Official
Süleyman Nafiz Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kütahya in 1861/62 (AH 1278). On record 1881 to 1905, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 0034_00195; 387
Life#
Süleyman Nafiz Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1861/62 (AH 1278). 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 Kütahya in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kütahya, with 380 kuruş a month. No annual entry is recorded for 1884 to 1904.
The highest salary, 430 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.54 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Birthplace
- Kütahya
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Place
- Kütahya
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | First work | Kütahya | 380first-salary field |
| 1881 to 1884AH 1299 to 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 380 |
| No annual entry: 1884 to 1904 (AH 1302 to 1321) | |||
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 430 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1882/83 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1883/84 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1904/05 | 430 | 450 | 350 | 47% |
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.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar (MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA, 2018). Name as printed: Süleyman Nafiz Efendi. PDF page 173.
Probable link: same name and birthplace; served in the place the work covers
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ohannes Bader EfendiKütahya, 3 shared years
- Osman Nuri BeyKütahya, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Hilmi EfendiKütahya, 3 shared years
- Muharrem EfendiKütahya, 1 shared year
- Ahmet Nuri EfendiKütahya, 1 shared year
Same school recorded
- Abbas EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Abdülvahhab EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Abdurrahman Faik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Abdurrahman Feyzi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Ahmed Hulusi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet Fevzi EfendiKütahya, born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Zihni EfendiKütahya, born 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Ali Riza EfendiKütahya, born 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Ahmet Şevket EfendiKütahya, born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Agop Sırrı EfendiKütahya, born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
19 officials in all. Officials born in Kütahya
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00195; 387 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00195; 387 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00195; 387 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 430 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00195; 387 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Süleyman Nafiz Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1278 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kutahya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hudavendigar | 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) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1298 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1881 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Kutahya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 380 | 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.
- 4 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.