Official
Şarl Laze Efendi
Christian (Hristiyan). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1843/44 (AH 1259). On record 1862 to 1904, 43 annual entries.
Archive reference 0100_0034; 65
Life#
Şarl Laze Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1843/44 (AH 1259). The record gives the community as Christian (Hristiyan) and the nationality as Italyan.
Schooling recorded: Italyan 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: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1862/63, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1862/63, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1867/68 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 480 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu).
The highest salary, 1,250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Muhabere Memuru. 86 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 43 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 320 kuruş, is seen in 1867/68. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.64 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1843/44 (AH 1259)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Christian (Hristiyan)
- Nationality as recorded
- italyan
Education
- Foreign school
- Italyan Mektebi (4 years)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Italian
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. 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
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1861/62AH 1278 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500first-salary field |
| 1862 to 1867AH 1279 to 1283 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 500 to 480 |
| 1867 to 1904AH 1284 to 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 800 to 990 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1862/63 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 34% |
| 1863/64 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 32% |
| 1864/65 | 480 | 625 | 570 | 24% |
| 1865/66 | 576 | 650 | 576 | 38% |
| 1866/67 | 480 | 600 | 480 | 29% |
| 1867/68 | 800 | 600 | 480 | 61% |
| 1868/69 | 800 | 600 | 480 | 61% |
| 1869/70 | 800 | 600 | 400 | 61% |
| 1870/71 | 800 | 600 | 400 | 63% |
| 1871/72 | 710 | 550 | 400 | 63% |
| 1872/73 | 800 | 550 | 400 | 70% |
| 1873/74 | 900 | 500 | 400 | 76% |
| 1874/75 | 1,000 | 535 | 450 | 79% |
| 1875/76 | 1,000 | 530 | 400 | 78% |
| 1876/77 | 1,250 | 582.5 | 410 | 86% |
| 1877/78 | 1,250 | 560 | 410 | 86% |
| 1878 | 1,250 | 600 | 500 | 85% |
| 1878/79 | 1,250 | 600 | 420 | 85% |
| 1879/80 | 1,000 | 500 | 380 | 84% |
| 1880/81 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 84% |
| 1881/82 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 84% |
| 1882/83 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 82% |
| 1883/84 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 82% |
| 1884/85 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 82% |
| 1885/86 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 83% |
| 1886/87 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 84% |
| 1887/88 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 83% |
| 1888/89 | 1,100 | 500 | 400 | 87% |
| 1889/90 | 1,100 | 500 | 400 | 88% |
| 1890/91 | 1,100 | 500 | 400 | 88% |
| 1891/92 | 1,100 | 500 | 400 | 89% |
| 1892/93 | 1,100 | 500 | 400 | 89% |
| 1893/94 | 1,100 | 500 | 400 | 90% |
| 1894/95 | 1,100 | 500 | 400 | 90% |
| 1895/96 | 1,100 | 500 | 400 | 90% |
| 1896/97 | 990 | 500 | 400 | 90% |
| 1897/98 | 990 | 500 | 400 | 90% |
| 1898/99 | 990 | 500 | 400 | 89% |
| 1899/1900 | 990 | 500 | 400 | 88% |
| 1900/01 | 990 | 500 | 400 | 87% |
| 1901/02 | 990 | 500 | 400 | 87% |
| 1902/03 | 990 | 500 | 380 | 87% |
| 1903/04 | 990 | 475 | 350 | 87% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Dikran Arakilyan EfendiGalata, 27 shared years
- Ahmet Resmi EfendiGalata, 21 shared years
- Andon EfendiGalata, 20 shared years
- Mikail Makakyan EfendiGalata, 20 shared years
- Mıgırdıç TanfirakiGalata, 20 shared years
159 officials in all. Officials recorded in Galata
Same school recorded
- Kostantin Eminyan EfendiItalyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Mühtedi Ahmed Tevfik EfendiItalyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Same birthplace
- Abdülaziz EfendiIstanbul, born 1843/44 (AH 1259)
- Ahmet Nuri BeyIstanbul, born 1843/44 (AH 1259)
- Anastasyadi Hristo EfendiIstanbul, born 1843/44 (AH 1259)
- Bahattin EfendiIstanbul, born 1843/44 (AH 1259)
- Cemal EfendiIstanbul, born 1843/44 (AH 1259)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (43)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1862/63AH 1279 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1863/64AH 1280 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1864/65AH 1281 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 576 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Muhabere Memuru | Beyoğlu | 480 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 710 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 1,100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 990 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 990 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 990 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 990 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 990 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 990 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 990 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Galata | 990 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0034; 65 |
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 | Şarl Laze Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1259 | 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 | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | italyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | italyan 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) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1278 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1861 | 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) | 500 | 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.
- 35 annual entries of 43 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.