Official
İsmail Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Jeddah (Cidde) in 1878 (AH 1295). On record 1898 to 1904, 6 annual entries.
Archive reference 116_188; 373
Life#
İsmail Efendi was born in Jeddah (Cidde) in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.
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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Jeddah in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Muvassil in Jeddah, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Sube Memuru in Hicaz, the salary going from 200 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muvassil in Jeddah).
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Sube Memuru. 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 27.23 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1878 (AH 1295)
- Birthplace
- Jeddah (Cidde)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Tuccar
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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)
- Place
- Jeddah (Cidde)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 150
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99AH 1316 | First work | Jeddah (Cidde) | 150first-salary field |
| 1898 to 1903AH 1316 to 1320 | Muvassil | Jeddah (Cidde) | 150 to 200 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Sube Memuru | Hicaz | 500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 | 150 | 500 | 200 | 6% |
| 1899/1900 | 150 | 500 | 200 | 4% |
| 1900/01 | 200 | 500 | 200 | 8% |
| 1901/02 | 200 | 500 | 200 | 9% |
| 1902/03 | 200 | 500 | 200 | 9% |
| 1903/04 | 500 | 475 | 230 | 51% |
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 Muhittin EfendiJeddah (Cidde), 4 shared years
- Mehmet Rami EfendiJeddah (Cidde), 4 shared years
- Hacı Abdurrahim Muhsin EfendiJeddah (Cidde), 4 shared years
- Hacı Osman Sabri EfendiJeddah (Cidde), 3 shared years
- Osman Nuri EfendiJeddah (Cidde), 2 shared years
19 officials in all. Officials recorded in Jeddah (Cidde)
Same school recorded
- Ahmet Niyazi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316)
- MEHMET BEKTAŞ EFENDİSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316)
- Mehteri Ömer İzzet EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316)
- Ahmet Necip EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Osman Efendi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hamza Bahaeddin EfendiJeddah (Cidde), born 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Full record
Annual entries (6)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muvassil | Jeddah (Cidde) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_188; 373 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muvassil | Jeddah (Cidde) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_188; 373 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muvassil | Jeddah (Cidde) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_188; 373 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muvassil | Jeddah (Cidde) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_188; 373 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muvassil | Jeddah (Cidde) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_188; 373 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Sube Memuru | Hicaz | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_188; 373 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | İsmail Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1295 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | cidde | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hicaz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | tuccar | 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) | 1316 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1898 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Cidde | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 150 | 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.
- 6 annual entries of 6 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.