Official
Mehmed Sami Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kütahya in 1853/54 (AH 1270). On record 1871 to 1894, 20 annual entries. Death recorded 1893/94.
Archive reference 0100_0037; 71
Life#
Mehmed Sami Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kavait.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Fatih. 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 Trabzon in 1871/72 (AH 1288): Mektubi Kalemi. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Mektubi Kalemi in Trabzon, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1875/76 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Giresun, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mektubi Kalemi in Trabzon). In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Giresun). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ordu, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gümüşhane, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ordu). In 1884/85 the record shows Icra Memuru in Gümüşhane, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gümüşhane). In 1887/88 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Yemen, the salary going from 500 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Icra Memuru in Gümüşhane). In 1888/89 the record shows Müdür in Yemen kazasi, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,600 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Yemen). The title field holds the status word Vefat for 1893/94. No annual entry is recorded for 1874/75, 1882 to 1884 and 1886/87.
The highest salary, 1,600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1888/89 as Müdür. 93 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 19 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 600 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 17.06 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 95 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1893/94 (AH 1311): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Birthplace
- Kütahya
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Kavait
- Death recorded
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school); place of the school as worded: Fatih
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Place
- Trabzon
- First job as worded
- Mektubi Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 18
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 50
Legal records
- Judicial record (recorded code)
- 1
- Legal record note as worded
- Zimmet / üç bin yedi yüz elli kuruş yirmi beş para zımmetinden dolayı bin üç yüz senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifinin on birinde azl ile üç yüz yedi senesi şehr-i Şaban-ı şerifinin zımmet-i mezkuresi teꞌdiye ettiği cihetle beş yüz şehriye ile Gümüşhane Sancağı Bidayet Mahkemesi İcra memuriyetine alınıp; Zimmet
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311
Notes from the record
- Merit and competence grade (recorded code)
- 1
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Mektubi Kalemifirst work | Trabzon | 50first-salary field |
| 1871 to 1874AH 1288 to 1290 | Mektubi Kalemi | Trabzon | 50 to 200 |
| No annual entry: 1874/75 (AH 1291) | |||
| 1875 to 1877AH 1292 to 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Giresun | 300 to 400 |
| 1877 to 1879AH 1294 to 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Trabzon | 400 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Ordu | 500 |
| 1880 to 1882AH 1298 to 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Gümüşhane | 600 |
| No annual entry: 1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301) | |||
| 1884 to 1886AH 1302 to 1303 | Icra Memuru | Gümüşhane | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1886/87 (AH 1304) | |||
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Yemen | 1,000 |
| 1888 to 1893AH 1306 to 1310 | Müdür | Yemen kazasi | 1,600 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job) | Yemen kazasi | |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871/72 | 50 | 550 | 0% | |
| 1872/73 | 95 | 550 | 1% | |
| 1873/74 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 7% |
| 1875/76 | 300 | 530 | 400 | 12% |
| 1876/77 | 400 | 582.5 | 410 | 17% |
| 1877/78 | 400 | 560 | 410 | 16% |
| 1878 | 400 | 600 | 500 | 17% |
| 1878/79 | 400 | 600 | 420 | 18% |
| 1879/80 | 500 | 500 | 380 | 47% |
| 1880/81 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1881/82 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1884/85 | 500 | 500 | 42% | |
| 1885/86 | 500 | 500 | 42% | |
| 1887/88 | 1,000 | 500 | 525 | 83% |
| 1888/89 | 1,600 | 500 | 2,250 | 93% |
| 1889/90 | 1,600 | 500 | 2,000 | 94% |
| 1890/91 | 1,600 | 500 | 2,250 | 94% |
| 1891/92 | 1,600 | 500 | 2,400 | 95% |
| 1892/93 | 1,600 | 500 | 2,400 | 95% |
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: 2 entries in 1 work
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar: Mehmet Sami EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar: Mehmet Sami EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Osman Hulusi EfendiTrabzon, 6 shared years
- ismail Hakki EfendiTrabzon, 5 shared years
- Hasan Nazmi EfendiTrabzon, 4 shared years
- Mehmet Rauf EfendiTrabzon, 3 shared years
- Salih EfendiTrabzon, 3 shared years
36 officials in all. Officials recorded in Trabzon
Same school recorded
- Abdullah EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hilmi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Kâşif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ali Rıza EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Cemal EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1871/72 (AH 1288)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Agop Sırrı EfendiKütahya, born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Ahmet Ziya EfendiKütahya, born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- Ali Riza EfendiKütahya, born 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Osman Nuri BeyKütahya, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Ömer Lütfü EfendiKütahya, born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
19 officials in all. Officials born in Kütahya
Full record
Annual entries (20)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Mektubi Kalemi | Trabzon | 50 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Mektubi Kalemi | Trabzon | 95 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Mektubi Kalemi | Trabzon | 200 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhabere Memuru | Giresun | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Giresun | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Trabzon | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhabere Memuru | Trabzon | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Trabzon | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Ordu | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Gümüşhane | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Gümüşhane | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Icra Memuru | Gümüşhane | 500 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Icra Memuru | Gümüşhane | 500 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Yemen | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Müdür | Yemen kazasi | 1,600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Müdür | Yemen kazasi | 1,600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Müdür | Yemen kazasi | 1,600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Müdür | Yemen kazasi | 1,600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Müdür | Yemen kazasi | 1,600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Vefat | Yemen kazasi | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0037; 71 |
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 (30)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmed Sami Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1270 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | kutahya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Kutahya | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Kutahya | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Hudavendigar | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | hudavendigar | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | kavait | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Place of the school | Fatih | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | 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) | 1288 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1871 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Trabzon | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Trabzon | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Trabzon | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Trabzon | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Mektubi Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 18 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 50 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 50 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Legal records | ||
| Judicial record (recorded code) | 1 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / üç bin yedi yüz elli kuruş yirmi beş para zımmetinden dolayı bin üç yüz senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifinin on birinde azl ile üç yüz yedi senesi şehr-i Şaban-ı şerifinin zımmet-i mezkuresi teꞌdiye ettiği cihetle beş yüz şehriye ile Gümüşhane Sancağı Bidayet Mahkemesi İcra memuriyetine alınıp used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1310; 1311 | Later annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1311 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy); Later annual personnel extract; Occupational-record extract |
| Other recorded values | ||
| Merit and competence grade (recorded code) | 1 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
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.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- 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.
- 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.
- Occupational-record extract
- The personnel file of September 2025, read for its columns of title and occupation. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word Vefat stands, not a date of death.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 14 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.