Official
Agop Efendi Veled-İ Artin
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Ankara in 1849/50 (AH 1266). On record 1868 to 1883, 16 annual entries.
Archive reference 23_42; 81
Life#
Agop Efendi Veled-İ Artin was born in Ankara in 1849/50 (AH 1266). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum).
Schooling recorded: Fransiz Papaz 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: Bulgarian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Bitola (Manastır) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 480 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gelibolu, the salary going from 480 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki). In 1877/78 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bitola, with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gelibolu). In 1881/82 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kavala, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bitola). The title field holds the status word Azil for 1882/83.
The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 15 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 130 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1881/82, when 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Birthplace
- Ankara
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
Education
- Foreign school
- Fransiz Papaz Mektebi (4 years)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 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
- Bulgarian
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Italian
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Place
- Bitola (Manastır)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 480
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Görev yerine gitmemek /İşkodra Merkezi Memurluğuna tayin kılınmış ise de kabul etmediği cihetle azledilmiştir.
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1866/67AH 1283 | First work | Bitola (Manastır) | 480first-salary field |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 480 |
| 1869 to 1877AH 1286 to 1293 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 600 to 800 |
| 1877 to 1881AH 1294 to 1298 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Bitola (Manastır) | 800 to 600 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 600 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job) | Shkodër (İşkodra) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 | 480 | 600 | 570 | 32% |
| 1869/70 | 600 | 600 | 576 | 48% |
| 1870/71 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 49% |
| 1871/72 | 570 | 550 | 570 | 50% |
| 1872/73 | 570 | 550 | 585 | 50% |
| 1873/74 | 570 | 500 | 570 | 51% |
| 1874/75 | 700 | 535 | 650 | 60% |
| 1875/76 | 700 | 530 | 700 | 61% |
| 1876/77 | 800 | 582.5 | 600 | 67% |
| 1877/78 | 800 | 560 | 600 | 68% |
| 1878 | 800 | 600 | 600 | 65% |
| 1878/79 | 800 | 600 | 600 | 66% |
| 1879/80 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 61% |
| 1880/81 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 60% |
| 1881/82 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Yanko EfendiGelibolu, 7 shared years
- Zeynelabidin Şevki EfendiGelibolu, 6 shared years
- Yusuf Agâh BeyBitola (Manastır), 5 shared years
- Süleyman EfendiBitola (Manastır), 5 shared years
- Esperdiyon Diloti EfendiGelibolu, 5 shared years
56 officials in all. Officials recorded in Gelibolu
Same birthplace
- Andon EfendiAnkara, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Cevdet EfendiAnkara, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Yovakimyan EfendiAnkara, born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
- Andon EfendiAnkara, born 1845/46 (AH 1262)
- Unnamed official (0049_0023; 43)Ankara, born 1845/46 (AH 1262)
43 officials in all. Officials born in Ankara
Full record
Annual entries (16)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 570 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Gelibolu | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Bitola (Manastır) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Bitola (Manastır) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Bitola (Manastır) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Bitola (Manastır) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Bitola (Manastır) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Kavala | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Azil | Shkodër (İşkodra) | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_42; 81 |
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 | Agop Efendi Veled-İ Artin | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1266 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | ankara | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | ankara | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Fransiz Papaz Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1283 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1866 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Manastir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 480 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Görev yerine gitmemek /İşkodra Merkezi Memurluğuna tayin kılınmış ise de kabul etmediği cihetle azledilmiştir. | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1300 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- 13 annual entries of 16 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.