Official
Ahmet Mümtaz Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kavala in 1861/62 (AH 1278). On record 1879 to 1902, 21 annual entries.
Archive reference 23_41; 79
Life#
Ahmet Mümtaz Efendi was born in Kavala in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Kavala in 1874/75 (AH 1291): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1879/80, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1879/80, shows Muhabere Memuru in Drama, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows no title (before: Muhabere Memuru in Drama). In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kavala, with 285 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte), the salary going from 450 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kavala). No annual entry is recorded for 1881 to 1883.
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Muhabere Memuru. 49 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 20 years with a salary the median is 375 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 135 kuruş, is seen in 1883/84. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.63 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Birthplace
- Kavala
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Memur
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 6 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
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Place
- Kavala
- First job as worded
- Rusumat Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 13
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 150
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 150
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Devamsızlık / Mumaileyh mezunen mahall-i memuriyetinden tebaüd eylediği ve müddet-i mezuniyeti münkaziye olduğu hâlde avdet eylemediğine binaen doksan dokuz senesi Rebiülevvelinin yirmi üçünde azlolunmuştur.; Devamsızlık
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Rusumat Kalemifirst work | Kavala | 150first-salary field |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Drama | 150 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | |||
| No annual entry: 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300) | |||
| 1883 to 1897AH 1301 to 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 285 to 450 |
| 1897 to 1902AH 1315 to 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) | 500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80 | 150 | 500 | 380 | 4% |
| 1883/84 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1884/85 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1885/86 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1886/87 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 11% |
| 1887/88 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 11% |
| 1888/89 | 350 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1889/90 | 350 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1890/91 | 350 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1891/92 | 350 | 500 | 400 | 22% |
| 1892/93 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1893/94 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 450 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1896/97 | 450 | 500 | 400 | 44% |
| 1897/98 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 48% |
| 1899/1900 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1900/01 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1901/02 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
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
- Yusuf Azmi EfendiKavala, 13 shared years
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiKavala, 10 shared years
- Dorkani EfendiKavala, 10 shared years
- Servet EfendiKavala, 5 shared years
- İskender Lâmi‘ EfendiKavala, 5 shared years
13 officials in all. Officials recorded in Kavala
Same school recorded
- Aziz EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Hafiz Bekir Sidki EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Hafız Hamdi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Halil Kemal EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Hüseyin Habip EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmed Zekai EfendiKavala, born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Ahmet Hilmi EfendiKavala, born 1845 (AH 1261)
- Hamid Hüsnü EfendiKavala, born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Mehmet Reşit EfendiKavala, born 1843/44 (AH 1259)
Full record
Annual entries (21)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Drama | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 23_41; 79 | |||
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_41; 79 |
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 (26)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmet Mümtaz Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1278 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | kavala | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Kavala | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Drama | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Selanik | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Memur | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| 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 |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 6 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1291 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1874 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Kavala | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Kavala | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | drama | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | selanik | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Rusumat Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 13 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 150 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 150 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık / Mumaileyh mezunen mahall-i memuriyetinden tebaüd eylediği ve müddet-i mezuniyeti münkaziye olduğu hâlde avdet eylemediğine binaen doksan dokuz senesi Rebiülevvelinin yirmi üçünde azlolunmuştur. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, 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.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 20 annual entries of 21 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.