Official
Mihran Martir Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1849/50 (AH 1266). On record 1868 to 1900, 33 annual entries. Death recorded 1900/01.
Archive reference 8_90; 175
Life#
Mihran Martir Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1849/50 (AH 1266). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Kuyumcu.
Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), with 4 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Tekellum.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gelibolu, the salary going from 150 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1870/71 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gelibolu). In 1872/73 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 455 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki). In 1893/94 the record shows Tahsilat Kalemi in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 675 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu).
The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 63 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 33 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 330 kuruş, is seen in 1869/70. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.84 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 76 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1900/01 (AH 1318): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- Kuyumcu
- Death recorded
- 1900/01 (AH 1318)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Community school
- Ermeni Millet Mektebi (4 years)Armenian community school
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 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
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- 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
- 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 150
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1866/67AH 1283 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150first-salary field |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 480 |
| 1870 to 1872AH 1287 to 1288 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 480 to 455 |
| 1872 to 1893AH 1289 to 1310 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 to 675 |
| 1893 to 1900AH 1311 to 1317 | Tahsilat Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 700 to 680 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 | 150 | 600 | 570 | 2% |
| 1869/70 | 480 | 600 | 576 | 34% |
| 1870/71 | 480 | 600 | 600 | 37% |
| 1871/72 | 455 | 550 | 570 | 39% |
| 1872/73 | 400 | 550 | 585 | 26% |
| 1873/74 | 400 | 500 | 570 | 24% |
| 1874/75 | 525 | 535 | 650 | 49% |
| 1875/76 | 525 | 530 | 700 | 49% |
| 1876/77 | 750 | 582.5 | 600 | 63% |
| 1877/78 | 750 | 560 | 600 | 65% |
| 1878 | 750 | 600 | 600 | 61% |
| 1878/79 | 750 | 600 | 600 | 63% |
| 1879/80 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 61% |
| 1880/81 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 60% |
| 1881/82 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 60% |
| 1882/83 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 59% |
| 1883/84 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 59% |
| 1884/85 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 59% |
| 1885/86 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 58% |
| 1886/87 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 59% |
| 1887/88 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 58% |
| 1888/89 | 675 | 500 | 500 | 71% |
| 1889/90 | 675 | 500 | 500 | 72% |
| 1890/91 | 675 | 500 | 500 | 73% |
| 1891/92 | 675 | 500 | 500 | 73% |
| 1892/93 | 675 | 500 | 500 | 73% |
| 1893/94 | 700 | 500 | 625 | 74% |
| 1894/95 | 700 | 500 | 625 | 74% |
| 1895/96 | 700 | 500 | 650 | 74% |
| 1896/97 | 630 | 500 | 585 | 75% |
| 1897/98 | 680 | 500 | 585 | 79% |
| 1898/99 | 680 | 500 | 585 | 79% |
| 1899/1900 | 680 | 500 | 585 | 76% |
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
- Dikran Yüzbaşıyan EfendiBeyoğlu and 1 other place, 30 shared years
- Andon Körkis EfendiBeyoğlu and 1 other place, 30 shared years
- Andon Tomasyan EfendiBeyoğlu and 1 other place, 30 shared years
- Zenop Tangaryan EfendiBeyoğlu, 29 shared years
- Jan Mıçı EfendiBeyoğlu, 29 shared years
435 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu
Same school recorded
- Andon Tomasyan EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Gerope Gümüş Gerdan EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Hamparsom Akna EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ohannes EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Rupenyan EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
85 officials in all. Officials with Ermeni Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Naili EfendiIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ahmet Halit EfendiIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ahmet Latif EfendiIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ali Galip BeyIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ali Riza EfendiIstanbul, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (33)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 455 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 525 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 525 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Tahsilat Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Tahsilat Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Tahsilat Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Tahsilat Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 630 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Tahsilat Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 680 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Tahsilat Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 680 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Tahsilat Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 680 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_90; 175 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mihran Martir Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1266 | 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 | kuyumcu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Ermeni Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1283 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1866 | 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) | 150 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1318 | Earlier 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.
- 31 annual entries of 33 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.