Official
Mehmet Emin Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bitola (Manastır) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). On record 1894 to 1899, 5 annual entries.
Archive reference 70_43; 83
Life#
Born in Bitola (Manastır) in 1876/77 (AH 1293), Mehmet Emin Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
Mehmet Emin began work in Bitola in 1890/91, at about 15, with four unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 300 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with Mehmet Emin as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Marmara Ereğlisi. The last posts were in Edirne from 1896 to 1898 and Dolasirdir in 1898/99.
Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 500 in 1896/97, as Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, when half the paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.
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.
Born 1876/77 (AH 1293); First work 1890/91 (AH 1308)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 17% |
| 1895/96 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 17% |
| 1896/97 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1897/98 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 48% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | First work | Bitola (Manastır) | 300first-salary field |
| 1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Marmara Ereğlisi | 300 |
| 1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Edirne | 500 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Dolasirdir | 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Birthplace
- Bitola (Manastır)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
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.
Languages
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Place
- Bitola (Manastır)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
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 4 officials with entries in Marmara Ereğlisi in the same years, Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.
- Hakkı Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Refik Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 540 kuruş
- Bekir Adil Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,135 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 572nd highest salary.
- Mehmet Arif Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 3,600 kuruş
- Halil Hicri Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey4 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Ali Galip Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey4 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 1,253rd highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Abdullah Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ahmet Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Feyzi Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 720 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 40 officials born in Bitola (Manastır), Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 21st highest salary.
- Bekir Selami Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0156_0036; 69)born 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 250 kuruş
- İhsan Efendiborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmet Şevki Efendiborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Besim Remzi Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 720 kuruş
The page of Bitola (Manastır), with the 40 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 66th highest salary.
- Ahmet Faik Efendifirst entry in Kemaliye (Eğin); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Memduh Efendifirst entry in Kastamonu; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ali Asım Efendifirst entry in Niğde; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Devay Efendifirst entry in Skopje (Üsküp); highest salary 760 kuruş
- Hacı İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst entry in Jeddah (Cidde); highest salary 1,650 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (5)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Marmara Ereğlisi | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_43; 83 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Marmara Ereğlisi | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_43; 83 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Edirne | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_43; 83 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Edirne | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_43; 83 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Dolasirdir | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_43; 83 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Emin Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | manastir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | manastir | 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 | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1308 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1891 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Manastir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 5 annual entries of 5 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 Emin Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Marmara Ereğlisi
- Bitola (Manastır)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- 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)