Official
Ahmet Nedim Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1884/85 (AH 1302). On record 1907 to 1911, 5 annual entries.
Archive reference 189-57-56
Life#
Born in Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302), Ahmet Nedim Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a policeman (polis). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); Ahmet Nedim also wrote French as well as Turkish and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).
At about 20, in 1905/06, Ahmet Nedim began work in Istanbul, paid from the start, on 80 kuruş a month. Every annual entry from 1907/08 to 1911 places Ahmet Nedim in Istanbul, the birthplace, first as Muhabere Memuru, from 1909/10 as a letters official (Mekâtib Memuru) and from 1911 as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru).
Pay rose from 80 kuruş a month in 1907/08 to a peak of 200 in 1911, as Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, when fewer than 1 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 7,920 kuruş, 31 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1911.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907/08 | 80 | 300 | 250 | 4% |
| 1908/09 | 80 | 350 | 250 | 3% |
| 1909/10 | 150 | 462.5 | 300 | 0% |
| 1910/11 | 150 | 500 | 0% | |
| 1911 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 0% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80first-salary field |
| 1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 |
| 1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328 | Mekâtib Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- turkish
- Father's occupation
- polis
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 80
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 327 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Ahmet Nedim Efendi had the 209th highest salary.
- Abdurrahman Serafettin Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 25,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Memduh Bey5 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Mustafa İsmet Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Bey5 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 445 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Ahmet Nedim Efendi had the 323rd highest salary.
- Besim Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Arif Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Unnamed official (188-57-56)3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Yosef Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Nedim Efendi had the 2,739th highest salary of them.
- Abdülkadir Hifzi Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 380 kuruş
- Abdullah İhsan Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmed Edip Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmed Hulusi Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 95 kuruş
- Ahmed Şükrü Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 300 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Nedim Efendi had the 1,627th highest salary of them.
- Abdülkadir Hifzi Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 380 kuruş
- Abdullah İhsan Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmed Edip Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemal Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 50 kuruş
- Ahmet Ferit Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 70 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325), Ahmet Nedim Efendi had the 75th highest salary.
- Ahmet Cemal Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 50 kuruş
- Ahmet Mekki Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 75 kuruş
- Mehmet Ziyaeddin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Mustafa Kerim Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Mustafa Rıza Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (5)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-57-56 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-57-56 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Mekâtib Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-57-56 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Mekâtib Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-57-56 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-57-56 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmet Nedim Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1302 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | polis | 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) | 0 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1323 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1905 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 80 | 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Ahmet Nedim Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Letters official (Mekâtib Memuru)
- 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)