Official
Solomon Efendi
Jewish (Musevi). Born in Samokov (Samakov) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). On record 1897 to 1906, 9 annual entries.
Archive reference 0098_0230; 457
Life#
Solomon Efendi was born in Samokov (Samakov) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The record gives the community as Jewish (Musevi), the nationality as Yahudi and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Bulgarian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 37 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 39 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Seyyar Memur in Rumelihisarı, with 600 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Jaffa (Yafa), the salary going from 600 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Rumelihisarı).
The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Seyyar Memur. 73 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 9 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 8.3 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1858/59 (AH 1275)
- Birthplace
- Samokov (Samakov)
- Community
- Jewish (Musevi)
- Nationality as recorded
- Yahudi
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 600
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Şiddet / Arif Efendi beyninde tekevvün eden mudarebeden dolayı cihet-i adliyece dokuz mah müddetle hapsine karar verildiği mahallî iş‘arından anlaşılıp bin üç yüz yirmi dört senesi Saferinin yedisinde 20 Mart sene 1322 istifaen infisali; Şiddet
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96AH 1313 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600first-salary field |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Seyyar Memur | Rumelihisarı | 600 |
| 1898 to 1906AH 1316 to 1323 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 73% |
| 1898/99 | 300 | 500 | 495 | 19% |
| 1899/1900 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 18% |
| 1900/01 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 18% |
| 1901/02 | 300 | 500 | 480 | 20% |
| 1902/03 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1903/04 | 300 | 475 | 450 | 23% |
| 1904/05 | 300 | 450 | 455 | 23% |
| 1905/06 | 300 | 475 | 445 | 23% |
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
- Unnamed official (0157_0180; 355)Jaffa (Yafa), 7 shared years
- Salamon EfendiJaffa (Yafa), 5 shared years
- Unnamed official (0094_14; 25)Jaffa (Yafa), 4 shared years
- Mehmet EfendiJaffa (Yafa), 3 shared years
- Hanna EfendiJaffa (Yafa), 3 shared years
23 officials in all. Officials recorded in Jaffa (Yafa)
Same school recorded
- İbrahim Salim EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Salamon EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Yakob EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Unnamed official (0094_2; 1)Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Artin Ernaki Köleyan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Salamon EfendiSamokov (Samakov), born 1858/59 (AH 1275)
- Mehmet Nafiz EfendiSamokov (Samakov), born 1863/64 (AH 1280)
- Kostaki EfendiSamokov (Samakov), born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
Full record
Annual entries (9)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Seyyar Memur | Rumelihisarı | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0230; 457 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0230; 457 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0230; 457 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0230; 457 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0230; 457 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0230; 457 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0230; 457 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0230; 457 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0230; 457 |
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 | Solomon Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1275 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | samakov | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | tuna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musevi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Yahudi | 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) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1313 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1895 | 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) | 600 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Şiddet / Arif Efendi beyninde tekevvün eden mudarebeden dolayı cihet-i adliyece dokuz mah müddetle hapsine karar verildiği mahallî iş‘arından anlaşılıp bin üç yüz yirmi dört senesi Saferinin yedisinde 20 Mart sene 1322 istifaen infisali used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Şiddet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
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.
- 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.
- 9 annual entries of 9 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.