Official
Leon Mısırlıyan Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1887 to 1906, 19 annual entries.
Archive reference 0085_0120: 235
Life#
Leon Mısırlıyan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).
Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 15 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Muhabere Memuru in Büyükdere, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 310 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Büyükdere).
The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 19 years with a salary the median is 285 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 210 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.52 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
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
- English
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 285
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87AH 1304 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 285first-salary field |
| 1887 to 1900AH 1305 to 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 to 310 |
| 1900 to 1906AH 1318 to 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 400 to 750 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1888/89 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 10% |
| 1889/90 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 12% |
| 1890/91 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1891/92 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 15% |
| 1892/93 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 15% |
| 1893/94 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 16% |
| 1894/95 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 16% |
| 1895/96 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 16% |
| 1896/97 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 17% |
| 1897/98 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1898/99 | 310 | 500 | 400 | 25% |
| 1899/1900 | 310 | 500 | 400 | 25% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 380 | 33% |
| 1903/04 | 400 | 475 | 350 | 36% |
| 1904/05 | 540 | 450 | 350 | 61% |
| 1905/06 | 750 | 475 | 330 | 77% |
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 and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Dimitraki Çenberli EfendiBüyükdere, 13 shared years
- İstepan Çakmak EfendiBeyoğlu and 1 other place, 7 shared years
- Dikran EfendiBeyoğlu, 6 shared years
- Mehmet Esat EfendiBeyoğlu, 6 shared years
- Mustafa Fevzi EfendiBeyoğlu, 6 shared years
202 officials in all. Officials recorded in Büyükdere
Same school recorded
- Agop EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Dikran Papazyan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Elmasyan Pervant EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Levon Mısırlıyan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Mihran Yazmacıyan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Zühdü EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Abdülvahap EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Abdürrahim Haşim EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ahmet EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ahmet Fuat EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (19)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 310 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükdere | 310 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 235 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0120: 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 (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Leon Mısırlıyan Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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 | Ermeni | 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) | 1304 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1887 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 285 | 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.
- 19 annual entries of 19 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.