Official
Mehmed Salim Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet). On record 1867 to 1875, 7 annual entries.
Archive reference 0006_0396
Life#
Mehmed Salim Efendi was born in Istanbul. The records give birth years from 1847 to 1855 (AH 1264 to 1271). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Sehzade. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Ruse (Rusçuk) in 1867/68 (AH 1284): Telgraf. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month.
The first annual entry, for 1867/68, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ruse, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Varna, the salary going from 400 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ruse). In 1870/71 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Silistra (Silistre), the salary going from 480 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Varna). In 1872/73 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova), the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Silistra). In 1874/75 the record shows Rusumet Evrak Kalemi in Veliko Tarnovo, the salary going from 380 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Veliko Tarnovo). No annual entry is recorded for 1873/74.
The highest salary, 480 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1869/70 as Muhabere Memuru. 34 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 7 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 80 kuruş, is seen in 1869/70. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 6.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1874/75, when 9 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- The records give birth years from 1847 to 1855 (AH 1264 to 1271).
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school); place of the school as worded: sehzade
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Place
- Ruse (Rusçuk)
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 20
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 400
Notes from the record
- Merit and competence grade (recorded code)
- 1
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Telgraffirst work | Ruse (Rusçuk) | 400first-salary field |
| 1867 to 1869AH 1284 to 1285 | Muhabere Memuru | Ruse (Rusçuk) | 400 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhabere Memuru | Varna | 480 |
| 1870 to 1872AH 1287 to 1288 | Muhabere Memuru | Silistra (Silistre) | 400 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Muhabere Memuru | Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) | 380 |
| No annual entry: 1873/74 (AH 1290) | |||
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Rusumet Evrak Kalemi | Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) | 250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867/68 | 400 | 600 | 480 | 17% |
| 1868/69 | 400 | 600 | 480 | 17% |
| 1869/70 | 480 | 600 | 400 | 34% |
| 1870/71 | 400 | 600 | 400 | 20% |
| 1871/72 | 400 | 550 | 400 | 31% |
| 1872/73 | 380 | 550 | 400 | 18% |
| 1874/75 | 250 | 535 | 9% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet Kâşif EfendiVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova), 2 shared years
- Mahmut Aziz EfendiRuse (Rusçuk), 2 shared years
- Ahmet Lutfu EfendiVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova), 2 shared years
- Dikran EfendiRuse (Rusçuk), 1 shared year
- Seyyit Ahmet Naci EfendiVarna, 1 shared year
12 officials in all. Officials recorded in Ruse (Rusçuk)
Same school recorded
- Abdülkadir EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ahmed Rıfat EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Eşref Bahtiyar EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Fahri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Hafiz Hasan EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdurrahman Şakir BeyIstanbul, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Acemyan Dikran EfendiIstanbul, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Afif EfendiIstanbul, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Ahmet Nazif EfendiIstanbul, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Ahmet Rıza EfendiIstanbul, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (7)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Muhabere Memuru | Ruse (Rusçuk) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0396 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhabere Memuru | Ruse (Rusçuk) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0396 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhabere Memuru | Varna | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0396 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Muhabere Memuru | Silistra (Silistre) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0396 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Muhabere Memuru | Silistra (Silistre) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0396 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Muhabere Memuru | Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0396 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Rusumet Evrak Kalemi | Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) | 250 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0006_0396 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (34)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmed Salim Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1264 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1268 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1267 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1269 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1265 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1266 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1270 other value | Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1271 other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Place of the school | sehzade | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1284 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1867 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Ruscuk | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Ruscuk | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Ruscuk | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | tuna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 20 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 400 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Other recorded values | ||
| Merit and competence grade (recorded code) | 1 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 3 annual entries of 7 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.