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Official

ALİ RIZA EFENDİ

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Lovech (Lofça) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). On record 1900 to 1907, 7 annual entries.

Life

ALİ RIZA EFENDİ was born in Lovech (Lofça) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Beyoğlu in 1900/01 (AH 1318). The official was then about 26 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 300 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 18 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 7 years with a salary the median is 225 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 55 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 4.68 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Birthplace
Lovech (Lofça)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 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
1900/01 (AH 1318)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of ALİ RIZA EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1900/01AH 1318First workBeyoğlu300first-salary field
1900 to 1907AH 1318 to 1324Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
7 entries
YearSalary
1900/01300
1901/02300
1902/03300
1903/04125
1904/05180
1905/06180
1906/07225
Beyoğlu300 to 225
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324300 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 ALİ RIZA EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1900/0130050050018%
1901/0230050048020%
1902/0330050040021%
1903/041254754503%
1904/051804504558%
1905/061804754458%
1906/0722545035015%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
LovechBeyoğlu

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

200 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

8 officials in all. Officials born in Lovech (Lofça)

Full record

Annual entries (7)

Annual entries of ALİ RIZA EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1900/01AH 1318Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_152; 301
1901/02AH 1319Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_152; 301
1902/03AH 1320Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_152; 301
1903/04AH 1321Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu125Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_152; 301
1904/05AH 1322Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu180Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_152; 301
1905/06AH 1323Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu180Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_152; 301
1906/07AH 1324Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu225Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_152; 301
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 (13)

Recorded values of ALİ RIZA EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameALİ RIZA EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1291Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacelofcaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthtunaRecovered 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
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1318Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1900Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placebeyogluRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered 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.
  • 6 annual entries of 7 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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