Official
Mustafa Haydar Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). On record 1889 to 1899, 10 annual entries.
Archive reference 58-136;265
Life#
Born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288), Mustafa Haydar Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a governor of a sub-province (mutasarrıf). Schooling took four years, at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).
Work began in the telegraph service (Telgraf) in Istanbul in 1889/90, at about 18, paid from the start, on 40 kuruş a month. From 1889/90 to 1898/99 every annual entry places Mustafa Haydar in Istanbul, the birthplace, first in the Muhasebe Kalemi, from 1893/94 in the Maas Kitabeti, from 1894/95 as a registry clerk (Mukayyit) and from 1898/99 in the accounts office (Muhasebe Kalemi).
The salary went from 40 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to 1,800 in 1898/99, the peak, in the Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, when 96 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak was 45 times the first salary, a rise matched by 38 of the 2,859 officials paid for ten years or more. The final annual entry is for 1898/99. Mustafa Haydar received a rank (rütbe).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 | 40 | 500 | 250 | 0% |
| 1890/91 | 40 | 500 | 272.5 | 0% |
| 1891/92 | 40 | 500 | 200 | 0% |
| 1892/93 | 140 | 500 | 182.5 | 6% |
| 1893/94 | 190 | 500 | 9% | |
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 300 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 600 | 500 | 300 | 59% |
| 1896/97 | 600 | 500 | 300 | 73% |
| 1897/98 | 600 | 500 | 287.5 | 73% |
| 1898/99 | 1,800 | 500 | 262.5 | 96% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Telgraffirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 40first-salary field |
| 1889 to 1893AH 1307 to 1310 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 40 to 140 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Maas Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 190 |
| 1894 to 1898AH 1312 to 1315 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 to 600 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,800 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Mutasarrif
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 19
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 40
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 40
Honours and ranks
- Rank (recorded code)
- 3
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 901 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Mustafa Haydar Efendi had the 116th highest salary.
- Salahattin Bey10 shared years; highest salary 7,800 kuruş
- Suleyman Resat Bey10 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Bey10 shared years; highest salary 5,500 kuruş
- Fahri Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Bey10 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 119 officials with the title Muhasebe Kalemi in the same years, Mustafa Haydar Efendi had the 8th highest salary.
- Osman Kamil Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Refet Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,480 kuruş
- Mehmet Kemal Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,300 kuruş
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,300 kuruş
- Berdos [Bedros] Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same school
Of the 746 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 745 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Haydar Efendi had the 94th highest salary of them.
- Hacı Hüseyin Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mehmet Fehim Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 615 kuruş
- Mehmet Hurşit Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Talat Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0087_0097, sayfa no:191.)born 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 350 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Haydar Efendi had the 172nd highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Bahaattin Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Ahmet Cevdet Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 210 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Hulusi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 700 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), Mustafa Haydar Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.
- Hüseyin Recai Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Kosti Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Ziyaettin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 675 kuruş
- Hasan Tahsin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Kadri Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 60 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (10)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 40 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-136;265 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 40 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-136;265 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 40 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-136;265 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 140 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-136;265 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Maas Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 190 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-136;265 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-136;265 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-136;265 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-136;265 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58-136;265 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,800 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 58-136;265 |
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 (25)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mustafa Haydar Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1288 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Mutasarrif | 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1307 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1890 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 19 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 40 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 40 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Honours | ||
| Rank (recorded code) | 3 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
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.
- 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.
- 9 annual entries of 10 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
- Mustafa Haydar Efendi
- Accounts office (Muhasebe Kalemi)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- School for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Registry clerk (Mukayyit)
- 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)