Official
Unnamed official (0006_0309; 613)
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bursa in 1854/55 (AH 1271). On record 1874 to 1886, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 0006_0309; 613
Life#
This official was born in Bursa in 1854/55 (AH 1271), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
The official began work in Bursa in 1874/75, at about 19, with half a year without pay as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 100 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1874/75 to 1885/86 places the official in the same office, correspondence office (Tahrirat Kalemi), in Bursa, the birthplace.
The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to 550 in 1884/85, the peak, in the Tahrirat Kalemi in Bursa, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 13 years of salary come to 58,800 kuruş, 70 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1885/86.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75 | 100 | 535 | 420 | 1% |
| 1875/76 | 150 | 530 | 700 | 4% |
| 1876/77 | 150 | 582.5 | 600 | 3% |
| 1877/78 | 200 | 560 | 700 | 4% |
| 1878 | 300 | 600 | 900 | 8% |
| 1878/79 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 34% |
| 1879/80 | 400 | 500 | 450 | 35% |
| 1880/81 | 500 | 500 | 460 | 47% |
| 1881/82 | 500 | 500 | 480 | 46% |
| 1882/83 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 43% |
| 1883/84 | 500 | 500 | 580 | 43% |
| 1884/85 | 550 | 500 | 600 | 56% |
| 1885/86 | 550 | 500 | 600 | 56% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75AH 1291 | First work | Bursa | 100first-salary field |
| 1874 to 1886AH 1291 to 1303 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 100 to 550 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Birthplace
- Bursa
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0.5 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
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Place
- Bursa
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
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 34 officials with entries in Bursa in the same years, Unnamed official (0006_0309; 613) had the 26th highest salary.
- Mehmet Şevki Efendi11 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Efendi11 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Hasan Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Tayyip Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 540 kuruş
- Ahmet Rıfat Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 44 officials with the title Tahrirat Kalemi in the same years, Unnamed official (0006_0309; 613) had the 34th highest salary.
- Ali Kaya Bey13 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Arif Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mustafa Akif Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Hacı Bekir Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Mustafa Hamdi Bey13 shared years; highest salary 1,050 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Unnamed official (0006_0309; 613) had the 1,120th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmet Muhittin Beyborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 8,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Refik Beyborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 1,100 kuruş
- Ali Saib Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ali Şefik Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 640 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 38 officials born in Bursa, Unnamed official (0006_0309; 613) had the 13th highest salary.
- Ahmet Rüştü Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0049_0022; 41)born 1852/53 (AH 1269); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendiborn 1851/52 (AH 1268); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Kâmil Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 475 kuruş
- Mehmet Kamil Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 400 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 55 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), Unnamed official (0006_0309; 613) had the 39th highest salary.
- Abdürreşid Sabit İzzetfirst entry in Niğde; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Refik Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,100 kuruş
- Hafız Nuri Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 970 kuruş
- Hüseyin Efendifirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 550 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Bursa | 550 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0006_0309; 613 |
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 (12)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Birth year (AH) | 1271 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | bursa | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hudavendigar | 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 | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0.5 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1291 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1874 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Bursa | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 100 | 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.
- 13 annual entries of 13 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
- Unnamed official (0006_0309; 613)
- Correspondence office (Tahrirat Kalemi)
- Bursa
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- 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)