Official
Mustafa Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1837/38 (AH 1253). On record 1860 to 1889, 29 annual entries.
Archive reference 8_38; 71
Life#
Mustafa Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1837/38 (AH 1253). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Posta memuru.
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 1857/58 (AH 1274). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 120 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1860/61, the official was about 23 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1860/61, shows Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 120 kuruş a month. In 1865/66 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1869/70 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1871/72 the record shows Pul Basmemuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 770 kuruş a month (before: Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1878/79.
The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1885/86 as Pul Basmemuru. 87 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 29 years with a salary the median is 770 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 370 kuruş, is seen in 1871/72. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.26 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1888/89, when 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1837/38 (AH 1253)
- Birthplace
- Kemaliye (Eğin)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Posta memuru
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 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
- 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 120
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Zimmet / sene-i merkume Zilkadesinin üçünde evvelce bulunduğu mezkur Pul Memuriyeti'nden dolayı hesabınca bazı şübheye mebni işten el çektirilmiş; Zimmet
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1857/58AH 1274 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120first-salary field |
| 1860 to 1865AH 1277 to 1281 | Pul Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 to 300 |
| 1865 to 1869AH 1282 to 1285 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 |
| 1869 to 1871AH 1286 to 1287 | Pul Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 |
| 1871 to 1878AH 1288 to 1295 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 770 to 1,000 |
| No annual entry: 1878/79 (AH 1296) | |||
| 1879 to 1889AH 1297 to 1306 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 to 1,200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860/61 | 120 | 500 | 4% | |
| 1861/62 | 300 | 600 | 20% | |
| 1862/63 | 300 | 500 | 19% | |
| 1863/64 | 300 | 500 | 15% | |
| 1864/65 | 300 | 625 | 11% | |
| 1865/66 | 400 | 650 | 20% | |
| 1866/67 | 400 | 600 | 18% | |
| 1867/68 | 400 | 600 | 17% | |
| 1868/69 | 400 | 600 | 17% | |
| 1869/70 | 400 | 600 | 18% | |
| 1870/71 | 400 | 600 | 20% | |
| 1871/72 | 770 | 550 | 70% | |
| 1872/73 | 770 | 550 | 70% | |
| 1873/74 | 770 | 500 | 69% | |
| 1874/75 | 770 | 535 | 69% | |
| 1875/76 | 1,000 | 530 | 78% | |
| 1876/77 | 1,050 | 582.5 | 84% | |
| 1877/78 | 1,000 | 560 | 79% | |
| 1878 | 1,000 | 600 | 76% | |
| 1879/80 | 1,000 | 500 | 84% | |
| 1880/81 | 1,000 | 500 | 84% | |
| 1881/82 | 1,000 | 500 | 84% | |
| 1882/83 | 1,000 | 500 | 82% | |
| 1883/84 | 1,000 | 500 | 82% | |
| 1884/85 | 1,000 | 500 | 82% | |
| 1885/86 | 1,200 | 500 | 87% | |
| 1886/87 | 1,200 | 500 | 87% | |
| 1887/88 | 1,200 | 500 | 87% | |
| 1888/89 | 1,200 | 500 | 87% |
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.
Possible links: 1 entry in 1 work
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854): Mustafa EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiIstanbul, 29 shared years
- Mehmed Şemsi EfendiIstanbul, 29 shared years
- Ali Kaya BeyIstanbul, 29 shared years
- Unnamed official (5_316; 629)Istanbul, 29 shared years
- Mehmet Salim BeyIstanbul, 28 shared years
738 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdulkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Ali Rıza EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Hacı Osman Nuri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- İsmail EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Mehmet Hayri BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1860/61 (AH 1277)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hasan Tahsin EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1834/35 (AH 1250)
- Ahmet Hazım EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1840/41 (AH 1256)
- Osman Rıfat EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1841/42 (AH 1257)
- Mahmut Hamdi EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1832/33 (AH 1248)
- Mehmet Nuri EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1842/43 (AH 1258)
63 officials in all. Officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin)
Full record
Annual entries (29)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860/61AH 1277 | Pul Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1861/62AH 1278 | Pul Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1862/63AH 1279 | Pul Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1863/64AH 1280 | Pul Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1864/65AH 1281 | Pul Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Pul Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Pul Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 770 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 770 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 770 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 770 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,050 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_38; 71 |
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 | Mustafa Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1253 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | egin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | elazig | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | posta memuru | 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) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1274 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1858 | 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) | 120 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / sene-i merkume Zilkadesinin üçünde evvelce bulunduğu mezkur Pul Memuriyeti'nden dolayı hesabınca bazı şübheye mebni işten el çektirilmiş used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet 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.
- 19 annual entries of 29 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.