Official
Mehmet Şerif Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Erzurum in 1844/45 (AH 1260). On record 1868 to 1905, 32 annual entries.
Archive reference 0049_0083; 161
Life#
Mehmet Şerif Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1844/45 (AH 1260). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Mosul (Musul) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 24 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul, with 480 kuruş a month. In 1872/73 the record shows 2. Müdür in Samawah (Semave), the salary going from 455 to 1,090 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mosul). In 1873/74 the record shows 2. Müdür in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 1,090 to 750 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Samawah). In 1876/77 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye), the salary going from 750 to 900 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Baghdad). In 1877/78 the record shows 2. Müdür in Kirkuk (Kerkük), the salary going from 900 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Al Diwaniyah). In 1883/84 the record shows 2. Müdür in Ramadi, the salary going from 950 to 760 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Kirkuk). In 1884/85 the record shows 2. Müdür in Hillah (Hille), the salary going from 760 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Ramadi). In 1897/98 the record shows 2. Müdür in Basra, the salary going from 800 to 1,080 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Hillah). In 1899/1900 the record shows Memur in Baghdad, the salary going from 1,080 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Basra). In 1900/01 the record shows 2. Müdür in Baghdad, the salary going from 540 to 1,080 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Baghdad). In 1903/04 the record shows 2. Müdür in Karbala (Kerbela), with 1,080 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Baghdad). No annual entry is recorded for 1880 to 1883 and 1894 to 1897.
The highest salary, 1,090 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1872/73 as 2. Müdür. 84 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 550 kuruş. Over 32 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 635 kuruş, is seen in 1872/73. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.22 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 90 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Birthplace
- Erzurum
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Place
- Mosul (Musul)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Edepsizlik / Mumaileyh hadd-i zatında ahlaksız olduğu gibi vazife-i asliyesinin dekayik-i mühimme ve siyasiyesini muhafaza edecek sıfat-ı memduhayı ha’iz olamadığına mebni ehemmiyetsiz bir mahalle tahvili Bağdad Vilayeti'nden bildirilmiş ise de telgraf ve posta merkezi umumiyetle ehemmiyeti ha’iz olduğu gibi hiç ehemmiyetsiz bir merkez bulunmadığından ve müdür-i mumaileyh her nereye gitse su’-i ahlakını da kendisiyle beraber götüreceği tabii olduğundan mucib-i intibahi olup ıslah-ı nefs eylemesi için bin üç yüz on iki senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifinin sekizinde (24 Kanunuevvel sene 1310) Telgraf ve Posta Meclisi kararıyla azledilmiştir.; Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin bin üç yüz on beş senesi Receb'inin ikisinde (15 Teşrinisani sene 1313) bin seksen kuruş maaşla Basra Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne bi't-tayin Basra ve Fav Telgraf merkezleri memurları arasında zuhur eden münakaşanın refiyle muhaberat-ı telgrafiyenin tesrii zımnında bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Rebiülevvel'inin ikisinde 28 Haziran sene 1315 açığa çıkarılarak sene-i merkume Ramazan'ının ikisinde 1 Kanunusani sene 1315 beş yüz kırk kuruş nısf maaşla Bağdad Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne vekaleten tayin; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1859/60AH 1276 | First work | Mosul (Musul) | 50first-salary field |
| 1868 to 1872AH 1285 to 1288 | Muhabere Memuru | Mosul (Musul) | 480 to 455 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | 2. Müdür | Samawah (Semave) | 1,090 |
| 1873 to 1876AH 1290 to 1292 | 2. Müdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | 2. Müdür | Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye) | 900 |
| 1877 to 1880AH 1294 to 1297 | 2. Müdür | Kirkuk (Kerkük) | 1,000 to 950 |
| No annual entry: 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300) | |||
| 1883/84AH 1301 | 2. Müdür | Ramadi | 760 |
| 1884 to 1894AH 1302 to 1311 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 |
| No annual entry: 1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314) | |||
| 1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316 | 2. Müdür | Basra | 1,080 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Memur | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 540 |
| 1900 to 1903AH 1318 to 1320 | 2. Müdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 1,080 |
| 1903 to 1905AH 1321 to 1322 | 2. Müdür | Karbala (Kerbela) | 1,080 |
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 | 480 | 32% |
| 1869/70 | 480 | 600 | 400 | 34% |
| 1870/71 | 480 | 600 | 400 | 37% |
| 1871/72 | 455 | 550 | 400 | 39% |
| 1872/73 | 1,090 | 550 | 850 | 84% |
| 1873/74 | 750 | 500 | 830 | 63% |
| 1874/75 | 750 | 535 | 800 | 63% |
| 1875/76 | 750 | 530 | 850 | 64% |
| 1876/77 | 900 | 582.5 | 800 | 75% |
| 1877/78 | 1,000 | 560 | 800 | 79% |
| 1878 | 1,000 | 600 | 800 | 76% |
| 1878/79 | 1,000 | 600 | 800 | 77% |
| 1879/80 | 950 | 500 | 800 | 83% |
| 1883/84 | 760 | 500 | 800 | 73% |
| 1884/85 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 76% |
| 1885/86 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 77% |
| 1886/87 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 77% |
| 1887/88 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 76% |
| 1888/89 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 77% |
| 1889/90 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 78% |
| 1890/91 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 79% |
| 1891/92 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 79% |
| 1892/93 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 80% |
| 1893/94 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 80% |
| 1897/98 | 1,080 | 500 | 778.5 | 91% |
| 1898/99 | 1,080 | 500 | 800 | 91% |
| 1899/1900 | 540 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1900/01 | 1,080 | 500 | 800 | 90% |
| 1901/02 | 1,080 | 500 | 800 | 90% |
| 1902/03 | 1,080 | 500 | 800 | 90% |
| 1903/04 | 1,080 | 475 | 800 | 90% |
| 1904/05 | 1,080 | 450 | 800 | 90% |
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
- Mehmet Salih EfendiBaghdad (Bağdat) and 1 other place, 8 shared years
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiBaghdad (Bağdat) and 1 other place, 8 shared years
- Mehmet Nuri EfendiHillah (Hille) and 2 other places, 6 shared years
- Bezui Toma EfendiBaghdad (Bağdat) and 1 other place, 6 shared years
- Abdurrezak Bey EfendiBaghdad (Bağdat) and 1 other place, 6 shared years
73 officials in all. Officials recorded in Hillah (Hille)
Same school recorded
- Abdulgani EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet Nail EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet Şakir EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ali Nafiz EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ali Rıza EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- İbrahim Ethem EfendiErzurum, born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiErzurum, born 1845 (AH 1261)
- Osman Ferit EfendiErzurum, born 1845/46 (AH 1262)
- Ali EfendiErzurum, born 1841/42 (AH 1257)
- Ali Rıza EfendiErzurum, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
55 officials in all. Officials born in Erzurum
Full record
Annual entries (32)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhabere Memuru | Mosul (Musul) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhabere Memuru | Mosul (Musul) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Muhabere Memuru | Mosul (Musul) | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Muhabere Memuru | Mosul (Musul) | 455 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | 2. Müdür | Samawah (Semave) | 1,090 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | 2. Müdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | 2. Müdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | 2. Müdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | 2. Müdür | Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | 2. Müdür | Kirkuk (Kerkük) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1878AH 1295 | 2. Müdür | Kirkuk (Kerkük) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | 2. Müdür | Kirkuk (Kerkük) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | 2. Müdür | Kirkuk (Kerkük) | 950 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | 2. Müdür | Ramadi | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | 2. Müdür | Hillah (Hille) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 2. Müdür | Basra | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 2. Müdür | Basra | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Memur | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 2. Müdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 2. Müdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 2. Müdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 2. Müdür | Karbala (Kerbela) | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | 2. Müdür | Karbala (Kerbela) | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0083; 161 |
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 (17)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Şerif Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1260 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | erzurum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | erzurum | 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 | Sibyan 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) | 1276 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1860 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Musul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 50 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Edepsizlik / Mumaileyh hadd-i zatında ahlaksız olduğu gibi vazife-i asliyesinin dekayik-i mühimme ve siyasiyesini muhafaza edecek sıfat-ı memduhayı ha’iz olamadığına mebni ehemmiyetsiz bir mahalle tahvili Bağdad Vilayeti'nden bildirilmiş ise de telgraf ve posta merkezi umumiyetle ehemmiyeti ha’iz olduğu gibi hiç ehemmiyetsiz bir merkez bulunmadığından ve müdür-i mumaileyh her nereye gitse su’-i ahlakını da kendisiyle beraber götüreceği tabii olduğundan mucib-i intibahi olup ıslah-ı nefs eylemesi için bin üç yüz on iki senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifinin sekizinde (24 Kanunuevvel sene 1310) Telgraf ve Posta Meclisi kararıyla azledilmiştir. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin bin üç yüz on beş senesi Receb'inin ikisinde (15 Teşrinisani sene 1313) bin seksen kuruş maaşla Basra Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne bi't-tayin Basra ve Fav Telgraf merkezleri memurları arasında zuhur eden münakaşanın refiyle muhaberat-ı telgrafiyenin tesrii zımnında bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Rebiülevvel'inin ikisinde 28 Haziran sene 1315 açığa çıkarılarak sene-i merkume Ramazan'ının ikisinde 1 Kanunusani sene 1315 beş yüz kırk kuruş nısf maaşla Bağdad Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne vekaleten tayin other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322 | 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 30 annual entries of 32 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.