Official
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1896 to 1904, 8 annual entries.
Archive reference 0088_0104: 203
Life#
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1870/71 (AH 1287) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
Mehmet Tevfik began work in Thessaloniki in 1895/96, at about 25, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 285 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1896/97 to 1903/04 places Mehmet Tevfik in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Thessaloniki, the birthplace.
The salary went from 285 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 440 in 1903/04, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, when 46 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1903/04.
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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 472.5 | 17% |
| 1897/98 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 32% |
| 1898/99 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 31% |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 31% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 380 | 450 | 33% |
| 1903/04 | 440 | 475 | 350 | 400 | 46% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96AH 1313 | First work | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 285first-salary field |
| 1896 to 1904AH 1314 to 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 285 to 440 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Birthplace
- Thessaloniki (Selanik)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
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
- 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 285
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 post (job title and place), same years
Of the 78 officials who held Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in the same years, Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 45th highest salary.
- Mustafa Nuri Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Hasan Nazmi Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mehmet Galip Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ömer Rasim Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 425 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0087_0149, sayfa no:295.)8 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 185 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in the same years, Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 137th highest salary.
- Mustafa Nuri Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Hasan Nazmi Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mehmet Aziz Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Hasan Gamir Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Celal Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,553 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 927th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey8 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey8 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Mehmet Hurşit Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 1,695th highest salary of them.
- Abdulgafur Sufi Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdullah Mazhar Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Abdurrezak Bey Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmed Talat Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 65 officials born in Thessaloniki (Selanik), Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 41st highest salary.
- Ahmet Şevket Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Murat Adil Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Osman Edip Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 675 kuruş
- Ömer Fevzi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Osman Fevzi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 600 kuruş
The page of Thessaloniki (Selanik), with the 65 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 164 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 163 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 81st highest salary of them.
- Süleyman Hulusi Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 600 kuruş
- AHMET MİTHAT EFENDİfirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Reşit Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Halil Vehbi Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Hasan Tevfik Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 500 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (8)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0104: 203 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0104: 203 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0104: 203 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0104: 203 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0104: 203 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0104: 203 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0104: 203 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 440 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0104: 203 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Tevfik Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1287 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1313 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1895 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 285 | 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.
- 8 annual entries of 8 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
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Thessaloniki (Selanik)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- 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)