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Official

Ahmet Şerif Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Edremit in 1881/82 (AH 1299). On record 1903 to 1905, 2 annual entries.

Archive reference 116_174; 345

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Life

Ahmet Şerif Efendi was born in Edremit in 1881/82 (AH 1299) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); Ahmet Şerif also held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

Ahmet Şerif began work in Edremit in 1901/02, at about 19, with two unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 200 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1903/04, places Ahmet Şerif in Thessaloniki (Selanik) as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru). The last post was in Bitola (Manastır) in 1904/05, with a rise to registered mail official (Taahhüt Memuru).

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 400 in 1904/05, the peak, as Taahhüt Memuru in Bitola, when 38 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1903/041904/05123EdremitThessalonikiBitola

  1. Edremit

    Born 1881/82 (AH 1299); First work 1901/02 (AH 1319)

  2. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Muhabere Memuru

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Bitola (Manastır)

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    Taahhüt Memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322400 kuruşMuhabere MemuruTaahhüt Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This 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 Şerif Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1903/042004753508%
1904/0540045038%

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 Şerif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1901/02AH 1319First workEdremit200first-salary field
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)200
1904/05AH 1322Taahhüt MemuruBitola (Manastır)400

Record

Personal

Born
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Birthplace
Edremit
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
Yes

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
Edremit
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

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 82 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in the same years, Ahmet Şerif Efendi had the 53rd highest salary.

All 408 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Same job title, same years

Of the 879 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Ahmet Şerif Efendi had the 434th 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 Şerif Efendi had the 1,725th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 6 officials born in Edremit, Ahmet Şerif Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

The page of Edremit, with the 6 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), Ahmet Şerif Efendi had the 25th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Ahmet Şerif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract116_174; 345
1904/05AH 1322Taahhüt MemuruBitola (Manastır)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract116_174; 345
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)

Recorded values of Ahmet Şerif Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAhmet Şerif EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1299Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceedremidRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthhudavendigarRecovered 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)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1319Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1901Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeEdremidRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered 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 2 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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