Official
Yervant Mariter Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1900 to 1904, 4 annual entries. Death recorded 1904/05.
Archive reference 118-182-359
Life#
Yervant Mariter Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.
Schooling recorded: Mihitaryan Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Beyoğlu in 1900/01 (AH 1318). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 350 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Tercume Odasi in Beyoğlu, with 350 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Tercume Odasi. 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1904/05 (AH 1322): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
- Death recorded
- 1904/05 (AH 1322)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Community school
- Mihitaryan Mektebi (7 years)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- 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
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1900/01 (AH 1318)
- Place
- Beyoğlu
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 350
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | First work | Beyoğlu | 350first-salary field |
| 1900 to 1904AH 1318 to 1321 | Tercume Odasi | Beyoğlu | 350 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01 | 350 | 500 | 700 | 25% |
| 1901/02 | 350 | 500 | 700 | 27% |
| 1902/03 | 350 | 500 | 700 | 29% |
| 1903/04 | 350 | 475 | 32% |
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
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiBeyoğlu, 4 shared years
- Minelasi Dilotti EfendiBeyoğlu, 4 shared years
- Mustafa EfendiBeyoğlu, 4 shared years
- ALİ RIZA EFENDİBeyoğlu, 4 shared years
- Ömer Nail EfendiBeyoğlu, 4 shared years
153 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Muhtar EfendiIstanbul, born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Ahmet Rüşdi EfendiIstanbul, born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Ahmet Sırrı EfendiIstanbul, born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- ALİ HİKMET EFENDİIstanbul, born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- ALİ NUSRET EFENDİIstanbul, born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Tercume Odasi | Beyoğlu | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-182-359 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Tercume Odasi | Beyoğlu | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-182-359 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Tercume Odasi | Beyoğlu | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-182-359 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Tercume Odasi | Beyoğlu | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-182-359 |
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 | Yervant Mariter Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1297 | 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 | Telgraf Memuru | 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 | Mihitaryan 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 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1318 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1900 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | beyoglu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 350 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1322 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- 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.
- 4 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.