Official
Agop Sırrı Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Kütahya in 1853/54 (AH 1270). On record 1877 to 1901, 25 annual entries.
Archive reference 0099_0007; 11
Life#
Agop Sırrı Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).
Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Kütahya in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 23 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Posta Memuru in Ergani, the salary going from 285 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Afyonkarahisar). In 1883/84 the record shows Posta Memuru in Silvan, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Ergani). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Silvan). In 1885/86 the record shows Posta Memuru in Elazığ, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1893/94 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kurveles, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Elazığ). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Hayrabolu, the salary going from 500 to 475 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Kurveles).
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Posta Memuru. 47 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 25 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 215 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.93 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 45 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Birthplace
- Kütahya
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 7 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Place
- Kütahya
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1870/71AH 1287 | First work | Kütahya | 300first-salary field |
| 1877 to 1880AH 1294 to 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) | 300 to 285 |
| 1880 to 1883AH 1298 to 1300 | Posta Memuru | Ergani | 500 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Posta Memuru | Silvan | 500 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 500 |
| 1885 to 1893AH 1303 to 1310 | Posta Memuru | Elazığ | 500 |
| 1893 to 1900AH 1311 to 1317 | 3. Müdür | Kurveles | 500 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Hayrabolu | 475 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 | 300 | 560 | 410 | 8% |
| 1878 | 300 | 600 | 500 | 8% |
| 1878/79 | 300 | 600 | 420 | 9% |
| 1879/80 | 285 | 500 | 380 | 11% |
| 1880/81 | 500 | 500 | 380 | 47% |
| 1881/82 | 500 | 500 | 300 | 46% |
| 1882/83 | 500 | 500 | 356 | 43% |
| 1883/84 | 500 | 500 | 350 | 43% |
| 1884/85 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 42% |
| 1885/86 | 500 | 500 | 325 | 42% |
| 1886/87 | 500 | 500 | 325 | 42% |
| 1887/88 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 41% |
| 1888/89 | 500 | 500 | 380 | 41% |
| 1889/90 | 500 | 500 | 380 | 42% |
| 1890/91 | 500 | 500 | 380 | 43% |
| 1891/92 | 500 | 500 | 350 | 43% |
| 1892/93 | 500 | 500 | 350 | 44% |
| 1893/94 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 46% |
| 1894/95 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 46% |
| 1895/96 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 47% |
| 1896/97 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 49% |
| 1897/98 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 49% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 48% |
| 1899/1900 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 47% |
| 1900/01 | 475 | 500 | 400 | 45% |
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.
Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar (MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA, 2018). Name as printed: Agop Sırrı Efendi. PDF pages 181, 182 and 183.
Probable link: same name, birthplace and register and page of the archive reference
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Osman EfendiElazığ, 8 shared years
- Abdurarhim Rahmi EfendiElazığ, 8 shared years
- Zülfü EfendiElazığ, 8 shared years
- Abdülvahhab EfendiElazığ, 8 shared years
- Sami EfendiKurveles, 6 shared years
48 officials in all. Officials recorded in Elazığ
Same school recorded
- Karakin Yaver EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Sıvacıyan Agop EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Tanaş EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Agop EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Andon Hallaçyan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmed Sami EfendiKütahya, born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Ahmet Ziya EfendiKütahya, born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- Ali Riza EfendiKütahya, born 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Osman Nuri BeyKütahya, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ömer Lütfü EfendiKütahya, born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
19 officials in all. Officials born in Kütahya
Full record
Annual entries (25)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhabere Memuru | Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Posta Memuru | Ergani | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Posta Memuru | Ergani | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Posta Memuru | Ergani | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Posta Memuru | Silvan | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Diyarbakır | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Posta Memuru | Elazığ | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Posta Memuru | Elazığ | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Posta Memuru | Elazığ | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Posta Memuru | Elazığ | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Posta Memuru | Elazığ | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Posta Memuru | Elazığ | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Posta Memuru | Elazığ | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Posta Memuru | Elazığ | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | 3. Müdür | Kurveles | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | 3. Müdür | Kurveles | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | 3. Müdür | Kurveles | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 3. Müdür | Kurveles | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 3. Müdür | Kurveles | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Kurveles | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 3. Müdür | Kurveles | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Hayrabolu | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0007; 11 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Agop Sırrı Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1270 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kutahya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hudavendigar | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1287 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1870 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Kutahya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | 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.
- 25 annual entries of 25 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.