Official
Mehmet Hayri Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Damascus (Şam) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1904 to 1911, 7 annual entries.
Archive reference 188-21-20
Life#
Mehmet Hayri Efendi was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1872/73 (AH 1289) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a deputy judge (naip). Schooling took nine years, at a preparatory secondary school (İdadi Mektebi); Mehmet Hayri also wrote Arabic as well as Turkish.
Work began in Damascus in 1903/04, at about 31, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 500 kuruş. Fewer than 3 per cent of the 5,128 officials whose age at first work is known began work at 31 or older. Every annual entry from 1904/05 to 1910/11 places Mehmet Hayri in Damascus, the birthplace, first as a candidate official (Mülazım), from 1909/10 as a travelling postal official (Seyyar Memur).
The salary went from 500 kuruş a month in 1904/05 to 600 in 1909/10, the peak, as Seyyar Memur in Damascus, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05 | 500 | 450 | 52% | |
| 1905/06 | 500 | 475 | 50% | |
| 1906/07 | 500 | 450 | 51% | |
| 1907/08 | 500 | 300 | 65% | |
| 1908/09 | 500 | 350 | 60% | |
| 1909/10 | 600 | 462.5 | 500 | 56% |
| 1910/11 | 600 | 500 | 53% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | First work | Damascus (Şam) | 500first-salary field |
| 1904 to 1909AH 1322 to 1326 | Mülazım | Damascus (Şam) | 500 |
| 1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328 | Seyyar Memur | Damascus (Şam) | 600 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Birthplace
- Damascus (Şam)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- naip
Education
- Idadi
- İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1903/04 (AH 1321)
- Place
- Damascus (Şam)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
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 31 officials with entries in Damascus (Şam) in the same years, Mehmet Hayri Efendi had the 7th highest salary.
- Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Osman Şemli Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Esad Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- MEHMET EFENDİ3 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Aziz Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 2 officials with the title Mülazım in the same years, Mehmet Hayri Efendi had the highest salary.
- Mehmet Ali Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
Same school
Of the 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi among their schools, Mehmet Hayri Efendi had the 25th highest salary.
- Mehmet Yahya Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Fahri Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Talat Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Suphi Efendiborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 59 officials born in Damascus (Şam), Mehmet Hayri Efendi had the 14th highest salary.
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendiborn 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Kadri Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Osman Şemli Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Ali Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdullah Halit Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
The page of Damascus (Şam), with the 59 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), Mehmet Hayri Efendi had the 11th highest salary.
- Osman Şemli Efendifirst entry in Damascus (Şam); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet İzzet Efendifirst entry in Damascus (Şam); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ali Nazmi Efendifirst entry in Deraci; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Kosti Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 250 kuruş
- MEHMED YAŞAR EFENDİfirst entry in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib); highest salary 200 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (7)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Mülazım | Damascus (Şam) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 188-21-20 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Mülazım | Damascus (Şam) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 188-21-20 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Mülazım | Damascus (Şam) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 188-21-20 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Mülazım | Damascus (Şam) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 188-21-20 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Mülazım | Damascus (Şam) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 188-21-20 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Seyyar Memur | Damascus (Şam) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 188-21-20 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Seyyar Memur | Damascus (Şam) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 188-21-20 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Hayri Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1289 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | sam | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | suriye | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | naip | Recovered 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 | idadi Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 9 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1321 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1903 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | sam | 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 |
What the sources named in this table are
- 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.
- 2 annual entries of 7 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Mehmet Hayri Efendi
- Candidate official (Mülazım)
- Damascus (Şam)
- Idadi school (İdadi Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Travelling postal official (Seyyar Memur)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)