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Mehmet Reşit Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kavala in 1843/44 (AH 1259). On record 1869 to 1907, 37 annual entries.

Life

Mehmet Reşit Efendi was born in Kavala in 1843/44 (AH 1259) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a farmer (çiftçi). At about 24, in 1867/68, Mehmet Reşit began work in Prizren, with two unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 400 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1869/70, places Mehmet Reşit in Skopje (Üsküp) as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru), where the entries run to 1874/75. Mehmet Reşit then moved to Mitrovica (Mitroviça) from 1875 to 1877, then Kumanovo (Kumanova) from 1877 to 1887. The annual lists then follow Mehmet Reşit to Brana and Grevena (Grebene) from 1887 to 1890, then Mustafakemalpaşa (Kirmasti) from 1890 to 1895. Next came four places in nine years, with a rise to director of the second grade (2. Müdür) in 1903/04. The last posts were in Konya from 1905 to 1907, with a rise to director of the first grade (1. Müdür). In all, 11 places on two continents, a number reached by fewer than 3 per cent of the 5,200 officials with a place of service. Few careers in the lists are as long; fewer than 4 per cent of the 5,211 officials have entries spanning 39 years or more.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1869/70 to a peak of 1,200 in 1905/06, as 1. Müdür in Konya, when nine in ten paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

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.

All 13 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1867/681877/781889/901890/911898/991899/19001903/041905/0612345678910111213KavalaPrizren, Skopje, KumanovoBranaGrevenaMustafakemalpaşa, KaracabeySarikoyIstanbulElazığKonya
  1. Kavala

    Born 1843/44 (AH 1259)

  2. Prizren

    First work 1867/68 (AH 1284)

  3. Skopje (Üsküp)

    1869 to 1875 (AH 1286 to 1291)

    Muhabere Memuru

    380 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  4. Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

    1875 to 1877 (AH 1292 to 1293)

    Seyyar Memur

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Kumanovo (Kumanova)

    1877 to 1887 (AH 1294 to 1304)

    Başmuhabere Memuru

    600 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

  6. Brana

    1887 to 1889 (AH 1305 to 1306)

    Muhabere Memuru

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  7. Grevena (Grebene)

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Muhabere Memuru

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  8. Mustafakemalpaşa (Kirmasti)

    1890 to 1895 (AH 1308 to 1312)

    Muhabere Memuru

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  9. Karacabey (Mihaliç)

    1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)

    3. Müdür

    540 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  10. Sarikoy

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    3. Müdür

    540 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  11. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)

    Seyyar Memur

    540 to 675 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  12. Elazığ

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    No annual entry for 1902/03 (AH 1320) before it.

    2. Müdür

    900 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  13. Konya

    1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)

    No annual entry for 1904/05 (AH 1322) before it.

    1. Müdür

    1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241,200 kuruşMuhabere MemuruBaşmuhabere MemuruMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürSeyyar Memur
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Mehmet Reşit Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1869/7040060040018%
1870/7140060040020%
1871/7238055040020%
1872/7338055040018%
1873/7438050040018%
1874/7538053545018%
1875/7660053050054%
1876/77600582.560050%
1877/7880056060068%
187880060060065%
1878/7980060060066%
1879/8060050050061%
1880/8160050057060%
1881/8260050060060%
1882/8360050060059%
1883/8460050060059%
1884/8560050060059%
1885/8660050060058%
1886/8760050060059%
1887/8860050040058%
1888/8960050040058%
1889/9060050040058%
1890/9160050040059%
1891/9260050040059%
1892/9360050040059%
1893/9460050040060%
1894/9560050040060%
1895/9660050060059%
1896/9754050054061%
1897/9854050054061%
1898/9954050054061%
1899/190054050054060%
1900/0154050060059%
1901/0267550060074%
1903/0490047580084%
1905/061,2004751,50090%
1906/071,2004501,50090%

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.

Career of Mehmet Reşit Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1867/68AH 1284First workPrizren400first-salary field
1869 to 1875AH 1286 to 1291Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1869/70400
1870/71400
1871/72380
1872/73380
1873/74380
1874/75380
Skopje (Üsküp)400 to 380
1875 to 1877AH 1292 to 1293Seyyar Memur
2 entries
YearSalary
1875/76600
1876/77600
Mitrovica (Mitroviça)600
1877 to 1887AH 1294 to 1304Başmuhabere Memuru
11 entries
YearSalary
1877/78800
1878800
1878/79800
1879/80600
1880/81600
1881/82600
1882/83600
1883/84600
1884/85600
1885/86600
1886/87600
Kumanovo (Kumanova)800 to 600
1887 to 1889AH 1305 to 1306Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1887/88600
1888/89600
Brana600
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruGrevena (Grebene)600
1890 to 1895AH 1308 to 1312Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1890/91600
1891/92600
1892/93600
1893/94600
1894/95600
Mustafakemalpaşa (Kirmasti)600
1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 13153. Müdür
3 entries
YearSalary
1895/96600
1896/97540
1897/98540
Karacabey (Mihaliç)600 to 540
1898/99AH 13163. MüdürSarikoy540
1899 to 1902AH 1317 to 1319Seyyar Memur
3 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900540
1900/01540
1901/02675
Istanbul (Dersaadet)540 to 675
No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320)
1903/04AH 13212. MüdürElazığ900
No annual entry: 1904/05 (AH 1322)
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 13241. Müdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/061,200
1906/071,200
Konya1,200

Record

Personal

Born
1843/44 (AH 1259)
Birthplace
Kavala
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
ciftci

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Place
Prizren
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Edpsizlik / Mumaileyhe vazifesince görülen lakaydane ve tesamühkârane harekatından dolayı bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Recebinin on yedisinde 17 Teşrinisani sene 1317 yedi yüz elli kuruş maaşla Selanik Vilayeti'nde Lofça Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürlüğü'ne naklolunmuş iken gitmediğinden dolayı bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Muharreminin on sekizinde 13 Nisan sene 1318 açığa çıkarıldığı; Görevi kötüye kullanma / Mumaileyh Kirmasti'nin tüccar ve ahalisine posta umurunda eza ve cefa ederek bu yüzden merkezin varidatına sekte iras eylediği cihetle mucib-i intibahı olmak üzere bin üç yüz on senesi Cemaziyelahirinin on dokuzunda 27 Kânunuevvel sene 1308 Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Meclis-i İdaresi kararıyla üç günlük maaşı katʻ edilmiştir.; Mumaileyhin menzilhane munakasasından mütevellit münafesat ve münakaşat-ı zatiye yüzünden bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin dokuzunda 20 Temmuz sene 1320 sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Suriye Vilayeti'nde Hama Sancağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne naklolunmuş ise de aradan birkaç mah geçtiği halde henüz memuriyeti başına gitmediğinden sene-i merkume Zilkadesi selhinde 23 Kânunusani sene 1320 idareten açığa çıkarılarak üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Zilhiccesinin on üçünde 26 Kânunusani sene 1321 bin iki yüz kuruş maaşla Konya Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne bi't-tayin tahlifi icra edildiği şube-i mezkurenin 28 Şaban sene 1324 tarihli vukuat pusulasında beyan edilmiştir; Fesat; Görevi Kötüye Kullanma; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1321; 1323; 1324

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 place, same years

Of the 4 officials with entries in Kumanovo (Kumanova) in the same years, Mehmet Reşit Efendi had the highest salary.

All 18 officials with entries in Kumanovo (Kumanova)

Same job title, same years

Of the 1,516 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Reşit Efendi had the 129th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Reşit Efendi had the 215th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 5 officials born in Kavala, Mehmet Reşit Efendi had the highest salary.

The page of Kavala, with the 5 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), Mehmet Reşit Efendi had the 22nd highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (37)

Annual entries of Mehmet Reşit Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1870/71AH 1287Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1871/72AH 1288Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1872/73AH 1289Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1875/76AH 1292Seyyar MemurMitrovica (Mitroviça)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1876/77AH 1293Seyyar MemurMitrovica (Mitroviça)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1877/78AH 1294Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1878AH 1295Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1878/79AH 1296Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1879/80AH 1297Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1880/81AH 1298Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1881/82AH 1299Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1882/83AH 1300Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1883/84AH 1301Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1884/85AH 1302Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1885/86AH 1303Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1886/87AH 1304Başmuhabere MemuruKumanovo (Kumanova)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruBrana600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruBrana600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruGrevena (Grebene)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruMustafakemalpaşa (Kirmasti)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruMustafakemalpaşa (Kirmasti)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruMustafakemalpaşa (Kirmasti)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruMustafakemalpaşa (Kirmasti)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruMustafakemalpaşa (Kirmasti)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürKaracabey (Mihaliç)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1896/97AH 13143. MüdürKaracabey (Mihaliç)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1897/98AH 13153. MüdürKaracabey (Mihaliç)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1898/99AH 13163. MüdürSarikoy540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1899/1900AH 1317Seyyar MemurIstanbul (Dersaadet)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1900/01AH 1318Seyyar MemurIstanbul (Dersaadet)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1901/02AH 1319Seyyar MemurIstanbul (Dersaadet)675Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1903/04AH 13212. MüdürElazığ900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1905/06AH 13231. MüdürKonya1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
1906/07AH 13241. MüdürKonya1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract45_247; 491
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 (21)

Recorded values of Mehmet Reşit Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMehmet Reşit EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1259Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacekavalaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthselanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationciftciRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1284Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1867Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placePrizrenRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedEdpsizlik / Mumaileyhe vazifesince görülen lakaydane ve tesamühkârane harekatından dolayı bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Recebinin on yedisinde 17 Teşrinisani sene 1317 yedi yüz elli kuruş maaşla Selanik Vilayeti'nde Lofça Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürlüğü'ne naklolunmuş iken gitmediğinden dolayı bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Muharreminin on sekizinde 13 Nisan sene 1318 açığa çıkarıldığı used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedGörevi kötüye kullanma / Mumaileyh Kirmasti'nin tüccar ve ahalisine posta umurunda eza ve cefa ederek bu yüzden merkezin varidatına sekte iras eylediği cihetle mucib-i intibahı olmak üzere bin üç yüz on senesi Cemaziyelahirinin on dokuzunda 27 Kânunuevvel sene 1308 Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Meclis-i İdaresi kararıyla üç günlük maaşı katʻ edilmiştir. other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedMumaileyhin menzilhane munakasasından mütevellit münafesat ve münakaşat-ı zatiye yüzünden bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin dokuzunda 20 Temmuz sene 1320 sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Suriye Vilayeti'nde Hama Sancağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne naklolunmuş ise de aradan birkaç mah geçtiği halde henüz memuriyeti başına gitmediğinden sene-i merkume Zilkadesi selhinde 23 Kânunusani sene 1320 idareten açığa çıkarılarak üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Zilhiccesinin on üçünde 26 Kânunusani sene 1321 bin iki yüz kuruş maaşla Konya Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne bi't-tayin tahlifi icra edildiği şube-i mezkurenin 28 Şaban sene 1324 tarihli vukuat pusulasında beyan edilmiştir other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedFesat other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedGörevi Kötüye Kullanma other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedMemuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1310; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1321; 1323; 1324Later 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.
  • 35 annual entries of 37 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.

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