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Official

Mehmet Haydar Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). On record 1902 to 1905, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 114_143; 281

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Life

Born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1880/81 (AH 1298) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community, Mehmet Haydar Efendi was the child of a telegraph official (telgraf memuru). Mehmet Haydar had seven years of schooling, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi), and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

At about 16, in 1897/98, Mehmet Haydar began work in Karacik, with five unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 300 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1902/03, with Mehmet Haydar as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Edirne. The last posts were in Vize from 1903 to 1905.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1902/03 to a peak of 400 in 1903/04, as Muhabere Memuru in Vize, when 36 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1904/05.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1897/981902/031903/041234PristinaKaracikEdirneVize

  1. Pristina (Priştine)

    Born 1880/81 (AH 1298)

  2. Karacik

    First work 1897/98 (AH 1315)

  3. Edirne

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Muhabere Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Vize

    1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)

    Muhabere Memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322400 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Mehmet Haydar Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1902/0330050038021%
1903/0440047535036%
1904/0540045035038%

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.

Career of Mehmet Haydar Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workKaracik300first-salary field
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruEdirne300
1903 to 1905AH 1321 to 1322Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1903/04400
1904/05400
Vize400

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Telgraf Memuru

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
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
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Place
Karacik
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

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 5 officials with entries in Vize in the same years, Mehmet Haydar Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 24 officials with entries in Vize

Same job title, same years

Of the 1,128 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Haydar Efendi had the 567th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Haydar Efendi had the 1,725th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 16 officials born in Pristina (Priştine), Mehmet Haydar Efendi had the 7th highest salary.

The page of Pristina (Priştine), with the 16 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 168 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), Mehmet Haydar Efendi had the 39th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Mehmet Haydar Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruEdirne300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract114_143; 281
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruVize400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract114_143; 281
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruVize400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract114_143; 281
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)

Recorded values of Mehmet Haydar Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMehmet Haydar EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1298Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacepristineRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthkosovaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationTelgraf MemuruRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1315Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1897Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeKaracikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered 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.
  • 3 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.

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