Official
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Nevşehir in 1876/77 (AH 1293). On record 1905 to 1908, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 146-224-443
Life#
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Nevşehir in 1876/77 (AH 1293) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); Mehmet Şükrü also wrote Arabic as well as Turkish.
At about 29, in 1905/06, Mehmet Şükrü began work in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), paid from the start, on 800 kuruş a month. Of the 5,128 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 5 per cent started at 29 or older. From the first annual entry, for 1905/06, to 1907/08, every annual entry places Mehmet Şükrü in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Tripoli.
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 800 kuruş a month in 1905/06, as Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli, when 78 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 28,800 kuruş, 2 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.
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 1905/06 (AH 1323); 1905 to 1908 (AH 1323 to 1325)
800 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
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 | 800 | 475 | 330 | 78% |
| 1906/07 | 800 | 450 | 300 | 78% |
| 1907/08 | 800 | 300 | 250 | 79% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | First work | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 800first-salary field |
| 1905 to 1908AH 1323 to 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 800 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Birthplace
- Nevşehir
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 800
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 Tripoli (Trablusgarp) in the same years, Mehmet Şükrü Efendi had the 5th highest salary.
- Unnamed official (0049_0034; 65)3 shared years; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Mazhar Tevfik Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Ragıb Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,060 kuruş
- Hasan Fehmi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmet Tahir Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 946 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Şükrü Efendi had the 38th highest salary.
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey3 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mahmut Nedim Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Abdülvahid Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Muhtar Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Said Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şükrü Efendi had the 477th 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 39 officials born in Nevşehir, Mehmet Şükrü Efendi had the 9th highest salary.
- Ahmet Rıfat Efendiborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Şükrü Efendiborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Mustafa Lütfü Efendiborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 117 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), Mehmet Şükrü Efendi had the highest salary.
- Hasan Fehmi Efendifirst entry in Tripoli (Trablusgarp); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Halim Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendifirst entry in Zvezdets (Göktepe); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Resmi Efendifirst entry in Beirut (Beyrut); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Faik Efendifirst entry in Hayrabolu; highest salary 200 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 146-224-443 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 146-224-443 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 146-224-443 |
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 Şükrü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | nevsehir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | konya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | 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 | Trablusgarp | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 800 | 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 3 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 Şükrü Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
- Nevşehir
- 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)