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Official

Unnamed official (0100_0028;53)

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Trabzon in 1865/66 (AH 1282). On record 1892 to 1899, 7 annual entries. Death recorded 1899/1900.

Life

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Trabzon in 1865/66 (AH 1282). 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 Izmir (İzmir) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 10 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 27 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Atpazari, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 285 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Atpazari).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Muhabere Memuru. 46 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 215 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.89 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1898/99, when 48 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1899/1900 (AH 1317): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Birthplace
Trabzon
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Death recorded
1899/1900 (AH 1317)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
10 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
1882/83 (AH 1300)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Unnamed official (0100_0028;53), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workIzmir (İzmir)300first-salary field
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1892/93300
1893/94285
Atpazari300 to 285
1894 to 1899AH 1312 to 1316Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1894/95500
1895/96500
1896/97500
1897/98500
1898/99500
Izmir (İzmir)500
1899/1900AH 1317Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316This 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 Unnamed official (0100_0028;53) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1892/9330050040017%
1893/9428550040016%
1894/9550050040046%
1895/9650050040047%
1896/9750050040049%
1897/9850050040049%
1898/9950050040048%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
TrabzonIzmirAtpazari

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

99 officials in all. Officials recorded in Izmir (İzmir)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

65 officials in all. Officials born in Trabzon

Full record

Annual entries (7)

Annual entries of Unnamed official (0100_0028;53)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruAtpazari300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0100_0028;53
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruAtpazari285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0100_0028;53
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruIzmir (İzmir)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0100_0028;53
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruIzmir (İzmir)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0100_0028;53
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruIzmir (İzmir)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0100_0028;53
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruIzmir (İzmir)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0100_0028;53
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruIzmir (İzmir)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0100_0028;53
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)

Recorded values of Unnamed official (0100_0028;53) with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Birth year (AH)1282Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacetrabzonRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthtrabzonRecovered 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)10Recovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1883Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeizmirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1317Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
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.
  • 7 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.