Official
Kosti Kostantin Efendi
Bulgarian Christian (Bulgar). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). On record 1901 to 1904, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 116_214; 425
Life#
Born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288) into the Bulgarian Christian (Bulgar) community, Kosti Kostantin Efendi was the child of a postal official (posta memuru). Kosti Kostantin had four years of schooling, at a community school (Millet Mektebi). In all Kosti Kostantin knew four languages, Bulgarian, French, Italian and Turkish, all in writing; fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,211 officials knew as many.
Work began in Skopje (Üsküp) in 1901/02, at about 30, paid from the start, on 400 kuruş a month. Of the 5,128 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 4 per cent started at 30 or older. The annual lists begin in 1901/02, with Kosti Kostantin as Kartpostal Memuru in Skopje. In 1903/04 the lists place Kosti Kostantin in Thessaloniki (Selanik).
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 400 kuruş a month in 1901/02, as Kartpostal Memuru in Skopje, when one in three paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1903/04.
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.
Born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
First work 1901/02 (AH 1319); 1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320)
400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 33% | |
| 1903/04 | 400 | 475 | 400 | 36% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | First work | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400first-salary field |
| 1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320 | Kartpostal Memuru | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Bulgarian Christian (Bulgar)
- Nationality as recorded
- Bulgar
- Father's occupation
- Posta Memuru
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- 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
- Bulgarian
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Italian
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1901/02 (AH 1319)
- Place
- Skopje (Üsküp)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
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 25 officials with entries in Skopje (Üsküp) in the same years, Kosti Kostantin Efendi had the 19th highest salary.
- Ahmed Rıfat Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Abdurrahman Sezai Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Lazyan Agob Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Sadık Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 9 officials with the title Kartpostal Memuru in the same years, Kosti Kostantin Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Halil Kenan Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Celal Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Salih Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- Ahmet Sırrı Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmet Hamdi Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 600 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Kosti Kostantin Efendi had the 168th highest salary.
- Avram Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Dahan Berhordar Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Halil Fazıl Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 450 kuruş
- İstepan Çakmak Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Karabet Fikri Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 300 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Kosti Kostantin Efendi had the 1,196th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Bahaattin Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Ahmet Cevdet Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 210 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Hulusi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 700 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), Kosti Kostantin Efendi had the 42nd highest salary.
- Muharrem Hilmi Efendifirst entry in Skopje (Üsküp); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Recep Efendifirst entry in Skopje (Üsküp); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Ramiz Efendifirst entry in Skopje (Üsküp); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdullah Avni Efendifirst entry in Ürgüp; highest salary 380 kuruş
- Ahmet Nazım Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 425 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Kartpostal Memuru | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_214; 425 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Kartpostal Memuru | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_214; 425 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_214; 425 |
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 | Kosti Kostantin Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1288 | 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 | posta 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 | Bulgar | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet 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) | 1319 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1901 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | uskup | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | 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.
- 3 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Kosti Kostantin Efendi
- Kartpostal Memuru
- Skopje (Üsküp)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Bulgarian Christian (Bulgar)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)