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Frederik Danderya Efendi

Christian (Hristiyan). Born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1839/40 (AH 1255). On record 1862 to 1903, 40 annual entries.

Life

Frederik Danderya Efendi was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1839/40 (AH 1255) into the Christian (Hristiyan) community, Italian (Italyan) by nationality; the father was a merchant (tüccar). Schooling took four years, at a special school (Mekteb-i Mahsusa). Frederik Danderya knew five languages, French and Italian in writing and English, Greek (Rum) and Turkish in speech, a number reached by fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,211 officials.

At about 23, in 1862/63, Frederik Danderya began work in Gelibolu, paid from the start, on 500 kuruş a month. The first annual entry, for 1862/63, places Frederik Danderya in Gelibolu as an official for foreign communications (Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti). Frederik Danderya then moved to Ioannina in 1865/66, then Mostar from 1866 to 1874. Next came Preveza (Preveze) from 1875 to 1880, then a return to Ioannina from 1880 to 1888. From 1889 to 1903 every annual entry places Frederik Danderya in Ankara. Few careers in the lists are as long; fewer than 3 per cent of the 5,211 officials have entries spanning 42 years or more.

Pay rose from 500 kuruş a month in 1862/63 to a peak of 1,200 in 1866/67, as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Mostar, when three in four paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 1,000 kuruş. The final annual entry is for 1902/03.

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.

All 7 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1862/631865/661866/671875/761889/901234567IzmirGeliboluIoanninaMostarPrevezaAnkara
  1. Izmir (İzmir)

    Born 1839/40 (AH 1255)

  2. Gelibolu

    First work 1862/63 (AH 1279); 1862 to 1865 (AH 1279 to 1281)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti 1862 to 1864 (AH 1279 to 1280); Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru 1864/65 (AH 1281)

    500 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Ioannina (Yanya)

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru

    960 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Mostar

    1866 to 1874 (AH 1283 to 1290)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru

    850 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  5. Preveza (Preveze)

    1875 to 1880 (AH 1292 to 1297)

    No annual entry for 1874/75 (AH 1291) before it.

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    600 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  6. Ioannina (Yanya)

    1880 to 1888 (AH 1298 to 1305)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    600 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  7. Ankara

    1889 to 1903 (AH 1307 to 1320)

    No annual entry for 1888/89 (AH 1306) before it.

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    800 to 1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 14 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201,200 kuruşMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 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 Frederik Danderya Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1862/6350050075034%
1863/6450050075032%
1864/6575062556%
1865/6696065064%
1866/671,20060074%
1867/681,00060068%
1868/691,00060070%
1869/701,00060071%
1870/711,00060072%
1871/7285055073%
1872/7385055073%
1873/7485050073%
1875/7680053070070%
1876/77800582.560067%
1877/7880056060068%
187880060060065%
1878/7980060060066%
1879/8060050050061%
1880/8160050050060%
1881/8260050050060%
1882/8380050050076%
1883/8480050050076%
1884/8580050050076%
1885/8680050050077%
1886/8780050050077%
1887/8880050050076%
1889/9080050050078%
1890/9180050050079%
1891/9280050050079%
1892/9380050050080%
1893/9480050050080%
1894/951,00050050087%
1895/961,00050050087%
1896/9790050049588%
1897/9890050048088%
1898/9990050049587%
1899/190090050050085%
1900/0190050050085%
1901/0290050048085%
1902/0390050040084%

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.

Career of Frederik Danderya Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1862/63AH 1279First workGelibolu500first-salary field
1862 to 1864AH 1279 to 1280Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
2 entries
YearSalary
1862/63500
1863/64500
Gelibolu500
1864/65AH 1281Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruGelibolu750
1865/66AH 1282Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruIoannina (Yanya)960
1866 to 1874AH 1283 to 1290Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru
8 entries
YearSalary
1866/671,200
1867/681,000
1868/691,000
1869/701,000
1870/711,000
1871/72850
1872/73850
1873/74850
Mostar1,200 to 850
No annual entry: 1874/75 (AH 1291)
1875 to 1880AH 1292 to 1297Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
6 entries
YearSalary
1875/76800
1876/77800
1877/78800
1878800
1878/79800
1879/80600
Preveza (Preveze)800 to 600
1880 to 1888AH 1298 to 1305Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
8 entries
YearSalary
1880/81600
1881/82600
1882/83800
1883/84800
1884/85800
1885/86800
1886/87800
1887/88800
Ioannina (Yanya)600 to 800
No annual entry: 1888/89 (AH 1306)
1889 to 1903AH 1307 to 1320Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
14 entries
YearSalary
1889/90800
1890/91800
1891/92800
1892/93800
1893/94800
1894/951,000
1895/961,000
1896/97900
1897/98900
1898/99900
1899/1900900
1900/01900
1901/02900
1902/03900
Ankara800 to 900

Record

Personal

Born
1839/40 (AH 1255)
Birthplace
Izmir (İzmir)
Community
Christian (Hristiyan)
Nationality as recorded
italyan
Father's occupation
Tuccar

Education

Other named school
Mekteb-i Mahsusa (4 years)special school
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

English
Tekellumspeaking
French
Kitabetwriting
Italian
Kitabetwriting
Greek (Rum)
Tekellumspeaking. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
Turkish
Tekellumspeaking

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1862/63 (AH 1279)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Devamsızlık / mezuniyet müddetini iki mah tecavüz ettirdiğinden azlolunup; Şiddet / su-i hâlinden ve ashab-ı müracaata şiddetle muamele eylemesinden v; Devamsızlık; Şiddet
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1292; 1293; 1294; 1295; 1296; 1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320

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 81 officials with entries in Ankara in the same years, Frederik Danderya Efendi had the 11th highest salary.

All 147 officials with entries in Ankara

Same job title, same years

Of the 448 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in the same years, Frederik Danderya Efendi had the 60th highest salary.

All 605 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

Same school

Of the 38 officials with Mekteb-i Mahsusa among their schools, Frederik Danderya Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 38 officials with Mekteb-i Mahsusa

Same birthplace

Of the 62 officials born in Izmir (İzmir), Frederik Danderya Efendi had the 9th highest salary.

The page of Izmir (İzmir), with the 62 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 36 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279), Frederik Danderya Efendi had the 19th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (40)

Annual entries of Frederik Danderya Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1862/63AH 1279Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiGelibolu500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1863/64AH 1280Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiGelibolu500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1864/65AH 1281Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruGelibolu750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1865/66AH 1282Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruIoannina (Yanya)960Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1866/67AH 1283Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruMostar1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1867/68AH 1284Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruMostar1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1868/69AH 1285Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruMostar1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1869/70AH 1286Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruMostar1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1870/71AH 1287Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruMostar1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1871/72AH 1288Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruMostar850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1872/73AH 1289Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruMostar850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1873/74AH 1290Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruMostar850Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1875/76AH 1292Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPreveza (Preveze)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1876/77AH 1293Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPreveza (Preveze)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1877/78AH 1294Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPreveza (Preveze)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1878AH 1295Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPreveza (Preveze)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1878/79AH 1296Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPreveza (Preveze)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1879/80AH 1297Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPreveza (Preveze)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1880/81AH 1298Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIoannina (Yanya)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1881/82AH 1299Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIoannina (Yanya)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1882/83AH 1300Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIoannina (Yanya)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1883/84AH 1301Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIoannina (Yanya)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1884/85AH 1302Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIoannina (Yanya)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1885/86AH 1303Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIoannina (Yanya)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1886/87AH 1304Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIoannina (Yanya)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1887/88AH 1305Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIoannina (Yanya)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1889/90AH 1307Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1890/91AH 1308Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1891/92AH 1309Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1892/93AH 1310Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1893/94AH 1311Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1894/95AH 1312Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1895/96AH 1313Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1896/97AH 1314Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1897/98AH 1315Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1898/99AH 1316Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1899/1900AH 1317Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1900/01AH 1318Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1901/02AH 1319Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
1902/03AH 1320Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiAnkara900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract97_230; 459
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 (19)

Recorded values of Frederik Danderya Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameFrederik Danderya EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1255Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceizmirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthaydinRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationTuccarRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionHristiyanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityitalyanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolMektebi MahsusaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1279Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1862Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeGeliboluRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık / mezuniyet müddetini iki mah tecavüz ettirdiğinden azlolunup used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedŞiddet / su-i hâlinden ve ashab-ı müracaata şiddetle muamele eylemesinden v other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık other valueLegal 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 records1292; 1293; 1294; 1295; 1296; 1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320Later 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.
  • 32 annual entries of 40 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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

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