Official
Mahmut Celalettin Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1883/84 (AH 1301). On record 1903 to 1906, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 116_189; 375
Life#
Born in Istanbul in 1883/84 (AH 1301) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community, Mahmut Celalettin Efendi was the child of a customs official (rüsumat memuru). Mahmut Celalettin had seven years of schooling, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi), and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).
Work began in Istanbul in 1903/04, at about 19, with half a year without pay as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 200 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1903/04, with Mahmut Celalettin as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Yeniköy. From 1904 to 1906 the annual entries place Mahmut Celalettin in Istanbul, the birthplace.
Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to a peak of 260 in 1905/06, as Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 7,920 kuruş, 47 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.
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 1883/84 (AH 1301); First work 1903/04 (AH 1321)
1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)
200 to 260 kuruş a month; entries in 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04 | 200 | 475 | 350 | 8% |
| 1904/05 | 200 | 450 | 350 | 8% |
| 1905/06 | 260 | 475 | 330 | 21% |
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 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200first-salary field |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Yeniköy | 200 |
| 1904 to 1906AH 1322 to 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 to 260 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Rusumat Memuru
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0.5 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
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
- 1903/04 (AH 1321)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 200
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 574 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Mahmut Celalettin Efendi had the 449th highest salary.
- Hüseyin Hasip Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Salahattin Bey2 shared years; highest salary 7,800 kuruş
- Suleyman Resat Bey2 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Bey2 shared years; highest salary 5,500 kuruş
- Fahri Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,090 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mahmut Celalettin Efendi had the 880th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey3 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey3 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Mehmet Hurşit Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mahmut Celalettin Efendi had the 2,545th highest salary of them.
- Abdülhafız Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Abdullah Şevki Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdullah Sıdkı Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Ahmet İhsan Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet İhsan Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 100 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Mahmut Celalettin Efendi had the 1,549th highest salary of them.
- Abdülkadir Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Fevzi Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet İhsan Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet İhsan Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Nuri Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 340 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), Mahmut Celalettin Efendi had the 100th highest salary.
- Ali Hayri Efendifirst entry in Büyükdere; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in Vize; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Aziz Efendifirst entry in Damascus (Şam); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hüseyin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Arif Efendifirst entry in Edirne; highest salary 290 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Yeniköy | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_189; 375 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_189; 375 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 260 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_189; 375 |
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 | Mahmut Celalettin Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1301 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Rusumat 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) | 0.5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier 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 | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 200 | 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.
- 3 annual entries 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
- Mahmut Celalettin Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Yeniköy
- 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)