Official
Agop Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Akhisar in 1863/64 (AH 1280). On record 1884 to 1897, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 136, 40
Life#
Agop Efendi was born in Akhisar in 1863/64 (AH 1280). 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: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Akhisar in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Chios (Sakız), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1895/96 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Izmir (İzmir), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Chios).
The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1884/85 as Muhabere Memuru. 18 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 13 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 28 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1863/64 (AH 1280)
- Birthplace
- Akhisar
- 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)
- 0.5 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)
- Tekellumspeaking. 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
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Place
- Akhisar
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85AH 1302 | First work | Akhisar | 380first-salary field |
| 1884 to 1893AH 1302 to 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 |
| 1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Chios (Sakız) | 380 |
| 1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314 | Seyyar Memur | Izmir (İzmir) | 380 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1885/86 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1886/87 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1887/88 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1888/89 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1889/90 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1890/91 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 22% |
| 1891/92 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 24% |
| 1892/93 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 24% |
| 1893/94 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 25% |
| 1894/95 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 26% |
| 1895/96 | 380 | 500 | 675 | 26% |
| 1896/97 | 380 | 500 | 575 | 28% |
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.
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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Akhisarlı devlet adamları (MELİHA AKDOĞAN, 2020). Name as printed: AGOP EFENDİ. PDF page 52.
Probable link: same name and birthplace
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mina EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 9 shared years
- Sadık EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 9 shared years
- Salih Vasfi BeyThessaloniki (Selanik), 9 shared years
- Dadi Fransuva EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 9 shared years
- Petro Hristo EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 9 shared years
183 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Same school recorded
- Asador EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Dikran EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Frangül Terziyan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Kirikork İskender EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Mina EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Agop Remzi EfendiAkhisar, born 1863/64 (AH 1280)
- Mehmet Rifat EfendiAkhisar, born 1845 (AH 1261)
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Chios (Sakız) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Chios (Sakız) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Seyyar Memur | Izmir (İzmir) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Seyyar Memur | Izmir (İzmir) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 136, 40 |
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 | Agop Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1280 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | akhisar | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | aydin | 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) | 0.5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1302 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1885 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Akhisar | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 380 | 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.
- 13 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.