Official
Mehmet Hamit Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). On record 1891 to 1907, 16 annual entries.
Archive reference 53_0246; 489
Life#
Mehmet Hamit Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
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 Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 75 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 75 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Mukayyit in Istanbul, with 220 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 425 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Mukayyit. 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 312.5 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 80 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.26 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 7 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
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 75
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85AH 1302 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75first-salary field |
| 1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75 to 220 |
| 1895 to 1907AH 1313 to 1324 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 220 to 425 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 | 75 | 500 | 200 | 2% |
| 1892/93 | 75 | 500 | 182.5 | 2% |
| 1893/94 | 140 | 500 | 200 | 6% |
| 1894/95 | 220 | 500 | 250 | 12% |
| 1895/96 | 220 | 500 | 300 | 12% |
| 1896/97 | 250 | 500 | 300 | 13% |
| 1897/98 | 275 | 500 | 287.5 | 17% |
| 1898/99 | 275 | 500 | 300 | 17% |
| 1899/1900 | 350 | 500 | 318.5 | 26% |
| 1900/01 | 350 | 500 | 300 | 25% |
| 1901/02 | 350 | 500 | 225 | 27% |
| 1902/03 | 380 | 500 | 290 | 31% |
| 1903/04 | 420 | 475 | 275 | 46% |
| 1904/05 | 425 | 450 | 210 | 47% |
| 1905/06 | 425 | 475 | 260 | 46% |
| 1906/07 | 425 | 450 | 250 | 47% |
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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet Münir EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Ali Kemal BeyIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Hasan Tahsin EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Mehmet Feridun BeyIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Mehmet Nafiz EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
1,215 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdüllatif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdülvahap EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdürrauf EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdurrezak Bey EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Ahmet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Bahaattin EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Cevdet EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hulusi EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (16)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 140 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 220 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 220 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 275 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 275 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 420 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 425 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 425 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 425 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0246; 489 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Hamit Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1288 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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) | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1302 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1885 | 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) | 75 | 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.
- 15 annual entries of 16 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.