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Official

Hasan Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Crete (Girit). On record 1874 to 1907, 26 annual entries.

Archive reference 54_241; 479

Life

Hasan Efendi was born in Crete (Girit). The records give birth years from 1845 to 1878 (AH 1262 to 1295). 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: Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month.

The first annual entry, for 1874/75, shows Damga Memuru in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1876/77 the record shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Damga Memuru in Istanbul). In 1888/89 the record shows Mersule Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 250 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Istanbul). In 1892/93 the record shows Damga Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 140 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Damga Memuru in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1875/76 and 1881 to 1888.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1874/75 as Damga Memuru. 13 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 535 kuruş. Over 26 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.55 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
The records give birth years from 1845 to 1878 (AH 1262 to 1295).
Birthplace
Crete (Girit)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

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)
Tekellumspeaking. 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
1873/74 (AH 1290)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Devamsızlık / devamsızlığından dolayı azl; Devamsızlık
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324

Career

Career of Hasan Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1873/74AH 1290First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)300first-salary field
1874/75AH 1291Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300
No annual entry: 1875/76 (AH 1292)
1876 to 1881AH 1293 to 1298Posta Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1876/77300
1877/78300
1878300
1878/79300
1879/80240
1880/81250
Istanbul (Dersaadet)300 to 250
No annual entry: 1881 to 1888 (AH 1299 to 1305)
1888 to 1892AH 1306 to 1309Mersule Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1888/89100
1889/90100
1890/91100
1891/92100
Istanbul (Dersaadet)100
1892 to 1901AH 1310 to 1318Damga Memuru
9 entries
YearSalary
1892/93140
1893/94140
1894/95140
1895/96140
1896/97150
1897/98170
1898/99185
1899/1900200
1900/01200
Istanbul (Dersaadet)140 to 200
1901 to 1907AH 1319 to 1324Pul Kitabeti
6 entries
YearSalary
1901/02200
1902/03200
1903/04200
1904/05200
1905/06250
1906/07250
Istanbul (Dersaadet)200 to 250
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entry01002003001882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320300 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320This 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 Hasan Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1874/7530053513%
1876/77300582.54009%
1877/783005603508%
18783006003008%
1878/793006003009%
1879/802405002859%
1880/812505003808%
1888/891005004000%
1889/901005002252%
1890/91100500262.52%
1891/921005003003%
1892/931405006%
1893/941405006%
1894/951405006%
1895/961405006%
1896/971505006%
1897/981705008%
1898/991855008%
1899/19002005007%
1900/012005008%
1901/022005004009%
1902/032005004009%
1903/042004754008%
1904/052004504008%
1905/0625047542014%
1906/0725045044015%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
CreteIstanbul

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

1,473 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

14 officials in all. Officials born in Crete (Girit)

Full record

Annual entries (26)

Annual entries of Hasan Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1876/77AH 1293Posta MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1877/78AH 1294Posta MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1878AH 1295Posta MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1878/79AH 1296Posta MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1879/80AH 1297Posta MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)240Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1880/81AH 1298Posta MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1888/89AH 1306Mersule MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1889/90AH 1307Mersule MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1890/91AH 1308Mersule MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1891/92AH 1309Mersule MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1892/93AH 1310Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)140Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1893/94AH 1311Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)140Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1894/95AH 1312Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)140Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1895/96AH 1313Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)140Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1896/97AH 1314Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1897/98AH 1315Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)170Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1898/99AH 1316Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)185Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1899/1900AH 1317Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1900/01AH 1318Damga MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1901/02AH 1319Pul KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1902/03AH 1320Pul KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1903/04AH 1321Pul KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1904/05AH 1322Pul KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1905/06AH 1323Pul KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
1906/07AH 1324Pul KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_241; 479
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 (49)

Recorded values of Hasan Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHasan EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1262 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1289 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1286 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1265 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1277 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1285 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1282 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1288 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1291 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1264 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1268 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1294 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1295 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1278 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1279 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1280 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1292 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1283 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1267 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1284 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1269 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1287 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1290 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1266 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1293 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1281 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1273 other valueEarlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1263 other valueEarlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1271 other valueEarlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1274 other valueEarlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1270 other valueEarlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1275 other valueEarlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1272 other valueEarlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1276 other valueEarlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacegiritRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthgiritRecovered 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; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1290Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1873Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık / devamsızlığından dolayı azl used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324Later 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.
  • 25 annual entries of 26 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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