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Official

Mustafa Sabri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kastamonu in 1866/67 (AH 1283). On record 1894 to 1906, 11 annual entries.

Life

Mustafa Sabri Efendi was born in Kastamonu in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muderris.

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 Biga in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër (İşkodra), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Mahmure, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Khanaqin (Hanikin), the salary going from 540 to 400 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Mahmure). No annual entry is recorded for 1895/96.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as 3. Müdür. 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 11 years with a salary the median is 540 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Kastamonu
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Muderris

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 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
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Place
Biga
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Görev ihmali / Mumaileyhin vazifesince görülen müsamaha ve tekasülü yüzünden; işret / Mumaileyhin işrete olan inhimakından dolayı vazifesini yoluyla ifa edemediği cihetle; Görev İhmali; İşret
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323

Career

Career of Mustafa Sabri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First workBiga400first-salary field
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruShkodër (İşkodra)400
No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313)
1896 to 1904AH 1314 to 13213. Müdür
8 entries
YearSalary
1896/97600
1897/98540
1898/99540
1899/1900540
1900/01540
1901/02540
1902/03540
1903/04540
Mahmure600 to 540
1904 to 1906AH 1322 to 1323Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1904/05400
1905/06400
Khanaqin (Hanikin)400
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry02004006001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322600 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This 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 Mustafa Sabri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1894/9540050040030%
1896/9760050054073%
1897/9854050054061%
1898/9954050054061%
1899/190054050054060%
1900/0154050054059%
1901/0254050054060%
1902/0354050054060%
1903/0454047554061%
1904/0540045035038%
1905/0640047533038%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KastamonuKhanaqinBigaShkodërMahmure

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

6 officials in all. Officials recorded in Mahmure

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

33 officials in all. Officials born in Kastamonu

Full record

Annual entries (11)

Annual entries of Mustafa Sabri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruShkodër (İşkodra)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1896/97AH 13143. MüdürMahmure600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1897/98AH 13153. MüdürMahmure540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1898/99AH 13163. MüdürMahmure540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1899/1900AH 13173. MüdürMahmure540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürMahmure540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1901/02AH 13193. MüdürMahmure540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürMahmure540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1903/04AH 13213. MüdürMahmure540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruKhanaqin (Hanikin)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruKhanaqin (Hanikin)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_98; 193
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 (19)

Recorded values of Mustafa Sabri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa Sabri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1283Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacekastamonuRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthkastamonuRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationMuderrisRecovered 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)4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1308Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1891Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeBigaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedGörev ihmali / Mumaileyhin vazifesince görülen müsamaha ve tekasülü yüzünden used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedişret / Mumaileyhin işrete olan inhimakından dolayı vazifesini yoluyla ifa edemediği cihetle other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedGörev İhmali other valueLegal 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; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323Later 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.
  • 11 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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