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Official

Mehmet Galip Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). On record 1890 to 1893, 2 annual entries.

Life

Mehmet Galip Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Binbasi.

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 Erzurum in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 15 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 1890/91, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Muhabere Memuru in Pasinler (Hasankale), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pasinler). No annual entry is recorded for 1891/92.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1890/91 as Muhabere Memuru. 15 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 2 years with a salary the median is 225 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 29.29 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 7 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Binbasi

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Place
Erzurum
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Mehmet Galip Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306First workErzurum300first-salary field
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)300
No annual entry: 1891/92 (AH 1309)
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)150
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry01002003001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310300 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310This 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 Galip Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1890/9130050040015%
1892/931505004007%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulErzurumPasinler

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

504 officials in all. Officials recorded in Pasinler (Hasankale)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Mehmet Galip Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_85; 167
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_85; 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 Mehmet Galip Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMehmet Galip EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1291Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationBinbasiRecovered 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)1306Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1889Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeErzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered 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 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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