Official
Mustafa Bahri Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1841/42 (AH 1257). On record 1861 to 1897, 33 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0017; 31
Life#
Mustafa Bahri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1841/42 (AH 1257). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan 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: Arabic, with Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1861/62, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1861/62, shows Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli (Trablusşam), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1862/63 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gelibolu, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli). In 1864/65 the record shows 1. Müdür in Latakia (Lazkiye), the salary going from 500 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gelibolu). In 1865/66 the record shows 1. Müdür in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 1,200 to 1,440 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Latakia). In 1869/70 the record shows Müdür in Damascus, the salary going from 1,440 to 1,640 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Damascus). In 1871/72 the record shows 1. Müdür in Damascus, the salary going from 1,640 to 1,330 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Damascus). 4 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1879/80 the record shows 2. Müdür in Trabzon, the salary going from 1,750 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Mufettis in Kastamonu). In 1884/85 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), the salary going from 1,000 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Trabzon). In 1885/86 the record shows 2. Müdür in Jableh (Cebele), the salary going from 600 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Tripoli). In 1887/88 the record shows 1. Müdür in Ankara, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Jableh). In 1896/97 the record shows 2. Müdür in Zor, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,080 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Ankara). No annual entry is recorded for 1881 to 1884 and 1886/87.
The highest salary, 1,750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Seyyar Mufettis. 91 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 33 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 6 cuts. The largest rise, 700 kuruş, is seen in 1864/65. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.16 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 91 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1841/42 (AH 1257)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- Arabic
- Asinafamiliarity
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Place
- Beirut (Beyrut)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Salifü'z-zikr Trabzon Merkezi Müdüriyeti'nden zimmetine geçirdiği iddia olunan altı bin dört yüz seksen beş kuruşu Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet'ten müfrez heyet-i ithamiyece edilen tahkikat üzerine ketm ve irtikab maksadına mebni zimmetine geçirmeyip meşguliyetinin kesreti hasebiyle umur-ı hesabiyeye bakılamamasından naşi idiği ve zimmet-i mezkure mukassaten bi't-tahsil bâ-tevarih-i muhtelife teslim-i vezne kılındığı tahkikat-ı vakıadan anlaşılarak ol babda olan mazbatası sureti dahi varakasına merbut bulunmuştur.; Zimmet /
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1302; 1303; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1860/61AH 1277 | First work | Beirut (Beyrut) | 500first-salary field |
| 1861/62AH 1278 | Muhabere Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 500 |
| 1862 to 1864AH 1279 to 1280 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 500 |
| 1864/65AH 1281 | 1. Müdür | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 1,200 |
| 1865 to 1869AH 1282 to 1285 | 1. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,440 |
| 1869 to 1871AH 1286 to 1287 | Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,640 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | 1. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,330 |
| 1872 to 1874AH 1289 to 1290 | 2. Müdür | Bursa | 1,100 |
| 1874 to 1876AH 1291 to 1292 | 1. Müdür | Bursa | 1,500 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Seyyar Mufettis | Bursa | 1,750 |
| 1877 to 1879AH 1294 to 1296 | Seyyar Mufettis | Kastamonu | 1,750 |
| 1879 to 1881AH 1297 to 1298 | 2. Müdür | Trabzon | 1,000 |
| No annual entry: 1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301) | |||
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Merkez Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 600 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | 2. Müdür | Jableh (Cebele) | 1,200 |
| No annual entry: 1886/87 (AH 1304) | |||
| 1887 to 1896AH 1305 to 1313 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 2. Müdür | Zor | 1,080 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1861/62 | 500 | 600 | 500 | 34% |
| 1862/63 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 34% |
| 1863/64 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 32% |
| 1864/65 | 1,200 | 625 | 1,440 | 69% |
| 1865/66 | 1,440 | 650 | 1,320 | 78% |
| 1866/67 | 1,200 | 600 | 1,320 | 74% |
| 1867/68 | 1,200 | 600 | 1,200 | 76% |
| 1868/69 | 1,440 | 600 | 1,200 | 86% |
| 1869/70 | 1,640 | 600 | 1,845 | 89% |
| 1870/71 | 1,640 | 600 | 1,690 | 89% |
| 1871/72 | 1,330 | 550 | 1,200 | 88% |
| 1872/73 | 1,100 | 550 | 850 | 85% |
| 1873/74 | 1,100 | 500 | 830 | 85% |
| 1874/75 | 1,500 | 535 | 1,300 | 89% |
| 1875/76 | 1,500 | 530 | 1,200 | 88% |
| 1876/77 | 1,750 | 582.5 | 1,750 | 91% |
| 1877/78 | 1,750 | 560 | 1,750 | 91% |
| 1878 | 1,750 | 600 | 1,750 | 90% |
| 1878/79 | 1,750 | 600 | 1,750 | 90% |
| 1879/80 | 1,000 | 500 | 800 | 84% |
| 1880/81 | 1,000 | 500 | 800 | 84% |
| 1884/85 | 600 | 500 | 550 | 59% |
| 1885/86 | 1,200 | 500 | 800 | 87% |
| 1887/88 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 87% |
| 1888/89 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 87% |
| 1889/90 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 88% |
| 1890/91 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 89% |
| 1891/92 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 90% |
| 1892/93 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 90% |
| 1893/94 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 91% |
| 1894/95 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 91% |
| 1895/96 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,300 | 90% |
| 1896/97 | 1,080 | 500 | 765 | 91% |
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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Frederik Danderya EfendiAnkara and 1 other place, 9 shared years
- Viçen Remzi EfendiAnkara, 9 shared years
- Cevdet EfendiAnkara, 8 shared years
- Mehmet Şevki EfendiBursa and 1 other place, 8 shared years
- Mehmet Ziver EfendiDamascus (Şam), 6 shared years
118 officials in all. Officials recorded in Ankara
Same school recorded
- Abdullah EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Kadri EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Mahmut Faik EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Osman EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1861/62 (AH 1278)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Mehmet EfendiIstanbul, born 1841/42 (AH 1257)
- Aleksan EfendiIstanbul, born 1841/42 (AH 1257)
- Halil EfendiIstanbul, born 1841/42 (AH 1257)
- İlya Dakos EfendiIstanbul, born 1841/42 (AH 1257)
- İsmail İsmet EfendiIstanbul, born 1841/42 (AH 1257)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (33)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1861/62AH 1278 | Muhabere Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1862/63AH 1279 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1863/64AH 1280 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1864/65AH 1281 | 1. Müdür | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1865/66AH 1282 | 1. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,440 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | 1. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | 1. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | 1. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,440 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,640 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,640 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | 1. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,330 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | 2. Müdür | Bursa | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | 2. Müdür | Bursa | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | 1. Müdür | Bursa | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | 1. Müdür | Bursa | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Seyyar Mufettis | Bursa | 1,750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Seyyar Mufettis | Kastamonu | 1,750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Seyyar Mufettis | Kastamonu | 1,750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Seyyar Mufettis | Kastamonu | 1,750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | 2. Müdür | Trabzon | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | 2. Müdür | Trabzon | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Merkez Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | 2. Müdür | Jableh (Cebele) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | 1. Müdür | Ankara | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 2. Müdür | Zor | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0017; 31 |
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 (17)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mustafa Bahri Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1257 | 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 |
| Father's occupation | esnaf | 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 | Sibyan 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) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1277 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1860 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 500 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Salifü'z-zikr Trabzon Merkezi Müdüriyeti'nden zimmetine geçirdiği iddia olunan altı bin dört yüz seksen beş kuruşu Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet'ten müfrez heyet-i ithamiyece edilen tahkikat üzerine ketm ve irtikab maksadına mebni zimmetine geçirmeyip meşguliyetinin kesreti hasebiyle umur-ı hesabiyeye bakılamamasından naşi idiği ve zimmet-i mezkure mukassaten bi't-tahsil bâ-tevarih-i muhtelife teslim-i vezne kılındığı tahkikat-ı vakıadan anlaşılarak ol babda olan mazbatası sureti dahi varakasına merbut bulunmuştur. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1302; 1303; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 24 annual entries of 33 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.