Official
Garofalidi Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). On record 1890 to 1892, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0063; 123
Life#
Garofalidi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286) into the Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took four years, at a Greek Orthodox school (Rum Mektebi); Garofalidi also wrote French, Greek (Rum) and Turkish.
Garofalidi began work in Istanbul in 1890/91, at about 21, paid from the start, on 75 kuruş a month. Both annual entries, for 1890/91 and 1891/92, place Garofalidi in Beyoğlu as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru).
Pay rose from 75 kuruş a month in 1890/91 to a peak of 100 in 1891/92, as Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, when 3 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1891/92. Garofalidi probably has an entry in "Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve ..." by AHMET SÜRMEN (2011) (the name and the birthplace agree).
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.
Born 1869/70 (AH 1286); First work 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 | 75 | 500 | 400 | 2% |
| 1891/92 | 100 | 500 | 400 | 3% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75first-salary field |
| 1890 to 1892AH 1308 to 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 75 to 100 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Rum Mektebi (4 years)Greek Orthodox (Rum) school
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- 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
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 75
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.
Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları (AHMET SÜRMEN, 2011). Name as printed: Garofalidi Efendi. PDF page 130.
Probable link: same name and birthplace
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 92 officials with entries in Beyoğlu in the same years, Garofalidi Efendi had the 91st highest salary.
- Mustafa Habip Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Emrullah Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Muftuzade Mehmet Hilmi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Yorkiyadi Yorkiyadi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 6,000 kuruş
- Vicin Hako Ciyan Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 808 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Garofalidi Efendi had the 805th highest salary.
- Mehmet Arif Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 3,600 kuruş
- Halil Habib Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey2 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Ali Galip Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 61 officials with Rum Mektebi among their schools, Garofalidi Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Ali Fuat Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Antas Remzi Efendiborn 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Kostaki Kudsi Efendiborn 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Kosti Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Yuvan Fahri Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 380 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Garofalidi Efendi had the 1,806th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 260 kuruş
- Ahmet Ragıp Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Raşit Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Selahattin Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Ali Fuat Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 400 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 102 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), Garofalidi Efendi had the 101st highest salary.
- Sepoh Basmacıyan Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 280 kuruş
- Dahan Berhordar Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 750 kuruş
- İstepan Çakmak Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Ragıp Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Hacı Ahmet Lütfü Efendifirst entry in Tripoli (Trablusgarp); highest salary 350 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 75 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0063; 123 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0063; 123 |
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 | Garofalidi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1286 | 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 |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1308 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1891 | 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) | 75 | 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.
- 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.
Subjects
- Garofalidi Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Beyoğlu
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Greek Orthodox (Rum) school (Rum Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)