Official
Hanna Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). On record 1884 to 1903, 19 annual entries.
Archive reference 0062_0104; 205
Life#
Hanna Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277), into the Armenian Christian (Ermeni) community. Schooling took four years, at an Armenian community school (Ermeni Millet Mektebi); Hanna also wrote Armenian as well as Turkish.
Work began in Jerusalem (Kudüs) in 1884/85, at about 24, paid from the start, on 142 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1884/85, with Hanna as Musillik in Jerusalem, where the entries run to 1894/95, with a rise to postal official (Posta Memuru) in 1891/92. Next came Jaffa (Yafa) from 1895 to 1899, with a rise to travelling postal official (Seyyar Memur) in 1895/96, then a return to Jerusalem from 1899 to 1901. The last posts were in Jaffa again from 1901 to 1903.
The salary went from 142 kuruş a month in 1884/85 to 500 in 1902/03, the peak, as Seyyar Memur in Jaffa, when half the paid officials earned less. In all, 19 years of salary come to 65,928 kuruş, 57 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1902/03.
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.
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
First work 1884/85 (AH 1302); 1884 to 1895 (AH 1302 to 1312)
Musillik 1884 to 1891 (AH 1302 to 1308); Posta Memuru 1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)
142 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85 | 142 | 500 | 142 | 400 | 1% |
| 1885/86 | 142 | 500 | 200 | 600 | 1% |
| 1886/87 | 142 | 500 | 146 | 600 | 1% |
| 1887/88 | 142 | 500 | 150 | 500 | 1% |
| 1888/89 | 142 | 500 | 150 | 600 | 2% |
| 1889/90 | 142 | 500 | 150 | 400 | 4% |
| 1890/91 | 142 | 500 | 150 | 377.5 | 5% |
| 1891/92 | 300 | 500 | 350 | 500 | 16% |
| 1892/93 | 300 | 500 | 350 | 500 | 17% |
| 1893/94 | 300 | 500 | 350 | 400 | 17% |
| 1894/95 | 300 | 500 | 380 | 500 | 17% |
| 1895/96 | 400 | 500 | 675 | 450 | 30% |
| 1896/97 | 400 | 500 | 575 | 450 | 32% |
| 1897/98 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 400 | 32% |
| 1898/99 | 400 | 500 | 575 | 400 | 31% |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 31% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 400 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 387.5 | 49% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85AH 1302 | First work | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 142first-salary field |
| 1884 to 1891AH 1302 to 1308 | Musillik | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 142 |
| 1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 300 |
| 1895 to 1899AH 1313 to 1316 | Seyyar Memur | Jaffa (Yafa) | 400 |
| 1899 to 1901AH 1317 to 1318 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 400 |
| 1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320 | Seyyar Memur | Jaffa (Yafa) | 400 to 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
Education
- Community school
- Ermeni Millet Mektebi (4 years)Armenian community school
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Place
- Jerusalem (Kudüs)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 142
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 2 officials who held Seyyar Memur in Jaffa (Yafa) in the same years, Hanna Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Mehmed Hızır Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 21 officials with entries in Jerusalem (Kudüs) in the same years, Hanna Efendi had the 14th highest salary.
- Mehmet Şevket Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 3,150 kuruş
- Osman Nuri Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Mayer Festo Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Muhyittin Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 12 officials with the title Musillik in the same years, Hanna Efendi had the 4th highest salary.
- Osman Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 350 kuruş
- Raşit Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Hüseyin Sabri Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 450 kuruş
- Abdullah Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 720 kuruş
Same school
Of the 86 officials with Ermeni Millet Mektebi among their schools, Hanna Efendi had the 59th highest salary.
- Andon Yaldızyan Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Arisdakis Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Garon Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 1,300 kuruş
- Şişmanyan Bogos Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 650 kuruş
- Arganyan Karekin Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 850 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Hanna Efendi had the 986th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Şemsettin Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 650 kuruş
- Ahmet Nurettin Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Andon İzekiyan Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Andon Yaldızyan Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Antuan Teofilidi Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 600 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 67 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302), Hanna Efendi had the 43rd highest salary.
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in Çorlu; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Asador Efendifirst entry in Samsun; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Yusuf Agah Efendifirst entry in Chios (Sakız); highest salary 600 kuruş
- İsmail Sabri Efendifirst entry in Konya; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmed Ziya Eefendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (19)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Musillik | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 142 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Musillik | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 142 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Musillik | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 142 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Musillik | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 142 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Musillik | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 142 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Musillik | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 142 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Musillik | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 142 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Seyyar Memur | Jaffa (Yafa) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Seyyar Memur | Jaffa (Yafa) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Seyyar Memur | Jaffa (Yafa) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Seyyar Memur | Jaffa (Yafa) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Seyyar Memur | Jaffa (Yafa) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Seyyar Memur | Jaffa (Yafa) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0104; 205 |
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 (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Hanna Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1277 | 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 |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Ermeni Millet 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1302 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1885 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | kudus | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 142 | 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.
- 19 annual entries of 19 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
- Hanna Efendi
- Musillik
- Jerusalem (Kudüs)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Armenian community school (Ermeni Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- 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)