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Official

MEHMET EMİN EFENDİ

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Tirana (Tiran) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). On record 1904 to 1907, 3 annual entries.

Life

MEHMET EMİN EFENDİ was born in Tirana (Tiran) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as mudur.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1904/05, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1904/05, shows Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër, with 285 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 285 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 115 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.47 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Birthplace
Tirana (Tiran)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
mudur

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
Yes

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

French
Kitabetwriting
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1902/03 (AH 1320)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
285

Career

Career of MEHMET EMİN EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First workShkodër (İşkodra)285first-salary field
1904 to 1907AH 1322 to 1324Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1904/05285
1905/06285
1906/07400
Shkodër (İşkodra)285 to 400
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 MEHMET EMİN EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1904/0528545035023%
1905/0628547533022%
1906/0740045030039%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
TiranaShkodër

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Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

8 officials in all. Officials recorded in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

6 officials in all. Officials born in Tirana (Tiran)

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of MEHMET EMİN EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruShkodër (İşkodra)285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract156_247; 491
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruShkodër (İşkodra)285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract156_247; 491
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruShkodër (İşkodra)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract156_247; 491
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)

Recorded values of MEHMET EMİN EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMEHMET EMİN EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1299Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacetiranRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthiskodraRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationmudurRecovered 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)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1320Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1902Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeiskodraRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)285Recovered 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.
  • 2 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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