Official
Mihail Saba Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Gaza (Gazze) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). On record 1878 to 1904, 27 annual entries.
Archive reference 58- 0036;69
Life#
Mihail Saba Efendi was born in Gaza (Gazze) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Tuccar.
Schooling recorded: Rum 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Gaza in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1878, shows Muhabere Memuru in Jaffa (Yafa), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Acre (Akka), with 285 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Jaffa). In 1881/82 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Nablus, with 285 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Acre). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Rashaya (Raşeya), the salary going from 285 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Nablus). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Selimiye, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Rashaya). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Rashaya, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Selimiye). In 1899/1900 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Rashaya, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Rashaya).
The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Seyyar Memur. 67 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 27 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 215 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.7 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Birthplace
- Gaza (Gazze)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Tuccar
Education
- Community school
- Rum Mektebi (4 years)Greek Orthodox (Rum) school
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 years
- 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
- 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
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Place
- Gaza (Gazze)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77AH 1293 | First work | Gaza (Gazze) | 300first-salary field |
| 1878 to 1880AH 1295 to 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 to 285 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Acre (Akka) | 285 |
| 1881 to 1887AH 1299 to 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Nablus | 285 |
| 1887 to 1894AH 1305 to 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 |
| 1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Selimiye | 500 |
| 1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 |
| 1899 to 1904AH 1317 to 1321 | Seyyar Memur | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 to 600 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 300 | 600 | 500 | 8% |
| 1878/79 | 300 | 600 | 420 | 9% |
| 1879/80 | 285 | 500 | 380 | 11% |
| 1880/81 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 11% |
| 1881/82 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 10% |
| 1882/83 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 8% |
| 1883/84 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1884/85 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1885/86 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1886/87 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1887/88 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 41% |
| 1888/89 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 41% |
| 1889/90 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 42% |
| 1890/91 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1891/92 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1892/93 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 44% |
| 1893/94 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1894/95 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1895/96 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1896/97 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1897/98 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 48% |
| 1899/1900 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 47% |
| 1900/01 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 47% |
| 1901/02 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 49% |
| 1902/03 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 49% |
| 1903/04 | 600 | 475 | 675 | 67% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Abdullah Naili EfendiRashaya (Raşeya) and 1 other place, 7 shared years
- Ahmet Kadri EfendiRashaya (Raşeya), 4 shared years
- Mahmut Fazlı EfendiNablus and 1 other place, 4 shared years
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiSelimiye, 3 shared years
- Yorgi Vasilyadi EfendiJaffa (Yafa), 3 shared years
19 officials in all. Officials recorded in Rashaya (Raşeya)
Same school recorded
- Aristidi EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
- Lazari John EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Mehmet Sadullah EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Atnas EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Dimitraki Çenberli EfendiRum Mektebi, first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296)
60 officials in all. Officials with Rum Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hafiz Mehmet Rustu EfendiGaza (Gazze), born 1839/40 (AH 1255)
- Mehmet Nasrettin EfendiGaza (Gazze), born 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Full record
Annual entries (27)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhabere Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Acre (Akka) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Nablus | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Nablus | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Nablus | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Nablus | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Nablus | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Nablus | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Selimiye | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Selimiye | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Selimiye | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Seyyar Memur | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Seyyar Memur | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Seyyar Memur | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Seyyar Memur | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Seyyar Memur | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 0036;69 |
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 | Mihail Saba Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1277 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | gazze | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | kudus | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Tuccar | 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 | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rum 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) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1876 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Gazze | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | 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.
- 27 annual entries of 27 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.