Official
Susa Selim Nikoli Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1818/19 (AH 1234). On record 1868 to 1880, 11 annual entries.
Archive reference 26.196:387
Life#
Susa Selim Nikoli Efendi was born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1818/19 (AH 1234). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Tuccar.
Schooling recorded: Mahalli Mektep, with 4 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Beyrut. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Beirut in 1839/40 (AH 1255): Karantina Kalemi. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 49 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Kaymakam in Zahlé (Zahle), with 2,500 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Müfettiş in Sidon (Sayda), with 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Kaymakam in Zahlé). In 1870/71 the record shows Teftis Memuru in Istanbul, with 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Sidon). In 1875/76 the record shows Meclis Azaligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,500 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Teftis Memuru in Istanbul). In 1879/80 the record shows Rusum-i Sitte in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 3,000 to 3,900 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Azaligi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1873 to 1875.
The highest salary, 3,900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1879/80 as Rusum-i Sitte. 99 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 11 years with a salary the median is 2,500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 1,500 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.78 per cent a year on average.
Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 2; Mecidi order (recorded code): 5.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1818/19 (AH 1234)
- Birthplace
- Beirut (Beyrut)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Tuccar
Education
- Other named school
- Mahalli Mektep (4 years)place of the school as worded: Beyrut
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. 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
- 1839/40 (AH 1255)
- Place
- Beirut (Beyrut)
- First job as worded
- Karantina Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 21
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 300
Honours and ranks
- Rank (recorded code)
- 2
- Mecidi order (recorded code)
- 5
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1839/40AH 1255 | Karantina Kalemifirst work | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300first-salary field |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Kaymakam | Zahlé (Zahle) | 2,500 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Müfettiş | Sidon (Sayda) | 2,500 |
| 1870 to 1873AH 1287 to 1289 | Teftis Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,500 |
| No annual entry: 1873 to 1875 (AH 1290 to 1291) | |||
| 1875 to 1879AH 1292 to 1296 | Meclis Azaligi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,500 to 3,000 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Rusum-i Sitte | Diyarbakır | 3,900 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 | 2,500 | 600 | 93% | |
| 1869/70 | 2,500 | 600 | 3,500 | 93% |
| 1870/71 | 2,500 | 600 | 94% | |
| 1871/72 | 2,500 | 550 | 95% | |
| 1872/73 | 2,500 | 550 | 95% | |
| 1875/76 | 1,500 | 530 | 88% | |
| 1876/77 | 1,500 | 582.5 | 89% | |
| 1877/78 | 3,000 | 560 | 96% | |
| 1878 | 3,000 | 600 | 95% | |
| 1878/79 | 3,000 | 600 | 95% | |
| 1879/80 | 3,900 | 500 | 99% |
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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Hasan Faik BeyIstanbul, 8 shared years
- Mehmet Nazmi EfendiIstanbul, 8 shared years
- Rupenyan EfendiIstanbul, 8 shared years
- Mehmet Ebugarar EfendiIstanbul, 8 shared years
- Anastaş Nikolaidis EfendiIstanbul, 8 shared years
454 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same birthplace
- Unnamed official (0100_0023; 43)Beirut (Beyrut), born 1845/46 (AH 1262)
- Hızır Abbas EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
- Yusuf Yaşar Sabit EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Abdullah EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
50 officials in all. Officials born in Beirut (Beyrut)
Full record
Annual entries (11)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Kaymakam | Zahlé (Zahle) | 2,500 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 26.196:387 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Müfettiş | Sidon (Sayda) | 2,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 26.196:387 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Teftis Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 26.196:387 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Teftis Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 26.196:387 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Teftis Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 26.196:387 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Meclis Azaligi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 26.196:387 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Meclis Azaligi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 26.196:387 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Meclis Azaligi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 26.196:387 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Meclis Azaligi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 26.196:387 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Meclis Azaligi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 26.196:387 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Rusum-i Sitte | Diyarbakır | 3,900 | Customs (Gümrük) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 26.196:387 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (26)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Susa Selim Nikoli Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1234 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Beyrut | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Beyrut | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Beyrut | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | tuccar | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Mahalli Mektep | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Place of the school | Beyrut | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1255 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1839 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | beyrut | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | beyrut | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | beyrut | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Karantina Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 21 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 300 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Honours | ||
| Rank (recorded code) | 2 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Mecidi order (recorded code) | 5 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 8 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.