Official
Ahmet Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Nevşehir in 1885/86 (AH 1303). On record 1901 to 1906, 5 annual entries.
Archive reference 120-157-309
Life#
Ahmet Efendi was born in Nevşehir in 1885/86 (AH 1303) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
At about 16, in 1901/02, Ahmet began work in Nevşehir, paid from the start, on 50 kuruş a month. Every annual entry from 1901/02 to 1905/06 places Ahmet in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Nevşehir, the birthplace.
Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to a peak of 100 in 1905/06, as Muhabere Memuru in Nevşehir, when 2 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 3,900 kuruş, 13 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 | 50 | 500 | 400 | 0% |
| 1902/03 | 50 | 500 | 380 | 0% |
| 1903/04 | 50 | 475 | 350 | 0% |
| 1904/05 | 75 | 450 | 350 | 1% |
| 1905/06 | 100 | 475 | 330 | 2% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | First work | Nevşehir | 50first-salary field |
| 1901 to 1906AH 1319 to 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Nevşehir | 50 to 100 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Birthplace
- Nevşehir
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- 1901/02 (AH 1319)
- Place
- Nevşehir
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 7 officials with entries in Nevşehir in the same years, Ahmet Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Ali Rıza Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Şerif Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0087_0142, sayfa no:281.)1 shared year; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Ömer Nuri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 720 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,333 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Ahmet Efendi had the 1,311th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey5 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey5 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Mehmet Hurşit Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Efendi had the 3,019th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Yaşar Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Celalettin Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Enis Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Hasib Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 50 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 39 officials born in Nevşehir, Ahmet Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Mehmet Fevzi Efendiborn 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ibrahim Derviş Efendiborn 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Rifat Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 200 kuruş
- SÜLEYMAN SUPHİ EFENDİborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), Ahmet Efendi had the 118th highest salary.
- Ahmed Edip Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet Ferit Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 70 kuruş
- Hüseyin Cevdet Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmet Talip Efendifirst entry in Galata; highest salary 70 kuruş
- Ömer Yümni Efendifirst entry in Niğde; highest salary 540 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (5)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Nevşehir | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-157-309 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Nevşehir | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-157-309 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Nevşehir | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-157-309 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Nevşehir | 75 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-157-309 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Nevşehir | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-157-309 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmet Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1303 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | nevsehir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | konya | 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 | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | 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) | 1319 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1901 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Nevsehir | 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 |
What the sources named in this table are
- 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.
- 5 annual entries of 5 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Ahmet Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Nevşehir
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)