Official
Ethem Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1842/43 (AH 1258). On record 1862 to 1897, 32 annual entries.
Archive reference 3_ 219; 434
Life#
Ethem Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1842/43 (AH 1258). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Darülmaarif, with 9 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1862/63, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1862/63, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1863/64 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, the salary going from 150 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1865/66 the record shows 1. Müdür in Ayvalık, the salary going from 600 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar). In 1866/67 the record shows 2. Müdür in Ayvalık, the salary going from 1,500 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Ayvalık). In 1868/69 the record shows 1. Müdür in Bursa, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Ayvalık). In 1872/73 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,200 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Bursa). 4 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1878 the record shows Müfettiş in Tuna, the salary going from 1,750 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,500 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Tuna). In 1881/82 the record shows Müfettiş in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 800 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1886/87 the record shows Başmüdür in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 2,000 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Aleppo). In 1894/95 the record shows Başmüdür in Van, with 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Baghdad). No annual entry is recorded for 1884 to 1886 and 1892 to 1894.
The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1886/87 as Başmüdür. 97 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 32 years with a salary the median is 1,450 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and 6 cuts. The largest rise, 1,200 kuruş, is seen in 1881/82. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.94 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 98 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1842/43 (AH 1258)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Other named school
- Darülmaarif (9 years)House of Education (a named school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Other High
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- 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
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 150
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Vali ile İhtilaf/ kararda vilayetce bazı mevad-ı mühimmeden dolayı vali ve erkan-ı vilayetle arasında zuhur eden ihtilaf ve mübayenetten naşi makamat-ı âliye ile cereyan eden muhaberat-ı telgrafiyenin vakt-i zamanıyla icra edilemediği ser-riştesiyle tebdili hakkında vilayetin musırrane şikayeti üzerine hasbe'l-hal idareten infikak eylediği yedindeki evrak-ı resmiyeden ve tahkikattan anlaşıldığın gösterildiği beyan edilmiştir; Görev İhmali
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1312; 1313; 1314
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1860/61AH 1277 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150first-salary field |
| 1862/63AH 1279 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 |
| 1863 to 1865AH 1280 to 1281 | Muhabere Memuru | Üsküdar | 250 to 600 |
| 1865/66AH 1282 | 1. Müdür | Ayvalık | 1,500 |
| 1866 to 1868AH 1283 to 1284 | 2. Müdür | Ayvalık | 1,200 |
| 1868 to 1872AH 1285 to 1288 | 1. Müdür | Bursa | 1,200 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 800 |
| 1873 to 1875AH 1290 to 1291 | 1. Müdür | Ruse (Rusçuk) | 1,300 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Müdür | Niš (Niş) | 1,700 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Memur | Ruse (Rusçuk) | 1,300 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Memur | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,750 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Müfettiş | Tuna | 2,500 |
| 1878 to 1881AH 1296 to 1298 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 to 800 |
| 1881 to 1884AH 1299 to 1301 | Müfettiş | Aleppo (Halep) | 2,000 |
| No annual entry: 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303) | |||
| 1886 to 1892AH 1304 to 1309 | Başmüdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 3,000 |
| No annual entry: 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311) | |||
| 1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314 | Başmüdür | Van | 3,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1862/63 | 150 | 500 | 500 | 6% |
| 1863/64 | 250 | 500 | 500 | 8% |
| 1864/65 | 600 | 625 | 570 | 48% |
| 1865/66 | 1,500 | 650 | 1,320 | 81% |
| 1866/67 | 1,200 | 600 | 1,000 | 74% |
| 1867/68 | 1,200 | 600 | 1,000 | 76% |
| 1868/69 | 1,200 | 600 | 1,200 | 78% |
| 1869/70 | 1,400 | 600 | 1,200 | 85% |
| 1870/71 | 1,400 | 600 | 1,200 | 86% |
| 1871/72 | 1,200 | 550 | 1,200 | 85% |
| 1872/73 | 800 | 550 | 70% | |
| 1873/74 | 1,300 | 500 | 1,290 | 88% |
| 1874/75 | 1,300 | 535 | 1,300 | 87% |
| 1875/76 | 1,700 | 530 | 1,875 | 91% |
| 1876/77 | 1,300 | 582.5 | 400 | 87% |
| 1877/78 | 1,750 | 560 | 400 | 91% |
| 1878 | 2,500 | 600 | 2,000 | 93% |
| 1878/79 | 1,000 | 600 | 400 | 77% |
| 1879/80 | 800 | 500 | 380 | 77% |
| 1880/81 | 800 | 500 | 400 | 76% |
| 1881/82 | 2,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 92% |
| 1882/83 | 2,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 92% |
| 1883/84 | 2,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 92% |
| 1886/87 | 3,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 97% |
| 1887/88 | 3,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 97% |
| 1888/89 | 3,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 97% |
| 1889/90 | 3,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 97% |
| 1890/91 | 3,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 97% |
| 1891/92 | 3,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 97% |
| 1894/95 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,850 | 98% |
| 1895/96 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,825 | 98% |
| 1896/97 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,632.5 | 98% |
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
- Mahmut Raşit EfendiBaghdad (Bağdat) and 1 other place, 9 shared years
- Mehmet Bahaattin BeyIstanbul and 1 other place, 7 shared years
- Mustafa Muhlis EfendiIstanbul and 1 other place, 7 shared years
- Cemal EfendiIstanbul and 1 other place, 7 shared years
- Abdurrahman Zekai BeyIstanbul and 1 other place, 7 shared years
582 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Ali Refik BeyDarülmaarif, first annual entry 1864/65 (AH 1281)
- Mehmet Tayyip BeyDarülmaarif, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet ismet EfendiDarülmaarif, first annual entry 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Unnamed official (0006_0303; 601)Darülmaarif, first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Hüseyin Sabri EfendiDarülmaarif, first annual entry 1911 (AH 1329)
Same birthplace
- Abdülkadir EfendiIstanbul, born 1842/43 (AH 1258)
- Abdüllatif EfendiIstanbul, born 1842/43 (AH 1258)
- Abdurrahman Zekai BeyIstanbul, born 1842/43 (AH 1258)
- Ahmet ismet EfendiIstanbul, born 1842/43 (AH 1258)
- Ahmet Kemalettin EfendiIstanbul, born 1842/43 (AH 1258)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (32)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1862/63AH 1279 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1863/64AH 1280 | Muhabere Memuru | Üsküdar | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1864/65AH 1281 | Muhabere Memuru | Üsküdar | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1865/66AH 1282 | 1. Müdür | Ayvalık | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | 2. Müdür | Ayvalık | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | 2. Müdür | Ayvalık | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | 1. Müdür | Bursa | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | 1. Müdür | Bursa | 1,400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | 1. Müdür | Bursa | 1,400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | 1. Müdür | Bursa | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | 1. Müdür | Ruse (Rusçuk) | 1,300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | 1. Müdür | Ruse (Rusçuk) | 1,300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Müdür | Niš (Niş) | 1,700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Memur | Ruse (Rusçuk) | 1,300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Memur | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Müfettiş | Tuna | 2,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Müfettiş | Aleppo (Halep) | 2,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Müfettiş | Aleppo (Halep) | 2,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Müfettiş | Aleppo (Halep) | 2,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Başmüdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Başmüdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Başmüdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Başmüdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Başmüdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Başmüdür | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Başmüdür | Van | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Başmüdür | Van | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Başmüdür | Van | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_ 219; 434 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ethem Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1258 | 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 | 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 | Darulmaarif | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 9 | 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) | 1277 | 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 | istanbul | 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 |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Vali ile İhtilaf/ kararda vilayetce bazı mevad-ı mühimmeden dolayı vali ve erkan-ı vilayetle arasında zuhur eden ihtilaf ve mübayenetten naşi makamat-ı âliye ile cereyan eden muhaberat-ı telgrafiyenin vakt-i zamanıyla icra edilemediği ser-riştesiyle tebdili hakkında vilayetin musırrane şikayeti üzerine hasbe'l-hal idareten infikak eylediği yedindeki evrak-ı resmiyeden ve tahkikattan anlaşıldığın gösterildiği beyan edilmiştir used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Görev İhmali other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1312; 1313; 1314 | 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.
- 24 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.