Official
Ahmet Kadri Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Karadeniz Ereğli in 1854/55 (AH 1271). On record 1881 to 1907, 24 annual entries.
Archive reference 37_65; 127
Life#
Ahmet Kadri Efendi was born in Karadeniz Ereğli in 1854/55 (AH 1271). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
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: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Kastamonu in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 27 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 27 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Niksar, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Samsun, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Niksar). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Devrek, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Samsun). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Idlib (İdlib), the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Devrek). 4 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1897/98 the record shows 2. Müdür in Yenice, the salary going from 540 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Uluborlu). In 1898/99 the record shows 2. Müdür in Zabid (Zebid), with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Yenice). In 1899/1900 the record shows 1. Müdür in Zabid, the salary going from 800 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Zabid). In 1902/03 the record shows 1. Müdür in Jizan (Cizan), with 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Zabid). In 1905/06 the record shows 1. Müdür in Al Luhayyah (Luhayye), with 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Jizan). No annual entry is recorded for 1888/89 and 1901/02.
The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as 1. Müdür. 94 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 24 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 700 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.43 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 92 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Birthplace
- Karadeniz Ereğli
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Place
- Kastamonu
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Devamsızlık / bade'l-hac mahall-i Memuriyeti'ne avdet etmek üzere istihsal eylediği mezuniyet-i müddetini tecavüz ettirmekle beraber bila-malumat Dersaadet'e gelmesine mebni bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Muharreminin yirmi altısında 2 Mayıs sene 1317 açığa çıkarıldı.; Devamsızlık
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82AH 1299 | First work | Kastamonu | 400first-salary field |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 400 |
| 1882 to 1885AH 1300 to 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 380 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Niksar | 380 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Samsun | 380 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Devrek | 380 |
| No annual entry: 1888/89 (AH 1306) | |||
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Idlib (İdlib) | 500 |
| 1890 to 1892AH 1308 to 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Ilgın | 500 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Elmalı | 600 |
| 1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Yalvaç | 600 |
| 1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314 | 3. Müdür | Uluborlu | 600 to 540 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 2. Müdür | Yenice | 800 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 2. Müdür | Zabid (Zebid) | 800 |
| 1899 to 1901AH 1317 to 1318 | 1. Müdür | Zabid (Zebid) | 1,500 |
| No annual entry: 1901/02 (AH 1319) | |||
| 1902 to 1905AH 1320 to 1322 | 1. Müdür | Jizan (Cizan) | 1,500 |
| 1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324 | 1. Müdür | Al Luhayyah (Luhayye) | 1,500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1882/83 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1883/84 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1884/85 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1885/86 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1886/87 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1887/88 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1889/90 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 42% |
| 1890/91 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1891/92 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1892/93 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1893/94 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1894/95 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1895/96 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1896/97 | 540 | 500 | 540 | 61% |
| 1897/98 | 800 | 500 | 778.5 | 86% |
| 1898/99 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 85% |
| 1899/1900 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,350 | 94% |
| 1900/01 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,350 | 94% |
| 1902/03 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,500 | 93% |
| 1903/04 | 1,500 | 475 | 1,400 | 94% |
| 1904/05 | 1,500 | 450 | 1,400 | 94% |
| 1905/06 | 1,500 | 475 | 1,500 | 93% |
| 1906/07 | 1,500 | 450 | 1,500 | 92% |
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
- Mustafa Eşref EfendiKaradeniz Ereğli and 1 other place, 4 shared years
- Ahmet Necip EfendiKaradeniz Ereğli, 3 shared years
- İsmail Zühdü BeyKaradeniz Ereğli, 3 shared years
- Riza EfendiJizan (Cizan), 3 shared years
- Cevri Baha EfendiKastamonu and 1 other place, 2 shared years
27 officials in all. Officials recorded in Karadeniz Ereğli
Same school recorded
- Abdulkadir EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Ahmet Tevfik EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Hasan EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Hüseyin Avni EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- İbrahim Hakkı EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hacı Mehmet Tevfik EfendiKaradeniz Ereğli, born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiKaradeniz Ereğli, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Sait Ali EfendiKaradeniz Ereğli, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Full record
Annual entries (24)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Niksar | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Samsun | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Devrek | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Idlib (İdlib) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Ilgın | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Ilgın | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Elmalı | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Yalvaç | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Yalvaç | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | 3. Müdür | Uluborlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 3. Müdür | Uluborlu | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 2. Müdür | Yenice | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 2. Müdür | Zabid (Zebid) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 1. Müdür | Zabid (Zebid) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 1. Müdür | Zabid (Zebid) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 1. Müdür | Jizan (Cizan) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 1. Müdür | Jizan (Cizan) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | 1. Müdür | Jizan (Cizan) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 1. Müdür | Al Luhayyah (Luhayye) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 1. Müdür | Al Luhayyah (Luhayye) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 37_65; 127 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmet Kadri Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1271 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | karadeniz eregli | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | kastamonu | 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1299 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1882 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Kastamonu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık / bade'l-hac mahall-i Memuriyeti'ne avdet etmek üzere istihsal eylediği mezuniyet-i müddetini tecavüz ettirmekle beraber bila-malumat Dersaadet'e gelmesine mebni bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Muharreminin yirmi altısında 2 Mayıs sene 1317 açığa çıkarıldı. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324 | 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.
- 23 annual entries of 24 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.