Official
Zeynelabidin Şevki Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Yozgat in 1845/46 (AH 1262). On record 1869 to 1884, 15 annual entries. Death recorded 1897/98.
Archive reference 0034_00196; 389
Life#
Zeynelabidin Şevki Efendi was born in Yozgat in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1865/66 (AH 1282): Telgraf. The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 23 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kavala, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1870/71 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gelibolu, the salary going from 400 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kavala). In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Keşan, the salary going from 455 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gelibolu). In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pomorie (Ahyolu), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Keşan). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Lapseki, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pomorie). In 1883/84 the record shows no title (before: Muhabere Memuru in Lapseki). No annual entry is recorded for 1878.
The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878/79 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 14 years with a salary the median is 490 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1878/79. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1882/83, when 43 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1897/98 (AH 1315): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1845/46 (AH 1262)
- Birthplace
- Yozgat
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Death recorded
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 4 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Place
- Kemaliye (Eğin)
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 29
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 400
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Telgraffirst work | Kemaliye (Eğin) | 400first-salary field |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 400 |
| 1870 to 1876AH 1287 to 1292 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 480 to 455 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Keşan | 500 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Pomorie (Ahyolu) | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295) | |||
| 1878 to 1883AH 1296 to 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Lapseki | 600 to 500 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | |||
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70 | 400 | 600 | 400 | 18% |
| 1870/71 | 480 | 600 | 400 | 37% |
| 1871/72 | 455 | 550 | 400 | 39% |
| 1872/73 | 455 | 550 | 400 | 40% |
| 1873/74 | 455 | 500 | 400 | 39% |
| 1874/75 | 455 | 535 | 450 | 37% |
| 1875/76 | 455 | 530 | 400 | 38% |
| 1876/77 | 500 | 582.5 | 410 | 36% |
| 1877/78 | 500 | 560 | 410 | 36% |
| 1878/79 | 600 | 600 | 420 | 47% |
| 1879/80 | 500 | 500 | 380 | 47% |
| 1880/81 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1881/82 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1882/83 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
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
- Yanko EfendiGelibolu and 1 other place, 7 shared years
- Agop Efendi Veled-İ ArtinGelibolu, 6 shared years
- Osman Nuri EfendiLapseki, 4 shared years
- Esperdiyon Diloti EfendiGelibolu, 4 shared years
- Kosta EfendiGelibolu and 1 other place, 3 shared years
18 officials in all. Officials recorded in Gelibolu
Same school recorded
- Abdullah EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Abdullah Vehbi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Ahmet Fehmi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Ahmet Hidayet EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1869/70 (AH 1286)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hasan Kamil EfendiYozgat, born 1845/46 (AH 1262)
- Artin Şorun(?) EfendiYozgat, born 1845 (AH 1261)
- İzzet EfendiYozgat, born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
- Mehmet Kamil EfendiYozgat, born 1843/44 (AH 1259)
- Aleksan Hurşit EfendiYozgat, born 1848/49 (AH 1265)
34 officials in all. Officials born in Yozgat
Full record
Annual entries (15)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 455 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 455 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 455 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 455 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhabere Memuru | Gelibolu | 455 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Keşan | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Pomorie (Ahyolu) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Lapseki | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Lapseki | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Lapseki | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Lapseki | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Lapseki | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_00196; 389 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0034_00196; 389 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (24)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Zeynelabidin Şevki Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1262 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | yozgat | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Yozgat | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Yozgat | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Ankara | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | ankara | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Sibyan mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1282 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1865 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Egin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Egin | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Elazig | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Elazig | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 29 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 400 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1315 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 13 annual entries of 15 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.