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Official

Ali Nevzad Bey

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Erzurum in 1851/52 (AH 1268). On record 1869 to 1906, 34 annual entries. Death recorded 1906/07.

Archive reference 0006_0384; 763

Life

Ali Nevzad Bey was born in Erzurum in 1851/52 (AH 1268). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mutasarrif.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Karahisari sarki. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir (İzmir) in 1867/68 (AH 1284): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Memur in Aydın, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1875/76 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 475 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Aydın). In 1876/77 the record shows Mukayyit in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 430 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1878 the record shows Musevvit Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 430 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Istanbul). In 1878/79 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in Homs (Humus), the salary going from 400 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Musevvit Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1881/82 the record shows Rüsumat Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,000 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in Homs). 1 further change of title or place follows in the record. In 1883/84 the record shows Rusumat Muduru in Tripoli (Trablusşam), the salary going from 800 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Rüsumat Memuru in Kos (İstanköy)). In 1886/87 the record shows Rusumat Muduru in Mytilene (Midilli), the salary going from 1,500 to 1,750 kuruş a month (before: Rusumat Muduru in Tripoli). In 1895/96 the record shows Rusumat Basmuduru in Preveza (Preveze), the salary going from 1,750 to 3,600 kuruş a month (before: Rusumat Muduru in Mytilene). In 1897/98 the record shows Rusumat Basmuduru in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), the salary going from 3,600 to 4,500 kuruş a month (before: Rusumat Basmuduru in Preveza). In 1901/02 the record shows Rusumat Basmuduru in Edirne, with 4,500 kuruş a month (before: Rusumat Basmuduru in Tripoli). No annual entry is recorded for 1874/75, 1877/78 and 1879 to 1881.

The highest salary, 4,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Rusumat Basmuduru. 99 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 34 years with a salary the median is 1,750 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 1,850 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.28 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 99 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 1, 3, 2; Mecidi order (recorded code): 2; Osmani order (recorded code): 4.

A death is recorded under 1906/07 (AH 1324): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Birthplace
Erzurum
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Mutasarrif
Death recorded
1906/07 (AH 1324)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school); place of the school as worded: Karahisari sarki
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1867/68 (AH 1284)
First job as worded
Rusumat Kalemi
Age at first work (workbook field)
16
First salary field (kuruş a month)
150
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
150

Honours and ranks

Rank (recorded code)
1; 3; 2
Mecidi order (recorded code)
2
Osmani order (recorded code)
4

Career

Career of Ali Nevzad Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1867/68AH 1284Rusumat Kalemifirst workIzmir (İzmir)150first-salary field
1869 to 1874AH 1286 to 1290Memur
Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
5 entries
YearSalary
1869/70150
1870/71150
1871/72475
1872/73475
1873/74475
Aydın150 to 475
No annual entry: 1874/75 (AH 1291)
1875/76AH 1292Evrak Kalemi
Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)400
1876/77AH 1293Mukayyit
Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)430
No annual entry: 1877/78 (AH 1294)
1878AH 1295Musevvit Kalemi
Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)400
1878/79AH 1296Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru
Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
Homs (Humus)1,000
No annual entry: 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)
1881/82AH 1299Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300
1882/83AH 1300Rüsumat MemuruKos (İstanköy)800
1883 to 1886AH 1301 to 1303Rusumat Muduru
3 entries
YearSalary
1883/841,500
1884/851,500
1885/861,500
Tripoli (Trablusşam)1,500
1886 to 1895AH 1304 to 1312Rusumat Muduru
9 entries
YearSalary
1886/871,750
1887/881,750
1888/891,750
1889/901,750
1890/911,750
1891/921,750
1892/931,750
1893/941,750
1894/951,750
Mytilene (Midilli)1,750
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314Rusumat Basmuduru
2 entries
YearSalary
1895/963,600
1896/973,600
Preveza (Preveze)3,600
1897 to 1901AH 1315 to 1318Rusumat Basmuduru
4 entries
YearSalary
1897/984,500
1898/994,500
1899/19004,500
1900/014,500
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)4,500
1901 to 1906AH 1319 to 1323Rusumat Basmuduru
5 entries
YearSalary
1901/024,500
1902/034,000
1903/044,000
1904/054,000
1905/064,000
Edirne4,500 to 4,000
1906/07AH 1324Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entry02,0004,0006,0001873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13204,500 kuruşEntry of another institution
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0005,0001873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 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 Ali Nevzad Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1869/701506004083%
1870/711506003002%
1871/7247555038041%
1872/7347555030041%
1873/7447550034042%
1875/7640053042523%
1876/77430582.541534%
187840060017%
1878/791,00060077%
1881/8230050030013%
1882/8380050040076%
1883/841,50050091%
1884/851,50050090%
1885/861,50050091%
1886/871,75050093%
1887/881,75050093%
1888/891,75050093%
1889/901,75050094%
1890/911,75050094%
1891/921,75050095%
1892/931,75050095%
1893/941,75050095%
1894/951,75050096%
1895/963,60050099%
1896/973,60050099%
1897/984,50050099%
1898/994,50050099%
1899/19004,50050099%
1900/014,50050099%
1901/024,50050099%
1902/034,00050099%
1903/044,00047599%
1904/054,00045099%
1905/064,00047599%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
ErzurumEdirneIzmirAydınIstanbulHomsKosTripoli

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

568 officials in all. Officials recorded in Mytilene (Midilli)

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

55 officials in all. Officials born in Erzurum

Full record

Annual entries (34)

Annual entries of Ali Nevzad Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286MemurAydın150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0384; 763
1870/71AH 1287MemurAydın150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0384; 763
1871/72AH 1288MemurAydın475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0384; 763
1872/73AH 1289MemurAydın475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0384; 763
1873/74AH 1290MemurAydın475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0384; 763
1875/76AH 1292Evrak KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0384; 763
1876/77AH 1293MukayyitIstanbul (Dersaadet)430Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0384; 763
1878AH 1295Musevvit KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0384; 763
1878/79AH 1296Tahrirat Kalemi MuduruHoms (Humus)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0006_0384; 763
1881/82AH 1299Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1882/83AH 1300Rüsumat MemuruKos (İstanköy)800Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1883/84AH 1301Rusumat MuduruTripoli (Trablusşam)1,500Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1884/85AH 1302Rusumat MuduruTripoli (Trablusşam)1,500Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1885/86AH 1303Rusumat MuduruTripoli (Trablusşam)1,500Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1886/87AH 1304Rusumat MuduruMytilene (Midilli)1,750Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1887/88AH 1305Rusumat MuduruMytilene (Midilli)1,750Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1888/89AH 1306Rusumat MuduruMytilene (Midilli)1,750Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1889/90AH 1307Rusumat MuduruMytilene (Midilli)1,750Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1890/91AH 1308Rusumat MuduruMytilene (Midilli)1,750Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1891/92AH 1309Rusumat MuduruMytilene (Midilli)1,750Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1892/93AH 1310Rusumat MuduruMytilene (Midilli)1,750Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1893/94AH 1311Rusumat MuduruMytilene (Midilli)1,750Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1894/95AH 1312Rusumat MuduruMytilene (Midilli)1,750Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1895/96AH 1313Rusumat BasmuduruPreveza (Preveze)3,600Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1896/97AH 1314Rusumat BasmuduruPreveza (Preveze)3,600Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1897/98AH 1315Rusumat BasmuduruTripoli (Trablusgarp)4,500Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1898/99AH 1316Rusumat BasmuduruTripoli (Trablusgarp)4,500Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1899/1900AH 1317Rusumat BasmuduruTripoli (Trablusgarp)4,500Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1900/01AH 1318Rusumat BasmuduruTripoli (Trablusgarp)4,500Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1901/02AH 1319Rusumat BasmuduruEdirne4,500Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1902/03AH 1320Rusumat BasmuduruEdirne4,000Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1903/04AH 1321Rusumat BasmuduruEdirne4,000Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1904/05AH 1322Rusumat BasmuduruEdirne4,000Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
1905/06AH 1323Rusumat BasmuduruEdirne4,000Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0384; 763
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 (30)

Recorded values of Ali Nevzad Bey with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAli Nevzad BeyLinked personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1268Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplaceerzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: district (kaza)ErzurumCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: sancakErzurumCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: province (vilayet)ErzurumCross-ministry personnel workbook
Province of birtherzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationmutasarrifRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Place of the schoolKarahisari sarkiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year (AH)1284Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
First work: Gregorian year as stored1867Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeizmirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: district (kaza)izmirCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: sancakizmirCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: province (vilayet)aydinCross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedRusumat KalemiLinked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Age at first work (workbook field)16Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First salary field (kuruş a month)150Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)150Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Honours
Rank (recorded code)1 used on this pageCross-ministry personnel workbook
Rank (recorded code)3 other valueCross-ministry personnel workbook
Rank (recorded code)2 other valueCross-ministry personnel workbook
Mecidi order (recorded code)2Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Osmani order (recorded code)4Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1324Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
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.
  • 8 annual entries of 34 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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