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Official

Ahmet Hayri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bitola (Manastır) in 1855/56 (AH 1272). On record 1874 to 1906, 32 annual entries.

Archive reference 0095_0040; 077

Life

Ahmet Hayri Efendi was born in Bitola (Manastır) in 1855/56 (AH 1272). 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. 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 Debrei bala in 1872/73 (AH 1289). 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 220 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1874/75, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1874/75, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 220 kuruş a month. In 1875/76 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitola, the salary going from 220 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Lezhë (Leş), the salary going from 300 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bitola). In 1878 the record shows 3. Müdür in Podgorica (Podgoriça), with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Lezhë). In 1880/81 the record shows 3. Müdür in Përmet (Premedi), with 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Podgorica). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pogradec (İstarova), with 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Përmet). In 1888/89 the record shows 3. Müdür in Petevles, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pogradec). In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Müdür in Gjilan (Gilan), with 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Petevles). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Pristina (Priştine), the salary going from 650 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Gjilan). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Baylac, the salary going from 600 to 675 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Pristina). In 1905/06 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tetovo (Kalkandelen), with 675 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Baylac). No annual entry is recorded for 1887/88.

The highest salary, 675 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 2. Müdür. 74 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 32 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1876/77. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.57 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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
1872/73 (AH 1289)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
220

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Görev ihmali / bâlâdaki şerh üzerine azil olunmuş; Görev İhmali
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323

Career

Career of Ahmet Hayri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1872/73AH 1289First workDebrei bala220first-salary field
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)220
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)300
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1294Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1876/77600
1877/78600
Lezhë (Leş)600
1878 to 1880AH 1295 to 12973. Müdür
3 entries
YearSalary
1878600
1878/79600
1879/80600
Podgorica (Podgoriça)600
1880 to 1885AH 1298 to 13023. Müdür
5 entries
YearSalary
1880/81600
1881/82600
1882/83600
1883/84600
1884/85600
Përmet (Premedi)600
1885 to 1887AH 1303 to 1304Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1885/86600
1886/87600
Pogradec (İstarova)600
No annual entry: 1887/88 (AH 1305)
1888 to 1894AH 1306 to 13113. Müdür
6 entries
YearSalary
1888/89600
1889/90600
1890/91600
1891/92600
1892/93600
1893/94600
Petevles600
1894 to 1900AH 1312 to 13173. Müdür
6 entries
YearSalary
1894/95600
1895/96600
1896/97540
1897/98540
1898/99540
1899/1900650
Gjilan (Gilan)600 to 650
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürPristina (Priştine)600
1901 to 1905AH 1319 to 13222. Müdür
4 entries
YearSalary
1901/02675
1902/03675
1903/04675
1904/05675
Baylac675
1905/06AH 13232. MüdürTetovo (Kalkandelen)675
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry02004006008001878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320675 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001878AH 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 Ahmet Hayri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1874/752205354508%
1875/7630053040012%
1876/77600582.541050%
1877/7860056041050%
187860060060046%
1878/7960060060047%
1879/8060050060061%
1880/8160050060060%
1881/8260050060060%
1882/8360050060059%
1883/8460050060059%
1884/8560050060059%
1885/8660050040058%
1886/8760050040059%
1888/8960050060058%
1889/9060050060058%
1890/9160050060059%
1891/9260050060059%
1892/9360050060059%
1893/9460050060060%
1894/9560050060060%
1895/9660050060059%
1896/9754050054061%
1897/9854050054061%
1898/9954050054061%
1899/190065050054074%
1900/0160050054067%
1901/0267550080074%
1902/0367550080074%
1903/0467547580074%
1904/0567545080074%
1905/0667547580572%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
BitolaTetovoDebrei balaThessalonikiLezhëPodgoricaPërmetPogradec

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

30 officials in all. Officials recorded in Petevles

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

39 officials in all. Officials born in Bitola (Manastır)

Full record

Annual entries (32)

Annual entries of Ahmet Hayri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)220Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruLezhë (Leş)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruLezhë (Leş)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1878AH 12953. MüdürPodgorica (Podgoriça)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1878/79AH 12963. MüdürPodgorica (Podgoriça)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1879/80AH 12973. MüdürPodgorica (Podgoriça)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1880/81AH 12983. MüdürPërmet (Premedi)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1881/82AH 12993. MüdürPërmet (Premedi)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1882/83AH 13003. MüdürPërmet (Premedi)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1883/84AH 13013. MüdürPërmet (Premedi)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1884/85AH 13023. MüdürPërmet (Premedi)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruPogradec (İstarova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruPogradec (İstarova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1888/89AH 13063. MüdürPetevles600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1889/90AH 13073. MüdürPetevles600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1890/91AH 13083. MüdürPetevles600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1891/92AH 13093. MüdürPetevles600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1892/93AH 13103. MüdürPetevles600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1893/94AH 13113. MüdürPetevles600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1894/95AH 13123. MüdürGjilan (Gilan)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürGjilan (Gilan)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1896/97AH 13143. MüdürGjilan (Gilan)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1897/98AH 13153. MüdürGjilan (Gilan)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1898/99AH 13163. MüdürGjilan (Gilan)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1899/1900AH 13173. MüdürGjilan (Gilan)650Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürPristina (Priştine)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1901/02AH 13192. MüdürBaylac675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1902/03AH 13202. MüdürBaylac675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1903/04AH 13212. MüdürBaylac675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1904/05AH 13222. MüdürBaylac675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
1905/06AH 13232. MüdürTetovo (Kalkandelen)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0095_0040; 077
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 (17)

Recorded values of Ahmet Hayri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAhmet Hayri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1272Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacemanastirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthmanastirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationesnafRecovered 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)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1289Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1872Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeDebrei BalaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)220Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedGörev ihmali / bâlâdaki şerh üzerine azil olunmuş used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedGörev İhmali other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323Later 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 32 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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