Official
Unnamed official (0094_14; 25)
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Melnik (Menlik) in 1854/55 (AH 1271). On record 1878 to 1902, 20 annual entries.
Archive reference 0094_14; 25
Life#
Born in Melnik (Menlik) in 1854/55 (AH 1271), this official came from the Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) community; the father was a merchant (tüccar). The official knew four languages, French and Greek (Rum) in writing and Bulgarian and Italian in speech, a number reached by fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,211 officials.
Work began in Serres (Siroz) in 1874/75, at about 19, with four unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 500 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1878, places the official in Skopje (Üsküp) as an official for foreign communications (Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti), where the entries run to 1882/83. The official then moved to Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) from 1883 to 1890, then Beirut (Beyrut) from 1895 to 1897. The last posts were in Jaffa (Yafa) from 1897 to 1902, first as an official of the union post (İttihat Posta Memuru), from 1901/02 as Kartpostal Memuru.
The salary went from 500 kuruş a month in 1878 to 600 in 1884/85, the peak, as İttihat Posta Memuru in Blagoevgrad, when 59 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 20 years pay ended below where it began, 400 kuruş against 500; fewer than 7 per cent of the 2,010 officials paid for 15 years or more ended as low. The last annual entry is for 1901/02.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
First work 1874/75 (AH 1291)
1878 to 1883 (AH 1295 to 1300)
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
400 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years
1883 to 1890 (AH 1301 to 1307)
400 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years
1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)
No annual entry for 1890 to 1895 (AH 1308 to 1312) before it.
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
1897 to 1902 (AH 1315 to 1319)
İttihat Posta Memuru 1897 to 1901 (AH 1315 to 1318); Kartpostal Memuru 1901/02 (AH 1319)
300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 500 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 33% |
| 1878/79 | 500 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 34% |
| 1879/80 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 35% |
| 1880/81 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 34% |
| 1881/82 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 31% |
| 1882/83 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 28% |
| 1883/84 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 462.5 | 27% |
| 1884/85 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 500 | 59% |
| 1885/86 | 600 | 500 | 650 | 500 | 58% |
| 1886/87 | 600 | 500 | 650 | 500 | 59% |
| 1887/88 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 500 | 58% |
| 1888/89 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 58% |
| 1889/90 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 58% |
| 1895/96 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 17% |
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 495 | 500 | 18% |
| 1897/98 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1898/99 | 300 | 500 | 520 | 400 | 19% |
| 1899/1900 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1900/01 | 300 | 500 | 450 | 400 | 18% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 32% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75AH 1291 | First work | Serres (Siroz) | 500first-salary field |
| 1878 to 1883AH 1295 to 1300 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Skopje (Üsküp) | 500 to 400 |
| 1883 to 1890AH 1301 to 1307 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) | 400 to 600 |
| No annual entry: 1890 to 1895 (AH 1308 to 1312) | |||
| 1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 |
| 1897 to 1901AH 1315 to 1318 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Kartpostal Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 400 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Birthplace
- Melnik (Menlik)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Tuccar
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 4 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
- Bulgarian
- Tekellumspeaking
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Italian
- Tekellumspeaking
- 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
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Place
- Serres (Siroz)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
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 12 officials who held Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut (Beyrut) in the same years, Unnamed official (0094_14; 25) had the 7th highest salary.
- Mişel Melahme Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Vedi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Çaker Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Bohur Badur Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Selim Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 540 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 18 officials with entries in Skopje (Üsküp) in the same years, Unnamed official (0094_14; 25) had the 9th highest salary.
- Suleyman Zeki Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 684 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Bey4 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Hafız Hacı Aluş Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mahmud Nedim Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmed Rıfat Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 35 officials with the title İttihat Posta Memuru in the same years, Unnamed official (0094_14; 25) had the 17th highest salary.
- İskarlato Roskoviç Efendi11 shared years; highest salary 850 kuruş
- Ernest Mavromati Efendi11 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- İstefan Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Dadi Fransuva Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mihran Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Unnamed official (0094_14; 25) had the 89th highest salary.
- Dikran Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Dimitri Servet Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Habip Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 170 kuruş
- Ohannes Abramiyan Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 1,100 kuruş
- Agop Sırrı Efendiborn 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 42 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), Unnamed official (0094_14; 25) had the 25th highest salary.
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendifirst entry in Gevaş; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Bekir Zuhtu Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 650 kuruş
- Mehmet İhsan Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Abdülhadi Efendifirst entry in Artvin (Livane); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Efendifirst entry in Nallıhan; highest salary 300 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (20)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Skopje (Üsküp) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Skopje (Üsküp) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | İttihat Posta Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Kartpostal Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0094_14; 25 |
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 (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Birth year (AH) | 1271 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | menlik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | selanik | 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 |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1291 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1874 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Siroz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 500 | 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.
- 20 annual entries of 20 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
- Unnamed official (0094_14; 25)
- Official of the union (international) post (İttihat Posta Memuru)
- Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
- Melnik (Menlik)
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- 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)