Official
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). On record 1881 to 1909, 27 annual entries.
Archive reference 0034_0203; 403
Life#
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Binbasi.
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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Yemen in 1876/77 (AH 1293): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 320 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Mukayyit in Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde), with 600 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Al Hudaydah, the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Al Hudaydah). In 1889/90 the record shows Rüsumat Memuru in Yemen, the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Al Hudaydah). In 1891/92 the record shows 1. Müdür in Al Hudaydah, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Rüsumat Memuru in Yemen). In 1899/1900 the record shows 3. Müdür in Bekaa, the salary going from 1,350 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Al Hudaydah). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Rashaya (Raşeya), with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Bekaa). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al-Salt (Salt), the salary going from 540 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Rashaya). In 1905/06 the record shows 2. Müdür in Abu Kamal (Ebukemal), with 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Al-Salt). No annual entry is recorded for 1898/99.
The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1891/92 as 1. Müdür. 94 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 27 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.91 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Birthplace
- Mecca (Mekke)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Binbasi
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- 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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- 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
- Yemen
- First job as worded
- Rusumat Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 16
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 320
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 320
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Zimmet / edilip icra kılınan muhasebesi neticesinde emanât tan zuhur eden on dokuz bin yüz iki kuruş sekiz para ve zimmetinden on sekiz bin sekiz doksan yedi kuruş sekiz parası tahsil olunarak baki iki yüz beş kuruş zimmeti kalıp su-i hal ve tekasülüne ve tebligat-ı şedide-i müekkedeyi adem-i ısgâ ile muamele-i lâ-kaydanesine bâ-tahsis mevki-i memuriyetinin ehemmiyetine mebni bekası caiz olamayacağından ileride diğer bir memuriyetle tayin kılınmak üzere bin üç yüz on altı senesi Şabanının on ikisinde 21 Kânunuevvel sene 1314 açığa çıkarıldığı ve bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Şabanının sekizinde 29 Teşrinisani sene 1315 beş yüz kırk kuruş maaşla Şam-ı Şerif'te Beka Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne tayin; Zimmet
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Rusumat Kalemifirst work | Yemen | 320first-salary field |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Mukayyit | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 600 |
| 1882 to 1889AH 1300 to 1306 | Merkez Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 800 |
| 1889 to 1891AH 1307 to 1308 | Rüsumat Memuru | Yemen | 1,000 |
| 1891 to 1898AH 1309 to 1315 | 1. Müdür | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,500 to 1,350 |
| No annual entry: 1898/99 (AH 1316) | |||
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 3. Müdür | Bekaa | 540 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 3. Müdür | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 540 |
| 1901 to 1905AH 1319 to 1322 | 2. Müdür | Al-Salt (Salt) | 800 to 1,000 |
| 1905 to 1909AH 1323 to 1326 | 2. Müdür | Abu Kamal (Ebukemal) | 1,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82 | 600 | 500 | 475 | 60% |
| 1882/83 | 800 | 500 | 585 | 76% |
| 1883/84 | 800 | 500 | 540 | 76% |
| 1884/85 | 800 | 500 | 550 | 76% |
| 1885/86 | 800 | 500 | 560 | 77% |
| 1886/87 | 800 | 500 | 540 | 77% |
| 1887/88 | 800 | 500 | 570 | 76% |
| 1888/89 | 800 | 500 | 575 | 77% |
| 1889/90 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | 85% |
| 1890/91 | 1,000 | 500 | 475 | 86% |
| 1891/92 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,200 | 94% |
| 1892/93 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,200 | 94% |
| 1893/94 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,200 | 94% |
| 1894/95 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,200 | 94% |
| 1895/96 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,300 | 94% |
| 1896/97 | 1,350 | 500 | 1,350 | 94% |
| 1897/98 | 1,350 | 500 | 1,350 | 94% |
| 1899/1900 | 540 | 500 | 540 | 60% |
| 1900/01 | 540 | 500 | 540 | 59% |
| 1901/02 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 81% |
| 1902/03 | 1,000 | 500 | 800 | 87% |
| 1903/04 | 1,000 | 475 | 800 | 87% |
| 1904/05 | 1,000 | 450 | 800 | 87% |
| 1905/06 | 1,000 | 475 | 805 | 86% |
| 1906/07 | 1,000 | 450 | 800 | 85% |
| 1907/08 | 1,000 | 300 | 900 | 84% |
| 1908/09 | 1,000 | 350 | 800 | 78% |
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
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiAl Hudaydah (Hudeyde), 6 shared years
- Ali Rıza EfendiAl Hudaydah (Hudeyde), 5 shared years
- İsmail Hilmi EfendiAl Hudaydah (Hudeyde), 5 shared years
- Mustafa Nuri EfendiAl Hudaydah (Hudeyde), 4 shared years
- Ahmet EfendiAl Hudaydah (Hudeyde), 4 shared years
29 officials in all. Officials recorded in Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)
Same school recorded
- Abdulkadir EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Ahmet Kadri EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Hasan EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Hüseyin Avni EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- İbrahim Hakkı EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- İsmail Safa EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Unnamed official (119,94,183)Mecca (Mekke), born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Muhittin EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Halil Kenan EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1882/83 (AH 1300)
- Ahmet Mekki EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1884/85 (AH 1302)
12 officials in all. Officials born in Mecca (Mekke)
Full record
Annual entries (27)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Mukayyit | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 600 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Merkez Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Merkez Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Merkez Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Merkez Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Merkez Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Merkez Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Merkez Memuru | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Rüsumat Memuru | Yemen | 1,000 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Rüsumat Memuru | Yemen | 1,000 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | 1. Müdür | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | 1. Müdür | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | 1. Müdür | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | 1. Müdür | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | 1. Müdür | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 1. Müdür | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 1. Müdür | Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1,350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 3. Müdür | Bekaa | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 3. Müdür | Rashaya (Raşeya) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 2. Müdür | Al-Salt (Salt) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 2. Müdür | Al-Salt (Salt) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 2. Müdür | Al-Salt (Salt) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | 2. Müdür | Al-Salt (Salt) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 2. Müdür | Abu Kamal (Ebukemal) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 2. Müdür | Abu Kamal (Ebukemal) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | 2. Müdür | Abu Kamal (Ebukemal) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | 2. Müdür | Abu Kamal (Ebukemal) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0203; 403 |
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 Tevfik Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1277 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | mekke | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Mekke | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Mekke | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Hicaz | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | hicaz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Binbasi | 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) | 4 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1876 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | yemen | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Yemen | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Yemen | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Yemen | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Rusumat Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 16 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 320 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 320 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / edilip icra kılınan muhasebesi neticesinde emanât tan zuhur eden on dokuz bin yüz iki kuruş sekiz para ve zimmetinden on sekiz bin sekiz doksan yedi kuruş sekiz parası tahsil olunarak baki iki yüz beş kuruş zimmeti kalıp su-i hal ve tekasülüne ve tebligat-ı şedide-i müekkedeyi adem-i ısgâ ile muamele-i lâ-kaydanesine bâ-tahsis mevki-i memuriyetinin ehemmiyetine mebni bekası caiz olamayacağından ileride diğer bir memuriyetle tayin kılınmak üzere bin üç yüz on altı senesi Şabanının on ikisinde 21 Kânunuevvel sene 1314 açığa çıkarıldığı ve bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Şabanının sekizinde 29 Teşrinisani sene 1315 beş yüz kırk kuruş maaşla Şam-ı Şerif'te Beka Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne tayin used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
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.
- 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.
- 21 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.