Official
Mihran Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1891 to 1907, 15 annual entries.
Archive reference 90_84; 165
Life#
Mihran Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Crete (Girit), the salary going from 150 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Vlorë (Avlonya), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Crete). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 500 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Vlorë). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 480 to 170 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir). No annual entry is recorded for 1904/05.
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 47 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 15 years with a salary the median is 480 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.31 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 10 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- 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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Görev ihmali / Mumaileyhin vazifesine devamsızlığı ve nöbetçi olduğu günlerde bazı telgrafnameleri tehir eylemesi ve keyfe mâ-yeşâ harekette bulunması ve mükerreren vaki olan tenbihat ve tevbihatla ceza-dide olduğu hâlde mütenebbih olmaması hasebiyle bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Muharreminin dördünde 7 Nisan sene 1320 idareten azledilip; Devamsızlık
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1323; 1324
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 50 to 150 |
| 1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 1315 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Crete (Girit) | 500 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Vlorë (Avlonya) | 500 |
| 1899 to 1904AH 1317 to 1321 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Izmir (İzmir) | 480 |
| No annual entry: 1904/05 (AH 1322) | |||
| 1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 170 to 190 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 | 50 | 500 | 500 | 0% |
| 1892/93 | 75 | 500 | 500 | 2% |
| 1893/94 | 125 | 500 | 500 | 5% |
| 1894/95 | 150 | 500 | 500 | 7% |
| 1895/96 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 47% |
| 1896/97 | 500 | 500 | 495 | 49% |
| 1897/98 | 500 | 500 | 480 | 49% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 495 | 48% |
| 1899/1900 | 480 | 500 | 500 | 47% |
| 1900/01 | 480 | 500 | 500 | 46% |
| 1901/02 | 480 | 500 | 480 | 48% |
| 1902/03 | 480 | 500 | 400 | 48% |
| 1903/04 | 480 | 475 | 450 | 50% |
| 1905/06 | 170 | 475 | 445 | 8% |
| 1906/07 | 190 | 450 | 350 | 10% |
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
- Sepoh Basmacıyan EfendiBeyoğlu, 6 shared years
- Mehmet Esat EfendiBeyoğlu, 6 shared years
- Hamit EfendiBeyoğlu, 6 shared years
- Petraki Yavorski EfendiBeyoğlu, 6 shared years
- Andon İzekiyan EfendiBeyoğlu, 6 shared years
331 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu
Same school recorded
- Dikran Artinyan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Halil Fazıl EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Hanna Afif EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Kostantin EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Osekhan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Zühdü EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Abdülvahap EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Abdürrahim Haşim EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ahmet EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ahmet Fuat EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (15)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 75 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 125 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Crete (Girit) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Crete (Girit) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Crete (Girit) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Vlorë (Avlonya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Izmir (İzmir) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Izmir (İzmir) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Izmir (İzmir) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Izmir (İzmir) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Izmir (İzmir) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 170 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beyoğlu | 190 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 90_84; 165 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mihran Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | 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 | esnaf | 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 | 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 |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1309 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1892 | 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) | 50 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Görev ihmali / Mumaileyhin vazifesine devamsızlığı ve nöbetçi olduğu günlerde bazı telgrafnameleri tehir eylemesi ve keyfe mâ-yeşâ harekette bulunması ve mükerreren vaki olan tenbihat ve tevbihatla ceza-dide olduğu hâlde mütenebbih olmaması hasebiyle bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Muharreminin dördünde 7 Nisan sene 1320 idareten azledilip used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1323; 1324 | Later 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.
- 14 annual entries of 15 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.