Official
Mustafa Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). On record 1909 to 1911, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 189-39-38
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)
- Birthplace
- Kemaliye (Eğin)
- 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)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909/10AH 1327 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400first-salary field |
| 1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328 | Mekâtib Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Mekâtib Memuru | Diyarbakır | 400 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909/10 | 400 | 462.5 | 300 | 33% |
| 1910/11 | 400 | 500 | 30% | |
| 1911 | 400 | 500 | 29% |
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.
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
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854): Mustafa EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet Behçet EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Ahmet Selahattin EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Ahmet Şevket EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin BeyIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Mehmet Arif EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
145 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Faruk EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1909/10 (AH 1327)
- Hasan EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1909/10 (AH 1327)
- Hüseyin Mazlum EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1909/10 (AH 1327)
- İsmail EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1909/10 (AH 1327)
- Hacı Mehmet Fethi EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Ali Rıza EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- MEHMET ALİ EFENDİKemaliye (Eğin), born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Mehmet Arif EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Mehmet Sadık EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Osman Nuri EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1882/83 (AH 1300)
63 officials in all. Officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin)
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Mekâtib Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-39-38 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Mekâtib Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-39-38 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Mekâtib Memuru | Diyarbakır | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-39-38 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mustafa Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1298 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | egin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | elazig | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | saray memuru | 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 | darussafaka | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 12 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1327 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier 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 |
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.