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Official

AHMET RASİM EFENDİ

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Çorlu. On record 1898 to 1904, 6 annual entries.

Life

AHMET RASİM EFENDİ was born in Çorlu. The records give birth years from 1874 to 1884 (AH 1291 to 1301). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

The record names 2 schools: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded; İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Çorlu. The records give first-work years from 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320). The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 142 kuruş a month.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99 (AH 1316), shows Muhabere Memuru in Çorlu, with 142 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 142 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Muhabere Memuru. 6 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 6 years with a salary the median is 142 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
The records give birth years from 1874 to 1884 (AH 1291 to 1301).
Birthplace
Çorlu
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
ciftci

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Idadi
İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0.5 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low

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
The records give first-work years from 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320).
Place
Çorlu
First salary field (kuruş a month)
142; 250

Career

Career of AHMET RASİM EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
years differFirst workThe records give first-work years from 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320).Çorlu142first-salary field
1898 to 1904AH 1316 to 1321Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1898/99142
1899/1900142
1900/01142
1901/02142
1902/03142
1903/04142
Çorlu142
Monthly salary, kuruş
0501001501898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321142 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This 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 RASİM EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1898/991425004006%
1899/19001425004004%
1900/011425004004%
1901/021425004005%
1902/031425003805%
1903/041424753504%

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.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

10 officials in all. Officials recorded in Çorlu

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

9 officials in all. Officials born in Çorlu

Full record

Annual entries (6)

Annual entries of AHMET RASİM EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruÇorlu142Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_178; 353
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruÇorlu142Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_178; 353
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruÇorlu142Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_178; 353
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruÇorlu142Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_178; 353
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruÇorlu142Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_178; 353
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruÇorlu142Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_178; 353
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 (22)

Recorded values of AHMET RASİM EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAHMET RASİM EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1291 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1301 other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birthplacecorlu used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birthplacegelibolu other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthedirneRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationciftciRecovered 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 Mektebi used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schoolidadi mektebi other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling9 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0.5 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1 other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1316 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: year (AH)1320 other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1898Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placecorlu used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: placegelibolu other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)142 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250 other valuePersonnel 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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 6 annual entries of 6 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.