Official
Mehmet İhsan Bey
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). On record 1878 to 1886, 9 annual entries. Death recorded 1886/87.
Archive reference 8_18; 33
Life#
Mehmet İhsan Bey was born in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf 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 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1878, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1883/84 as Muhabere Memuru. 27 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 9 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1883/84. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1885/86, when 27 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1886/87 (AH 1304): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf memuru
- Death recorded
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1878 to 1886AH 1295 to 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 to 400 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 100 | 600 | 500 | 0% |
| 1878/79 | 100 | 600 | 420 | 0% |
| 1879/80 | 95 | 500 | 380 | 0% |
| 1880/81 | 150 | 500 | 400 | 2% |
| 1881/82 | 150 | 500 | 400 | 2% |
| 1882/83 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 3% |
| 1883/84 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1884/85 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1885/86 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
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
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiIstanbul, 9 shared years
- ibrahim Nurettin EfendiIstanbul, 9 shared years
- Nazif BeyIstanbul, 9 shared years
- Vahram BeyIstanbul, 9 shared years
- Fahri EfendiIstanbul, 9 shared years
533 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdulkadir EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
- Ahmet Hayri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
- Ahmet Niyazi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
- Ali Rıza EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Şemsettin EfendiIstanbul, born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Ahmet Nurettin EfendiIstanbul, born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Andon İzekiyan EfendiIstanbul, born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Andon Yaldızyan EfendiIstanbul, born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Antuan Teofilidi EfendiIstanbul, born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (9)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_18; 33 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_18; 33 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 95 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_18; 33 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_18; 33 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_18; 33 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_18; 33 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_18; 33 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_18; 33 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_18; 33 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet İhsan Bey | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1277 | 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 |
| Father's occupation | telgraf 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) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1294 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1877 | 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) | 100 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1304 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 9 annual entries of 9 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.