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Official

Tayyar Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). On record 1876 to 1904, 27 annual entries.

Archive reference 0062_0183; 361

Life

Tayyar Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1859/60 (AH 1276). 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). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 750 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhabere Memuru in Batumi (Batum), with 750 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Camburnu, the salary going from 750 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Batumi). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 1,000 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Camburnu). In 1880/81 the record shows 2. Müdür in Prizren, the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1882/83 the record shows 2. Müdür in Diyadin, with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Prizren). In 1884/85 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç), the salary going from 800 to 640 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Diyadin). In 1887/88 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Enez (İnoz), the salary going from 640 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Alexandroupoli). In 1893/94 the record shows 3. Müdür in Ivaylovgrad (Ortaköy), with 600 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Enez). In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Vize, with 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Ivaylovgrad). In 1903/04 the record shows 3. Müdür in Soufli (Sofulu), the salary going from 540 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Vize). No annual entry is recorded for 1881/82 and 1883/84.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878/79 as Muhabere Memuru. 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 27 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1878/79. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.79 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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
1874/75 (AH 1291)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
750

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Edepsizlik / Şiddet / üç yüz bir senesi Rebiülevvelinin on dördünde 6 Kânunusani sene 1299 çavuşu darb ve iki el tüfek endaht etmesinden dolayı azledilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınıp netice-i muhakemede Eleşkirt Bidayet Mahkemesi'nin fi 21 Kânunusani sene 1299 tarihli ilamında tüfek endahtı maddesi sübut bulmayıp yalnız darb eylediği tebeyyün eylemesine mebni bir buçuk lira-yı Osmani alınıp madruba verilmesine karar verildiği gösterilmiş; Şiddet
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321

Career

Career of Tayyar Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)750first-salary field
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1295Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1876/77750
1877/78750
1878750
Batumi (Batum)750
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruCamburnu1,000
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)600
1880/81AH 12982. MüdürPrizren800
No annual entry: 1881/82 (AH 1299)
1882/83AH 13002. MüdürDiyadin800
No annual entry: 1883/84 (AH 1301)
1884 to 1887AH 1302 to 1304Başmuhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1884/85640
1885/86640
1886/87640
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)640
1887 to 1893AH 1305 to 1310Başmuhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1887/88600
1888/89600
1889/90600
1890/91600
1891/92600
1892/93600
Enez (İnoz)600
1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 13123. Müdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1893/94600
1894/95600
Ivaylovgrad (Ortaköy)600
1895 to 1903AH 1313 to 13203. Müdür
8 entries
YearSalary
1895/96600
1896/97540
1897/98540
1898/99540
1899/1900540
1900/01540
1901/02540
1902/03540
Vize600 to 540
1903/04AH 13213. MüdürSoufli (Sofulu)600
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry05001,0001878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201,000 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 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 Tayyar Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1876/77750582.541063%
1877/7875056041065%
187875060050061%
1878/791,00060042077%
1879/8060050038061%
1880/8180050080076%
1882/8380050080076%
1884/8564050060069%
1885/8664050060070%
1886/8764050060071%
1887/8860050060058%
1888/8960050060058%
1889/9060050060058%
1890/9160050060059%
1891/9260050060059%
1892/9360050060059%
1893/9460050060060%
1894/9560050060060%
1895/9660050060059%
1896/9754050054061%
1897/9854050054061%
1898/9954050054061%
1899/190054050054060%
1900/0154050054059%
1901/0254050054060%
1902/0354050054060%
1903/0460047554067%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulSoufliCamburnuThessalonikiPrizrenDiyadinEnez

Not drawn. No position recorded: Batumi.

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Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

39 officials in all. Officials recorded in Vize

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (27)

Annual entries of Tayyar Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruBatumi (Batum)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruBatumi (Batum)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruBatumi (Batum)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruCamburnu1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1880/81AH 12982. MüdürPrizren800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1882/83AH 13002. MüdürDiyadin800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1884/85AH 1302Başmuhabere MemuruAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)640Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1885/86AH 1303Başmuhabere MemuruAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)640Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1886/87AH 1304Başmuhabere MemuruAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)640Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1887/88AH 1305Başmuhabere MemuruEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1888/89AH 1306Başmuhabere MemuruEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1889/90AH 1307Başmuhabere MemuruEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1890/91AH 1308Başmuhabere MemuruEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1891/92AH 1309Başmuhabere MemuruEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1892/93AH 1310Başmuhabere MemuruEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1893/94AH 13113. MüdürIvaylovgrad (Ortaköy)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1894/95AH 13123. MüdürIvaylovgrad (Ortaköy)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürVize600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1896/97AH 13143. MüdürVize540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1897/98AH 13153. MüdürVize540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1898/99AH 13163. MüdürVize540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1899/1900AH 13173. MüdürVize540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürVize540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1901/02AH 13193. MüdürVize540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürVize540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
1903/04AH 13213. MüdürSoufli (Sofulu)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0183; 361
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 (16)

Recorded values of Tayyar Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameTayyar EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1276Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered 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)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1291Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1874Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)750Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedEdepsizlik / Şiddet / üç yüz bir senesi Rebiülevvelinin on dördünde 6 Kânunusani sene 1299 çavuşu darb ve iki el tüfek endaht etmesinden dolayı azledilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınıp netice-i muhakemede Eleşkirt Bidayet Mahkemesi'nin fi 21 Kânunusani sene 1299 tarihli ilamında tüfek endahtı maddesi sübut bulmayıp yalnız darb eylediği tebeyyün eylemesine mebni bir buçuk lira-yı Osmani alınıp madruba verilmesine karar verildiği gösterilmiş used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedŞiddet other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321Later annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
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.
  • 27 annual entries of 27 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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