Official
Loi Ferit Efendi
Latin Catholic (Latin). Born in Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor) in 1883/84 (AH 1301). On record 1904 to 1907, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 149-120-235
Life#
Loi Ferit Efendi was born in Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor) in 1883/84 (AH 1301) into the Latin Catholic (Latin) community; the father was a pharmacist (eczacı). Schooling took four years, at a community school (Millet Mektebi). In all Loi Ferit knew five languages, Arabic, English, French, Italian and Turkish, all in writing; fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,211 officials knew as many.
Work began in Tripoli (Trablusgarp) in 1903/04, at about 19, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 800 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1904/05, places Loi Ferit in Misrata as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru). From 1905 to 1907 the annual entries place Loi Ferit in Siirt. The farthest post, Misrata, lay about 2,350 km from Deir ez-Zor, and fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,162 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from the birthplace.
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 800 kuruş a month in 1904/05, as Muhabere Memuru in Misrata, when four in five paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1883/84 (AH 1301)
First work 1903/04 (AH 1321)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05 | 800 | 450 | 350 | 80% |
| 1905/06 | 800 | 475 | 330 | 78% |
| 1906/07 | 800 | 450 | 300 | 78% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | First work | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 800first-salary field |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Misrata | 800 |
| 1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Siirt | 800 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Birthplace
- Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)
- Community
- Latin Catholic (Latin)
- Nationality as recorded
- Latin
- Father's occupation
- eczaci
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- English
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Italian
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1903/04 (AH 1321)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 800
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 2 officials with entries in Siirt in the same years, Loi Ferit Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Feyzi Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,001 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Loi Ferit Efendi had the 54th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey3 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey3 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Nikola Yunani Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Loi Ferit Efendi had the 36th highest salary.
- Ananyan Ropen Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 100 kuruş
- DANYAL HAİM EFENDİborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Elyas Meracel Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mordahay Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Murde Hay Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 300 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 2 officials born in Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor), Loi Ferit Efendi had the highest salary.
- Mustafa Aşir Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 300 kuruş
The page of Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor), with the 2 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), Loi Ferit Efendi had the 4th highest salary.
- Ahmet İhsan Efendifirst entry in Turbedere; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Elyas Meracel Efendifirst entry in Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Hüseyin Halil Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 140 kuruş
- Mehmet Fikri Efendifirst entry in Pristina (Priştine); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mehmet Hidayet Efendifirst entry in Peshkopi (Debre-i Zir); highest salary 600 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Misrata | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-120-235 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Siirt | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-120-235 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Siirt | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-120-235 |
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 | Loi Ferit Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1301 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | deyr | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | zor | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | eczaci | 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 | Latin | 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) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1321 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1903 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Trablusgarp | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 800 | 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.
- 2 annual entries of 3 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
- Loi Ferit Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Siirt
- Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Latin Catholic (Latin)
- 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)