Official
Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Mudurnu in 1885/86 (AH 1303). On record 1908 to 1910, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 183-216-215
Life#
Born in Mudurnu in 1885/86 (AH 1303), Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
Work began in Mudurnu in 1902/03, at about 16, paid from the start, on 200 kuruş a month. Both annual entries, for 1908/09 and 1909/10, place Mehmet Tahir in İzmit as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru).
Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1908/09 to a peak of 400 in 1909/10, as Muhabere Memuru in İzmit, when one in three paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.
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 1885/86 (AH 1303); First work 1902/03 (AH 1320)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908/09 | 200 | 350 | 250 | 16% |
| 1909/10 | 400 | 462.5 | 300 | 33% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03AH 1320 | First work | Mudurnu | 200first-salary field |
| 1908 to 1910AH 1326 to 1327 | Muhabere Memuru | İzmit | 200 to 400 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Birthplace
- Mudurnu
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- 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
- 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Place
- Mudurnu
- 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 5 officials with entries in İzmit in the same years, Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Mustafa Behçet Bey1 shared year; highest salary 1,260 kuruş
- Salahaddin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hasan Atıf Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Ataullah Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 200 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 269 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi had the 53rd highest salary.
- Osman Hulusi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Mehmet Ubeydi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mustafa Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Yusuf Cemal Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Bekir Selami Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi had the 1,725th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Yaşar Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Celalettin Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Enis Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 100 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 7 officials born in Mudurnu, Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi had the 5th highest salary.
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendiborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 550 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Rüştü Efendiborn 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hulusi Efendiborn 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 480 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326), Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi had the 16th highest salary.
- Hasan Atıf Efendifirst entry in İzmit; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendifirst entry in Ağrı (Karakilise); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ali İsmail Efendifirst entry in Izmir (İzmir); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hacı Mehmet Hulusi Efendifirst entry in Mount Athos (Aynaroz); highest salary 425 kuruş
- HALİL LÜTFİ EFENDİfirst entry in Komotini (Gümülcine); highest salary 200 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Muhabere Memuru | İzmit | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 183-216-215 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Muhabere Memuru | İzmit | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 183-216-215 |
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 | Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1303 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | mudurnu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | kastamonu | 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 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 6 other value | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1320 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | mudurnu | 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- İzmit
- Mudurnu
- 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)