Official
Ahmet Nefi Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). On record 1897 to 1902, 5 annual entries.
Archive reference 110_121; 239
Life#
Ahmet Nefi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father's occupation was "Asakir-i sahane Muduriyeti". Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
At about 17, in 1893/94, Ahmet Nefi began work in Istanbul, with four unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 50 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1897/98, to 1901/02, every annual entry places Ahmet Nefi in the same office, documents office (Evrak Kalemi), in Istanbul, the birthplace.
Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to a peak of 150 in 1899/1900, in the Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, when 4 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 7,200 kuruş, 24 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1901/02.
Career and salary#
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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 | 50 | 500 | 222.5 | 425 | 0% |
| 1898/99 | 100 | 500 | 250 | 440 | 2% |
| 1899/1900 | 150 | 500 | 300 | 450 | 4% |
| 1900/01 | 150 | 500 | 300 | 450 | 4% |
| 1901/02 | 150 | 500 | 250 | 440 | 5% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1897 to 1902AH 1315 to 1319 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 to 150 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Asakir-i sahane Muduriyeti
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
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same post (job title and place), same years
Of the 27 officials who held Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul in the same years, Ahmet Nefi Efendi had the 23rd highest salary.
- Mustafa Nazif Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 890 kuruş
- Mehmet Nazif Bey5 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Mahmut Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 720 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0049_0032; 61)5 shared years; highest salary 530 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 794 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Ahmet Nefi Efendi had the 739th highest salary.
- Hüseyin Hasip Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Salahattin Bey5 shared years; highest salary 7,800 kuruş
- Suleyman Resat Bey5 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Bey5 shared years; highest salary 5,500 kuruş
- Fahri Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 30 officials with the title Evrak Kalemi in the same years, Ahmet Nefi Efendi had the 26th highest salary.
- Mustafa Nazif Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 890 kuruş
- Mehmet Nazif Bey5 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Mahmut Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 720 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0049_0032; 61)5 shared years; highest salary 530 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Nefi Efendi had the 2,922nd highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Abdullah Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ahmet Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Feyzi Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 720 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Nefi Efendi had the 1,716th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Faik Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ahmet Feyzi Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 720 kuruş
- Ahmet İhsan Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmet Talat Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 600 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 88 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), Ahmet Nefi Efendi had the 80th highest salary.
- Mehmet Niyazi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Mehmet Şemsettin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Salih Kemal Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0094_4; 5)first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Abdulgafur Hamit Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (5)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_121; 239 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_121; 239 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_121; 239 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_121; 239 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Evrak Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_121; 239 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmet Nefi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1293 | 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 | Asakir-i sahane Muduriyeti | 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) | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1311 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1893 | 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) | 50 | 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.
- 5 annual entries of 5 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Ahmet Nefi Efendi
- Documents office (Evrak Kalemi)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)