Official
Haci Mehmet Şükrü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Cerkezistan in 1853/54 (AH 1270). On record 1875 to 1878, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 14_200; 397
Life#
Haci Mehmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Cerkezistan in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Cerkes.
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: Circassian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291): Telgraf. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Vergi Kitabeti in Edirne, the salary going from 100 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878 as Vergi Kitabeti. 3 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1878. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25.99 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Birthplace
- Cerkezistan
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Cerkes
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- Circassian
- Tekellumspeaking
- 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
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 21
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 100
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Telgraffirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1875 to 1878AH 1292 to 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Vergi Kitabeti | Edirne | 200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76 | 100 | 530 | 400 | 1% |
| 1876/77 | 100 | 582.5 | 410 | 0% |
| 1877/78 | 100 | 560 | 410 | 0% |
| 1878 | 200 | 600 | 3% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Not drawn. No position recorded: Cerkezistan.
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Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Hasan Azmi EfendiIstanbul, 3 shared years
- Ahmet Rifat EfendiIstanbul, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Fuat EfendiIstanbul, 3 shared years
- Susa Selim Nikoli EfendiIstanbul, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Memduh BeyIstanbul, 3 shared years
348 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Adil EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Agop Maryan EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Ahmet Canib EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Corci EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Hacı Mustafa Nuri EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hasan BeyCerkezistan, born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Osman EfendiCerkezistan, born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Unnamed official (0081_0143, sayfa no:283.)Cerkezistan, born 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Hafız Hilmi EfendiCerkezistan, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Mehmet Memduh BeyCerkezistan, born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
16 officials in all. Officials born in Cerkezistan
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 14_200; 397 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 14_200; 397 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 14_200; 397 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Vergi Kitabeti | Edirne | 200 | Finance (Maliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 14_200; 397 |
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 (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Haci Mehmet Şükrü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1270 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | cerkezistan | 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 | Cerkes | 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) | 1 | 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 | 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) | 21 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 100 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 100 | Linked personnel workbook; 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.