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Official

Ali Galip Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kafkasya in 1857/58 (AH 1274). On record 1892 to 1904, 12 annual entries.

Archive reference 0065_0170; 337

Life

Ali Galip Efendi was born in Kafkasya in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

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 Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 30 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 35 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Galata, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Galata).

The highest salary, 270 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Sevk Kalemi. 20 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 12 years with a salary the median is 247.5 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.45 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 21 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Birthplace
Kafkasya
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
ciftci

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 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
1887/88 (AH 1305)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
100

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Devamsızlık / Mumaileyhin istihsal eylediği müddet-i mezuniyetini bir misli daha tecavüz ettirdiği ve vuku bulan tebligatı ihfa eylemeyerek kendisinin (...) Çiftliği'nde bulunduğu tenmik kılınmağla bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Şabanının üçünde 30 Eylül sene 1320 idareten azledildiği 24 Receb sene 1322 tarihli vukuat pusulasında muharrerdir.; Devamsızlık

Career

Career of Ali Galip Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)100first-salary field
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311Tahrirat Kalemi
2 entries
YearSalary
1892/93100
1893/94100
Galata100
1894 to 1904AH 1312 to 1321Sevk Kalemi
10 entries
YearSalary
1894/95200
1895/96200
1896/97200
1897/98240
1898/99255
1899/1900255
1900/01255
1901/02255
1902/03270
1903/04270
Istanbul (Dersaadet)200 to 270
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320270 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Ali Galip Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1892/931005006003%
1893/941005005453%
1894/952005004509%
1895/962005004009%
1896/972005004258%
1897/9824050043013%
1898/9925550044017%
1899/190025550044016%
1900/01255500452.517%
1901/0225550044519%
1902/0327050047020%
1903/0427047549021%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KafkasyaIstanbulGalata

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.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

1,022 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

7 officials in all. Officials born in Kafkasya

Full record

Annual entries (12)

Annual entries of Ali Galip Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Tahrirat KalemiGalata100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat KalemiGalata100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1894/95AH 1312Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1895/96AH 1313Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1896/97AH 1314Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1897/98AH 1315Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)240Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1898/99AH 1316Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)255Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1899/1900AH 1317Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)255Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1900/01AH 1318Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)255Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1901/02AH 1319Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)255Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1902/03AH 1320Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)270Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
1903/04AH 1321Sevk KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)270Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0170; 337
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 (15)

Recorded values of Ali Galip Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAli Galip EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1274Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacekafkasyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationciftciRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1305Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1888Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)100Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık / Mumaileyhin istihsal eylediği müddet-i mezuniyetini bir misli daha tecavüz ettirdiği ve vuku bulan tebligatı ihfa eylemeyerek kendisinin (...) Çiftliği'nde bulunduğu tenmik kılınmağla bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Şabanının üçünde 30 Eylül sene 1320 idareten azledildiği 24 Receb sene 1322 tarihli vukuat pusulasında muharrerdir. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
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.
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.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.