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Official

Unnamed official (0049_0045; 87)

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Edirne in 1863/64 (AH 1280). On record 1879 to 1900, 21 annual entries.

Life

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Edirne in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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: Greek (Rum), with Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1879/80, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1879/80, shows Nakliye Memuru in Didymoteicho, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Keşan, the salary going from 200 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Didymoteicho). In 1884/85 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Feres (Ferecik), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Keşan). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mount Athos (Aynaroz), the salary going from 380 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Feres). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Berat, the salary going from 750 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mount Athos). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kavak, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Berat). 2 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Prizren, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Rize). In 1893/94 the record shows Memur in Skopje (Üsküp), the salary going from 380 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Prizren). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, the salary going from 200 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Skopje). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edirne).

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Muhabere Memuru. 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 21 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 220 kuruş, is seen in 1885/86. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.03 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 31 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Birthplace
Edirne
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
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

Greek (Rum)
Asinafamiliarity. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1878/79 (AH 1296)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
150

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
İşret / Mumaileyhin bir gece saat üçde mahallinin uygunsuz takımları Hükumet Konağı’na yakın olan hanesine toplanub ve bunlara kendü ailesi tarafından rakı dağıttırarak gürültü çıkardıkları ve Umum mahallat halkıyla jandarma ve polis efradı hanesinin etrafına yığılıp bin türlü kıl ü kal ittikleri Polis Komiserliği tarafından makam-ı Mutasarrıfi’ye bi’l-ita Merkez Müdüriyeti’ne havale olunan jurnal-i resmide gösterildiği ve şu hali mahalli ahali tarafından çarşu ve pazarda zemin-i şikayetde söylenmekte olduğu ruhsat-ı Memurine ve şan-ı İslamına yakışmayan halatı ile hakkında şikayat tekerrür ederek şu haliyle yalılarda bekası Memuriyeti caiz olamıyacağı cihetle bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Zilkade’sinin on yedisinde 5 Mart sene 1316 ceza-i maaş haliyle Erzincan Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyeti’ne nakl olunduğu; İşret
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1314; 1315; 1316; 1317

Career

Career of Unnamed official (0049_0045; 87), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878/79AH 1296First workDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)150first-salary field
1879 to 1882AH 1297 to 1299Nakliye Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1879/80150
1880/81200
1881/82200
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)150 to 200
1882 to 1884AH 1300 to 1301Nakliye Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/83380
1883/84380
Keşan380
1884/85AH 1302Nakliye MemuruFeres (Ferecik)380
1885 to 1888AH 1303 to 1305Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1885/86600
1886/87600
1887/88750
Mount Athos (Aynaroz)600 to 750
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruBerat600
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruKavak500
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruFatsa500
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruRize380
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruPrizren380
1893/94AH 1311MemurSkopje (Üsküp)200
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/95400
1895/96400
Ankara400
1896 to 1899AH 1314 to 1316Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1896/97400
1897/98400
1898/99400
Edirne400
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruErzincan400
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006008001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315750 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315This 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 Unnamed official (0049_0045; 87) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1879/801505004%
1880/812005005%
1881/822005005%
1882/8338050018%
1883/8438050018%
1884/8538050020018%
1885/8660050040058%
1886/8760050040059%
1887/8875050040073%
1888/8960050040058%
1889/9050050040042%
1890/9150050040043%
1891/9238050040024%
1892/9338050040024%
1893/942005002259%
1894/9540050040030%
1895/9640050040030%
1896/9740050040032%
1897/9840050040032%
1898/9940050040031%
1899/190040050040031%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
EdirneErzincanDidymoteichoKeşanFeresMount AthosBeratKavak

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

123 officials in all. Officials recorded in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

65 officials in all. Officials born in Edirne

Full record

Annual entries (21)

Annual entries of Unnamed official (0049_0045; 87)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Nakliye MemuruDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1880/81AH 1298Nakliye MemuruDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1881/82AH 1299Nakliye MemuruDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1882/83AH 1300Nakliye MemuruKeşan380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1883/84AH 1301Nakliye MemuruKeşan380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1884/85AH 1302Nakliye MemuruFeres (Ferecik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruMount Athos (Aynaroz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruMount Athos (Aynaroz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruMount Athos (Aynaroz)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruBerat600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruKavak500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruFatsa500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruRize380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruPrizren380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1893/94AH 1311MemurSkopje (Üsküp)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruAnkara400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruAnkara400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruEdirne400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruEdirne400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruEdirne400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruErzincan400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0049_0045; 87
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)

Recorded values of Unnamed official (0049_0045; 87) with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Birth year (AH)1280Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceedirneRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthedirneRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationEsnafRecovered 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)1Recovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1296Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1879Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeDimetokaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)150Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedİşret / Mumaileyhin bir gece saat üçde mahallinin uygunsuz takımları Hükumet Konağı’na yakın olan hanesine toplanub ve bunlara kendü ailesi tarafından rakı dağıttırarak gürültü çıkardıkları ve Umum mahallat halkıyla jandarma ve polis efradı hanesinin etrafına yığılıp bin türlü kıl ü kal ittikleri Polis Komiserliği tarafından makam-ı Mutasarrıfi’ye bi’l-ita Merkez Müdüriyeti’ne havale olunan jurnal-i resmide gösterildiği ve şu hali mahalli ahali tarafından çarşu ve pazarda zemin-i şikayetde söylenmekte olduğu ruhsat-ı Memurine ve şan-ı İslamına yakışmayan halatı ile hakkında şikayat tekerrür ederek şu haliyle yalılarda bekası Memuriyeti caiz olamıyacağı cihetle bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Zilkade’sinin on yedisinde 5 Mart sene 1316 ceza-i maaş haliyle Erzincan Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyeti’ne nakl olunduğu used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedİşret other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1314; 1315; 1316; 1317Later annual personnel extract
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.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
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.
  • 21 annual entries of 21 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.