Official
Muharrem Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Balıkesir in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1903 to 1905, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 114_134; 263
Life#
Muharrem Efendi was born in Balıkesir in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as cavus.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Karacabey (Mihaliç) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 287 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 23 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Posta Memuru in Kütahya, with 287 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 287 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Posta Memuru. 22 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 287 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Balıkesir
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- cavus
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 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
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)
- Place
- Karacabey (Mihaliç)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 287
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99AH 1316 | First work | Karacabey (Mihaliç) | 287first-salary field |
| 1903 to 1905AH 1321 to 1322 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 287 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04 | 287 | 475 | 400 | 22% |
| 1904/05 | 287 | 450 | 400 | 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.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
II. Abdülhamid döneminde Balıkesirli mülki görevliler hakkında bir inceleme (sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre 1879 -1909) (SERAP SUNAY, 2007). Name as printed: Muharrem Efendi. Printed page 169, PDF page 187.
Probable link: same name, birthplace, register and page of the archive reference and birth year (within one year)
What the work records:
- Birth recorded in 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Father as worded: 'Telgraf Çavuşlarından Ali Ağa' (PDF page 187)
- 1898/99 (AH 1316): Post as worded: 'Mihaliç Kazası Telgrafhanesine', as mülazemet (apprenticeship) (PDF page 187)
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet Nuri EfendiKütahya, 2 shared years
- Mehmet Rifat EfendiKütahya, 1 shared year
- Süleyman Nafiz EfendiKütahya, 1 shared year
- Mehmet Neşet EfendiKütahya, 1 shared year
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Behçet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1903/04 (AH 1321)
- ABDULLAH VEHBİ EFENDİRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1903/04 (AH 1321)
- Ahmed Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1903/04 (AH 1321)
- Ahmet Cemal EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1903/04 (AH 1321)
- AHMET CEMiL EFEndiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1903/04 (AH 1321)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 287 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 114_134; 263 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 287 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 114_134; 263 |
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 | Muharrem Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1297 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | balikesir | 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 |
| Father's occupation | cavus | 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) | 5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1316 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1898 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Mihalic | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 287 | 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.
- 2 annual entries of 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.