Official
Mehmet Şevket Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Arapgir in 1876/77 (AH 1293). On record 1896 to 1907, 9 annual entries.
Archive reference 104_142_280
Life#
Mehmet Şevket Efendi was born in Arapgir in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Baskatip.
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: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Büyükada, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elassona (Alasonya), the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Büyükada). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elazığ, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elassona). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Harput, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elazığ). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mecitözü, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Harput). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bolu, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mecitözü). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bolu). No annual entry is recorded for 1901 to 1903.
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Muhabere Memuru. 32 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 380 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.39 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Birthplace
- Arapgir
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Baskatip
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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- işret ve şiddet / Mumaileyh Harput Mahkeme başkatibinin haremine esna-yı rahda saika-i sekr ile harf-endazlık ve buna kanaat etmeyerek hanesi kapısına hücumla tasallut eylemesine mebni bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin dokuzunda 11 Ağustos sene 1307 mahalli hükumetince taht-ı tevkife alınmış ve şu haliyle bekası gayr-i caiz görülmüş olmasıyla badehu hakkında lâhık olacak hükme göre muamele-i kanuniye ifa olunmak üzere tarih-i mezkurdan itibaren idareten açığa çıkarıldığı; Şiddet
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300first-salary field |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükada | 300 |
| 1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Elassona (Alasonya) | 400 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Elazığ | 380 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Harput | 380 |
| No annual entry: 1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320) | |||
| 1903 to 1905AH 1321 to 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecitözü | 380 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Bolu | 380 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 380 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1897/98 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1898/99 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1899/1900 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1900/01 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1903/04 | 380 | 475 | 350 | 34% |
| 1904/05 | 380 | 450 | 350 | 35% |
| 1905/06 | 380 | 475 | 330 | 35% |
| 1906/07 | 380 | 450 | 300 | 38% |
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 and its place on the map.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Possible links: 1 entry in 1 work
- Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları: Mehmed Şevket EfendiPossible link: same name; served in the place the work covers
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiElassona (Alasonya), 2 shared years
- Mehmet Akif EfendiElassona (Alasonya), 2 shared years
- Mehmet Cemal EfendiElassona (Alasonya), 2 shared years
- Ali Rıza EfendiElassona (Alasonya), 1 shared year
- Mehmet Zihni EfendiKaradeniz Ereğli, 1 shared year
22 officials in all. Officials recorded in Elassona (Alasonya)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Kamil EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Abdülmecid EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Abdüssabur Sabri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Ahmet Celalettin EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Ahmet Cevdet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Bekir Sarim EfendiArapgir, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Mehmet Kâşif EfendiArapgir, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Süleyman Sırrı EfendiArapgir, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiArapgir, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Mustafa Hamdi EfendiArapgir, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
42 officials in all. Officials born in Arapgir
Full record
Annual entries (9)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Büyükada | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 104_142_280 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Elassona (Alasonya) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 104_142_280 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Elassona (Alasonya) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 104_142_280 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Elazığ | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 104_142_280 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Harput | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 104_142_280 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecitözü | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 104_142_280 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecitözü | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 104_142_280 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Bolu | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 104_142_280 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Karadeniz Ereğli | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 104_142_280 |
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 (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Şevket Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | arapgir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | elazig used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | mamuretul aziz other value | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Baskatip | 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) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1312 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1894 | 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) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | işret ve şiddet / Mumaileyh Harput Mahkeme başkatibinin haremine esna-yı rahda saika-i sekr ile harf-endazlık ve buna kanaat etmeyerek hanesi kapısına hücumla tasallut eylemesine mebni bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin dokuzunda 11 Ağustos sene 1307 mahalli hükumetince taht-ı tevkife alınmış ve şu haliyle bekası gayr-i caiz görülmüş olmasıyla badehu hakkında lâhık olacak hükme göre muamele-i kanuniye ifa olunmak üzere tarih-i mezkurdan itibaren idareten açığa çıkarıldığı used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Şiddet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324 | Later 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.
- 8 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.