Official
Mehmet Şakir Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Ankara in 1887/88 (AH 1305). On record 1905 to 1907, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 148-204-403
Life#
Mehmet Şakir Efendi was born in Ankara in 1887/88 (AH 1305) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a telegraph official (telgraf memuru). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
At about 17, in 1905/06, Mehmet Şakir began work in Ankara, paid from the start, on 100 kuruş a month. Both annual entries, for 1905/06 and 1906/07, place Mehmet Şakir in Ankara, the birthplace, as a registry clerk (Mukayyit).
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 100 kuruş a month in 1905/06, as Mukayyit in Ankara, when 2 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06 | 100 | 475 | 260 | 2% |
| 1906/07 | 100 | 450 | 250 | 2% |
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.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Birthplace
- Ankara
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
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
- 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Place
- Ankara
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
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 19 officials with entries in Ankara in the same years, Mehmet Şakir Efendi had the 18th highest salary.
- Hafız Mesut Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- İbrahim Fahri Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 385 kuruş
- Mehmet Şükrü Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ali Mümtaz Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 200 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 21 officials with the title Mukayyit in the same years, Mehmet Şakir Efendi had the 19th highest salary.
- Hasib Sami Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mehmet Hulusi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Unnamed official (43_105; 207)2 shared years; highest salary 550 kuruş
- Mehmet Rıfkı Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 430 kuruş
- Mehmet Hamit Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 425 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şakir Efendi had the 3,019th highest salary of them.
- Abdülkadir Selahaddin Efendiborn 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Abdullah Fehmi Efendiborn 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 400 kuruş
- ABDULLAH LÜTFÜ EFENDİborn 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemal Efendiborn 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 100 kuruş
- AHMET CEMiL EFEndiborn 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 220 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 44 officials born in Ankara, Mehmet Şakir Efendi had the 40th highest salary.
- Mahmud Yasin Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 85 kuruş
- Süleyman Şefik Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Süleyman Şefik Efendiborn 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 120 kuruş
- Süleyman Şefik Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Süleyman Şefik Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 100 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 117 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), Mehmet Şakir Efendi had the 100th highest salary.
- Ahmet Cemal Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ali Refik Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ali Zihni Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Halil İbrahim Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hasan Tahsin Efendifirst entry in Gemlik; highest salary 200 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Mukayyit | Ankara | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 148-204-403 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Mukayyit | Ankara | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 148-204-403 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Şakir Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1305 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | ankara | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | ankara | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | telgraf memuru | 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1323 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1905 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Ankara | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 100 | 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.
- 1 annual entry of 2 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 Şakir Efendi
- Registry clerk (Mukayyit)
- Ankara
- 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)