
Yusuf Hayrullah 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: 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 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in İskenderun, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mecca (Mekke), the salary going from 400 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in İskenderun). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bakırköy, the salary going from 1,000 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mecca). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 300 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bakırköy). In 1902/03 the record shows 2. Müdür in Veles (Köprülü), the salary going from 1,000 to 720 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Damascus). No annual entry is recorded for 1898 to 1900 and 1901/02.
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 87 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 9 years with a salary the median is 720 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 700 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 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
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Devamsızlıktan; Rüşvet / merkezine teslim edilen Telgrafhanelerden fazla ücret aldığı tebeyyün etmekle bin üç yüz on altı senesi Zilkade’sinin yirmi üçünde “23 Mart sene 315” idareten azl edildiği; Zimmet / zimmet-i mezkure gayrı ez-tahsil dört bin yüz seksen kuruş ile on üç frank seksen beş (…) kalmış ve memuriyet-i mezkure dolmadan vekaletle idaresi mahzurdan gayr-ı salim bulunmuş olmasına mebni bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Zilhicce’sinin ikisinde “25 Kânunusani sene 320” idareten azlolunduğu; Devamsızlık; Rüşvet; Zimmet
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1318; 1320; 1321
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400first-salary field |
| 1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | İskenderun | 400 |
| 1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Mecca (Mekke) | 1,000 |
| 1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Bakırköy | 300 |
| No annual entry: 1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317) | |||
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Damascus (Şam) | 1,000 |
| No annual entry: 1901/02 (AH 1319) | |||
| 1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321 | 2. Müdür | Veles (Köprülü) | 720 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 29% |
| 1893/94 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 30% |
| 1894/95 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | 87% |
| 1895/96 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | 87% |
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 495 | 18% |
| 1897/98 | 300 | 500 | 480 | 19% |
| 1900/01 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | 87% |
| 1902/03 | 720 | 500 | 800 | 77% |
| 1903/04 | 720 | 475 | 800 | 77% |
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
- Hasan Hüseyin EfendiVeles (Köprülü), 2 shared years
- Abdurrahman Vafi EfendiMecca (Mekke), 2 shared years
- YOSEF ÇOZİF EFENDİİskenderun, 2 shared years
- Unnamed official (119,94,183)Mecca (Mekke), 2 shared years
- Mustafa Fazıl EfendiMecca (Mekke), 2 shared years
37 officials in all. Officials recorded in İskenderun
Same school recorded
- Abdülgani EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Abdullah Kemali EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Abdurrezzak EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Abdüssamed Salih EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Ahmed Gazi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye 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 Asım EfendiIstanbul, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (9)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | İskenderun | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_157: 311 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | İskenderun | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_157: 311 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Mecca (Mekke) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_157: 311 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Mecca (Mekke) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_157: 311 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Bakırköy | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_157: 311 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Bakırköy | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_157: 311 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Damascus (Şam) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_157: 311 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 2. Müdür | Veles (Köprülü) | 720 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_157: 311 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 2. Müdür | Veles (Köprülü) | 720 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_157: 311 |
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 (21)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Yusuf Hayrullah Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1291 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1307 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1890 | 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 |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlıktan used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Rüşvet / merkezine teslim edilen Telgrafhanelerden fazla ücret aldığı tebeyyün etmekle bin üç yüz on altı senesi Zilkade’sinin yirmi üçünde “23 Mart sene 315” idareten azl edildiği other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / zimmet-i mezkure gayrı ez-tahsil dört bin yüz seksen kuruş ile on üç frank seksen beş (…) kalmış ve memuriyet-i mezkure dolmadan vekaletle idaresi mahzurdan gayr-ı salim bulunmuş olmasına mebni bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Zilhicce’sinin ikisinde “25 Kânunusani sene 320” idareten azlolunduğu other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Rüşvet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1318; 1320; 1321 | 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.
- 9 annual entries of 9 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.