Official
Mustafa Aşir Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1903 to 1907, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 148-163-321
Life#
Born in Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor) in 1879/80 (AH 1297), Mustafa Aşir Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father's occupation was "Piyade". Mustafa Aşir had seven years of schooling, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi), and wrote Arabic, French and Turkish.
At about 22, in 1902/03, Mustafa Aşir began work in Damascus (Şam), with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 300 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1903/04, to 1906/07, every annual entry places Mustafa Aşir in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Damascus.
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1903/04, as Muhabere Memuru in Damascus, when 23 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 14,400 kuruş, 64 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
First work 1902/03 (AH 1320); 1903 to 1907 (AH 1321 to 1324)
300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04 | 300 | 475 | 350 | 23% |
| 1904/05 | 300 | 450 | 350 | 23% |
| 1905/06 | 300 | 475 | 330 | 23% |
| 1906/07 | 300 | 450 | 300 | 25% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03AH 1320 | First work | Damascus (Şam) | 300first-salary field |
| 1903 to 1907AH 1321 to 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 300 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Piyade
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Place
- Damascus (Şam)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 32 officials with entries in Damascus (Şam) in the same years, Mustafa Aşir Efendi had the 21st highest salary.
- Esad Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- MEHMET EFENDİ4 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Aziz Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ebussuud Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 285 kuruş
- Mahmut Nedim Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,140 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,205 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mustafa Aşir Efendi had the 774th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey4 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey4 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Nikola Yunani Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Aşir Efendi had the 2,211th highest salary of them.
- Abbas Hilmi Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Abdullah Agah Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdülmecid Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 690 kuruş
- Abdülmecit Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 220 kuruş
- Ahmet Burhanettin Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 400 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 2 officials born in Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor), Mustafa Aşir Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Loi Ferit Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 800 kuruş
The page of Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor), with the 2 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), Mustafa Aşir Efendi had the 53rd highest salary.
- Aziz Efendifirst entry in Damascus (Şam); highest salary 300 kuruş
- AHMET FAİZ EFENDİfirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Münib Efendifirst entry in Tekirdağ; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Nuri Efendifirst entry in Kosova; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Nuri Efendifirst entry in Palas; highest salary 250 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 148-163-321 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 148-163-321 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 148-163-321 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 148-163-321 |
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 Aşir Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1297 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | deyr | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | zor | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Piyade | 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 | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1320 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1902 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | sam | 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.
- 3 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Mustafa Aşir Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Damascus (Şam)
- Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)