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Official

Mustafa Hayri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1852/53 (AH 1269). On record 1868 to 1907, 39 annual entries.

Life

Mustafa Hayri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1852/53 (AH 1269) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).

At about 16, in 1868/69, Mustafa Hayri began work in Sinop, paid from the start, on 400 kuruş a month. The first annual entry, for 1868/69, places Mustafa Hayri in Sinop as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru). The annual lists then follow Mustafa Hayri back to Istanbul, the birthplace, from 1870 to 1884, then Izmir in 1884/85 and Istanbul in 1885/86. Next came Thessaloniki (Selanik) from 1886 to 1891, then five places in 13 years, with a rise to Muhabere Memuru in 1894/95 and to assistant director (Müdür Muavini) in 1903/04. The last posts were in Mada'in Salih (Medain-i Salih) from 1904 to 1907. Eight provinces on two continents in all, a number reached by fewer than 3 per cent of the 5,200 officials with a place of service. Entries spanning 40 years are rare, reached by fewer than 4 per cent of the 5,211 officials.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1868/69 to 1,000 in 1904/05, the peak, as Müdür Muavini in Mada'in Salih, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. 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.

All 12 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1868/691870/711884/851886/871891/921893/941894/951899/19001903/041904/05123456789101112Istanbul, HadımköySinopIzmirThessalonikiSkopjeElazığJeddahAleppoMada'in Salih
  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1852/53 (AH 1269)

  2. Sinop

    First work 1868/69 (AH 1285); 1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Muhabere Memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1870 to 1884 (AH 1287 to 1301)

    No annual entry for 1869/70 (AH 1286) before it.

    Muhabere Memuru

    320 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 15 years

  4. Izmir (İzmir)

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Muhabere Memuru

    570 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Muhabere Memuru

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1886 to 1891 (AH 1304 to 1308)

    Posta Memuru

    600 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  7. Skopje (Üsküp)

    1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

    Seyyar Memur

    750 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  8. Elazığ

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Posta Memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  9. Jeddah (Cidde)

    1894 to 1899 (AH 1312 to 1316)

    Muhabere Memuru

    675 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  10. Hadımköy

    1899 to 1903 (AH 1317 to 1320)

    Muhabere Memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  11. Aleppo (Halep)

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Müdür Muavini

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  12. Mada'in Salih (Medain-i Salih)

    1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324)

    Müdür Muavini

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241,000 kuruşMuhabere MemuruPosta MemuruMuhabere MemuruMüdür Muavini
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 Mustafa Hayri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1868/6940060048017%
1870/7135060040017%
1871/7232055040017%
1872/7350055040044%
1873/7446050040041%
1874/7555053545050%
1875/7655053040050%
1876/77600582.541050%
1877/7860056041050%
187860060050046%
1878/7960060042047%
1879/8050050038047%
1880/8150050040047%
1881/8250050040046%
1882/8350050040043%
1883/8450050040043%
1884/8557050040057%
1885/8660050040058%
1886/8760050032559%
1887/8860050040058%
1888/8975050038073%
1889/9075050038074%
1890/9175050038075%
1891/9275050060075%
1892/9375050060076%
1893/9450050035046%
1894/9575050040076%
1895/9675050040076%
1896/9767550040077%
1897/9867550040077%
1898/9967550040076%
1899/190050050040047%
1900/0150050040047%
1901/0250050040049%
1902/0350050038049%
1903/046004751,25067%
1904/051,0004501,25087%
1905/061,0004751,25586%
1906/071,0004501,25085%

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.

Career of Mustafa Hayri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1868/69AH 1285First workSinop400first-salary field
1868/69AH 1285Muhabere MemuruSinop400
No annual entry: 1869/70 (AH 1286)
1870 to 1884AH 1287 to 1301Muhabere Memuru
15 entries
YearSalary
1870/71350
1871/72320
1872/73500
1873/74460
1874/75550
1875/76550
1876/77600
1877/78600
1878600
1878/79600
1879/80500
1880/81500
1881/82500
1882/83500
1883/84500
Istanbul (Dersaadet)350 to 500
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruIzmir (İzmir)570
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)600
1886 to 1891AH 1304 to 1308Posta Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1886/87600
1887/88600
1888/89750
1889/90750
1890/91750
Thessaloniki (Selanik)600 to 750
1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310Seyyar Memur
2 entries
YearSalary
1891/92750
1892/93750
Skopje (Üsküp)750
1893/94AH 1311Posta MemuruElazığ500
1894 to 1899AH 1312 to 1316Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1894/95750
1895/96750
1896/97675
1897/98675
1898/99675
Jeddah (Cidde)750 to 675
1899 to 1903AH 1317 to 1320Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900500
1900/01500
1901/02500
1902/03500
Hadımköy500
1903/04AH 1321Müdür MuaviniAleppo (Halep)600
1904 to 1907AH 1322 to 1324Müdür Muavini
3 entries
YearSalary
1904/051,000
1905/061,000
1906/071,000
Mada'in Salih (Medain-i Salih)1,000

Record

Personal

Born
1852/53 (AH 1269)
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
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Place
Sinop
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
işret / Üsküp'ten Selanik'e gitmesi için amiri tarafından kendisine tebliğ olunduğu halde sekr halinde olmasıyla söz dinlemeyerek ve posta vagonunu da tahliye etmeyerek Petrikçe'ye gideceğini beyan ve münazaaya da ictisar eylediği ve müterakim çanta ve çuvallar Üsküp Müvezzii Mustafa Efendi'ye tevdian Selanik'e gönderildiği cihetle Telgraf ve Posta Meclis-i İdaresi'nin kararı veçhiyle iki günlük maaşı cezaen katʻ edildiği gibi sene-i merkume Zilkadesinin on ikisinde 17 Mayıs sene 1309 postayı müstaship olduğu halde ziyadesiyle sorhoş olarak trenden düşmek üzere iken tutulduğundan meclis-i mezkurce bir haftalık maaşı katʻ olunarak cezalandırıldığı ve mumaileyhin seyyar memuriyetinde istihdamı mahzurdan salim olamıyacağı cihetle bin üç yüz on bir senesi Şaban-ı şerifinin dördünde 29 Kânunusani sene 1309 beş yüz kuruş maaşla Mamuratülaziz Vilayeti Posta Kitabeti'ne tahvil; İşret
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323

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 608 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Mustafa Hayri Efendi had the 276th highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 2,254 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mustafa Hayri Efendi had the 246th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hayri Efendi had the 289th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hayri Efendi had the 354th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 89 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285), Mustafa Hayri Efendi had the 31st highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (39)

Annual entries of Mustafa Hayri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1868/69AH 1285Muhabere MemuruSinop400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1870/71AH 1287Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)350Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1871/72AH 1288Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)320Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1872/73AH 1289Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)460Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)550Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)550Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruIzmir (İzmir)570Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1886/87AH 1304Posta MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1887/88AH 1305Posta MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1888/89AH 1306Posta MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1889/90AH 1307Posta MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1890/91AH 1308Posta MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1891/92AH 1309Seyyar MemurSkopje (Üsküp)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1892/93AH 1310Seyyar MemurSkopje (Üsküp)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1893/94AH 1311Posta MemuruElazığ500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruJeddah (Cidde)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruJeddah (Cidde)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruJeddah (Cidde)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruJeddah (Cidde)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruJeddah (Cidde)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruHadımköy500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruHadımköy500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruHadımköy500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruHadımköy500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1903/04AH 1321Müdür MuaviniAleppo (Halep)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1904/05AH 1322Müdür MuaviniMada'in Salih (Medain-i Salih)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1905/06AH 1323Müdür MuaviniMada'in Salih (Medain-i Salih)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
1906/07AH 1324Müdür MuaviniMada'in Salih (Medain-i Salih)1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_139; 275
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)

Recorded values of Mustafa Hayri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa Hayri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1269Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered 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
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1285Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1868Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeSinopRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedişret / Üsküp'ten Selanik'e gitmesi için amiri tarafından kendisine tebliğ olunduğu halde sekr halinde olmasıyla söz dinlemeyerek ve posta vagonunu da tahliye etmeyerek Petrikçe'ye gideceğini beyan ve münazaaya da ictisar eylediği ve müterakim çanta ve çuvallar Üsküp Müvezzii Mustafa Efendi'ye tevdian Selanik'e gönderildiği cihetle Telgraf ve Posta Meclis-i İdaresi'nin kararı veçhiyle iki günlük maaşı cezaen katʻ edildiği gibi sene-i merkume Zilkadesinin on ikisinde 17 Mayıs sene 1309 postayı müstaship olduğu halde ziyadesiyle sorhoş olarak trenden düşmek üzere iken tutulduğundan meclis-i mezkurce bir haftalık maaşı katʻ olunarak cezalandırıldığı ve mumaileyhin seyyar memuriyetinde istihdamı mahzurdan salim olamıyacağı cihetle bin üç yüz on bir senesi Şaban-ı şerifinin dördünde 29 Kânunusani sene 1309 beş yüz kuruş maaşla Mamuratülaziz Vilayeti Posta Kitabeti'ne tahvil used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedİşret other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323Later 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.
  • 37 annual entries of 39 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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

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