Official
Hasan Vehbi Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). On record 1893 to 1897, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 0094_10; 17
Life#
Hasan Vehbi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
Hasan Vehbi began work in Istanbul in 1893/94, at about 17, paid from the start, on 120 kuruş a month. Every annual entry from 1893/94 to 1896/97 places Hasan Vehbi in Istanbul, the birthplace, first as Muvassil, from 1894/95 as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru).
Pay rose from 120 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to a peak of 160 in 1895/96, as Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, when 8 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 6,984 kuruş, 29 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.
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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94 | 120 | 500 | 150 | 480 | 5% |
| 1894/95 | 142 | 500 | 400 | 450 | 6% |
| 1895/96 | 160 | 500 | 400 | 440 | 8% |
| 1896/97 | 160 | 500 | 400 | 425 | 7% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120first-salary field |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muvassil | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 |
| 1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 142 to 160 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 120
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 post (job title and place), same years
Of the 102 officials who held Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul in the same years, Hasan Vehbi Efendi had the 99th highest salary.
- Mehmet Akif Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,750 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey3 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Tahir Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Nazım Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,300 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 705 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Hasan Vehbi Efendi had the 671st highest salary.
- Emil Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 9,000 kuruş
- Salahattin Bey4 shared years; highest salary 7,800 kuruş
- Suleyman Resat Bey4 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Bey4 shared years; highest salary 5,500 kuruş
- Fahri Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,077 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Hasan Vehbi Efendi had the 1,069th highest salary.
- Mehmet Arif Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 3,600 kuruş
- Halil Hicri Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey3 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Ali Galip Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Akif Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,750 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Hasan Vehbi Efendi had the 2,917th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Abdullah Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ahmet Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Feyzi Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 720 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Hasan Vehbi Efendi had the 1,712th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ahmet Feyzi Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 720 kuruş
- Ahmet İhsan Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmet Nefi Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 150 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), Hasan Vehbi Efendi had the 160th highest salary.
- Abdullah Faik Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Selahattin Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mustafa İhsan Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Sırrı Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmet Cemalettin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 800 kuruş
All 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muvassil | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_10; 17 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 142 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_10; 17 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 160 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_10; 17 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 160 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_10; 17 |
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 | Hasan Vehbi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1311 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1893 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 120 | 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.
- 4 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
- Hasan Vehbi Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Muvassil
- 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)