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Official

Unnamed official (0087_0096, sayfa no:189)

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Mytilene (Midilli) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). On record 1884 to 1905, 18 annual entries. Death recorded 1905/06.

Life

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Mytilene (Midilli) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

First work is recorded in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Muhabere Memuru in Doğubayazıt (Bayezid), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Doğubayazıt). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan, the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sivas). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tarabya, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Babi seraskeri, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tarabya). No annual entry is recorded for 1885 to 1888.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1890/91 as Muhabere Memuru. 43 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 18 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1890/91. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Death recorded
1905/06 (AH 1323)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 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.

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of Unnamed official (0087_0096, sayfa no:189), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First workBeirut (Beyrut)400first-salary field
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)400
No annual entry: 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
1888 to 1890AH 1306 to 1307Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1888/89380
1889/90380
Sivas380
1890 to 1896AH 1308 to 1313Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1890/91500
1891/92500
1892/93500
1893/94500
1894/95500
1895/96500
Erzincan500
1896 to 1900AH 1314 to 1317Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1896/97400
1897/98400
1898/99400
1899/1900400
Tarabya400
1900 to 1905AH 1318 to 1322Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1900/01400
1901/02400
1902/03400
1903/04400
1904/05400
Babi seraskeri400
1905/06AH 1323Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry02004006001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 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 Unnamed official (0087_0096, sayfa no:189) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1884/8540050040027%
1888/8938050040021%
1889/9038050040021%
1890/9150050040043%
1891/9250050040043%
1892/9350050040044%
1893/9450050040046%
1894/9550050040046%
1895/9650050040047%
1896/9740050040032%
1897/9840050040032%
1898/9940050040031%
1899/190040050040031%
1900/0140050040031%
1901/0240050040032%
1902/0340050038033%
1903/0440047535036%
1904/0540045035038%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
MytileneBabi seraskeriBeirutDoğubayazıtSivasErzincanTarabya

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Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

51 officials in all. Officials recorded in Erzincan

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

11 officials in all. Officials born in Mytilene (Midilli)

Full record

Annual entries (18)

Annual entries of Unnamed official (0087_0096, sayfa no:189)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruSivas380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruSivas380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruErzincan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruErzincan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruErzincan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruErzincan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruErzincan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruErzincan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruTarabya400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruTarabya400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruTarabya400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruTarabya400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruBabi seraskeri400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruBabi seraskeri400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruBabi seraskeri400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruBabi seraskeri400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruBabi seraskeri400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0096, Sayfa No:189
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)

Recorded values of Unnamed official (0087_0096, sayfa no:189) with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Birth year (AH)1280Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacemidilliRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthcezairi bahri sefidRecovered 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)4Recovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1298Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1881Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placebeyrutRecovered 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
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1323Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, 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.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.

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