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Official

Ahmet Nuri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bulanık in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1903 to 1906, 3 annual entries.

Life

Ahmet Nuri Efendi was born in Bulanık in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 Erzincan in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kosova, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gjilan (Gilan), the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kosova).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 38 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 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.47 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Birthplace
Bulanık
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Yuzbasi

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
7 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
1896/97 (AH 1314)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
250

Career

Career of Ahmet Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workErzincan250first-salary field
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruKosova300
1904 to 1906AH 1322 to 1323Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1904/05400
1905/06400
Gjilan (Gilan)400
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Ahmet Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1903/0430047535023%
1904/0540045035038%
1905/0640047533038%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
BulanıkGjilanErzincanKosova

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

18 officials in all. Officials recorded in Gjilan (Gilan)

Same school recorded

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

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Ahmet Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruKosova300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract118-86-167
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruGjilan (Gilan)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract118-86-167
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruGjilan (Gilan)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract118-86-167
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 Ahmet Nuri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAhmet Nuri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1297Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacebulanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birtherzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationyuzbasiRecovered 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)7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1314Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1896Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeErzincanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered 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.
  • 3 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.