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Official

Mehmet Dürri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1867/68 (AH 1284). On record 1888 to 1891, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 0034_00199; 395

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Life

Born in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284), Mehmet Dürri Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Mehmet Dürri had seven years of schooling, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi), and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

Work began in Istanbul in 1888/89, at about 21, paid from the start, on 50 kuruş a month. From the first annual entry, for 1888/89, to 1890/91, every annual entry places Mehmet Dürri in the same office, goods and stores office (Eşya Kalemi), in Istanbul, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to a peak of 75 in 1889/90, in the Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul, when 1 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 2,400 kuruş, 13 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1890/91.

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
0204060801888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 130875 kuruşEşya Kalemi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308This 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 Dürri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1888/8950500587.50%
1889/90755005751%
1890/91755005752%

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 Dürri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)50first-salary field
1888 to 1891AH 1306 to 1308Eşya Kalemi
3 entries
YearSalary
1888/8950
1889/9075
1890/9175
Istanbul (Dersaadet)50 to 75

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
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
1888/89 (AH 1306)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
50

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 509 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Mehmet Dürri Efendi had the 503rd highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 6 officials with the title Eşya Kalemi in the same years, Mehmet Dürri Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 23 officials with the title Eşya Kalemi

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Dürri Efendi had the 3,137th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Dürri Efendi had the 1,923rd highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 114 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 113 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Dürri Efendi had the 112th highest salary of them.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Mehmet Dürri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1888/89AH 1306Eşya KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00199; 395
1889/90AH 1307Eşya KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)75Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00199; 395
1890/91AH 1308Eşya KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)75Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00199; 395
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 (13)

Recorded values of Mehmet Dürri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMehmet Dürri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1284Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered 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)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1306Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1889Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)50Recovered 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.

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