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Official

Ahmet Hamdi Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Malatya in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1893 to 1896, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 0087_0101; 199

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Life

Ahmet Hamdi Efendi was born in Malatya in 1872/73 (AH 1289) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).

Work began in Elazığ in 1888/89, at about 16, with five unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 400 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1893/94 to 1895/96 places Ahmet Hamdi in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Adana.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to 500 in 1895/96, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Adana, when 47 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1895/96.

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.

All 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1888/891893/94123MalatyaElazığAdana

  1. Malatya

    Born 1872/73 (AH 1289)

  2. Elazığ

    First work 1888/89 (AH 1306)

  3. Adana

    1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)

    Muhabere Memuru

    400 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313500 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This 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 Hamdi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1893/9440050040030%
1894/9540050040030%
1895/9650050040047%

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.

Career of Ahmet Hamdi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306First workElazığ400first-salary field
1893 to 1896AH 1311 to 1313Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1893/94400
1894/95400
1895/96500
Adana400 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Birthplace
Malatya
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 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
1888/89 (AH 1306)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

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.

Possible links: 3 entries in 1 work

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 42 officials with entries in Adana in the same years, Ahmet Hamdi Efendi had the 28th highest salary.

All 150 officials with entries in Adana

Same job title, same years

Of the 1,067 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Ahmet Hamdi Efendi had the 576th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Hamdi Efendi had the 1,253rd highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 22 officials born in Malatya, Ahmet Hamdi Efendi had the 11th highest salary.

The page of Malatya, with the 22 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), Ahmet Hamdi Efendi had the 78th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Ahmet Hamdi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruAdana400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0101; 199
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruAdana400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0101; 199
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruAdana500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0101; 199
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)

Recorded values of Ahmet Hamdi Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAhmet Hamdi EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1289Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacemalatyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthelazigRecovered 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)5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1306Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1889Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeElazigRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered 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.
  • 3 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.

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