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Official

Mustafa Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). On record 1909 to 1911, 3 annual entries.

Life

Mustafa Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as saray memuru.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Istanbul in 1909/10 (AH 1327). The official was then about 28 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 1909/10, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1909/10, shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1911 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Mekâtib 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 462.5 kuruş. Over 3 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 1911, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
turkish
Father's occupation
saray 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)
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
1909/10 (AH 1327)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of Mustafa Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1909/10AH 1327First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)400first-salary field
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Mekâtib Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1909/10400
1910/11400
Istanbul (Dersaadet)400
1911AH 1329Mekâtib MemuruDiyarbakır400
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Mustafa Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1909/10400462.530033%
1910/1140050030%
191140050029%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KemaliyeDiyarbakırIstanbul

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Named in scholarly works

No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.

Possible links: 1 entry in 1 work

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

145 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded

Same birthplace

63 officials in all. Officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin)

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Mustafa Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1909/10AH 1327Mekâtib MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-39-38
1910/11AH 1328Mekâtib MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-39-38
1911AH 1329Mekâtib MemuruDiyarbakır400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-39-38
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 (14)

Recorded values of Mustafa Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1298Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceeginRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthelazigRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationsaray memuruRecovered 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
SchooldarussafakaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling12Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Telegraph school (recorded code)1Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1327Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered 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.