Official
Ziya Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). On record 1888 to 1903, 15 annual entries.
Archive reference 58- 146;285
Life#
Ziya Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. 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 Istanbul in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Muhabere Memuru in Bursa, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bilecik, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bursa). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Geyve, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bilecik). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Geyve). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çorum, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çorum). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in İskilip, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu).
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1890/91 as Muhabere Memuru. 28 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 15 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 20 kuruş, is seen in 1890/91. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.37 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Ketebe
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 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
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Hırsızlık / Edepsizlik / Mumaileyh hakkında icra kılınan tahkikatı havi evrak üzerine evvelce hakkında vuku‘ bulan iş’ar-ı vecihle ısrarı telgrafı ifşa ve bazı posta paketlerini ashabına ziya‘ından bahis ile bilahare i‘ta etmiş ve bazısını hiç vermemiş ve yol hasılatından akçe geçmeyip civar merakizden pul açığını kapatmak mahkeme idaresinden Postahaneye tevdi‘ olunan akçelerini alarak üç defada bin üç yüz altmış sekiz kuruş sirkat etmek ve Posta muamelatının iki mühür isti‘mal etmek gibi ef‘al-i harekat-ı cür’eti inde′t-tahkikat sabit olmasına ve harekat-ı vakıası taht-ı muhakemeye alınmasını icap eder ef‘al-i kanuniyeden bulunmasına binaen hakkında layık olacak hüküm ve karara tevfikan muamele olunmak üzere hemen vazifesinin te’miniyle işten el çektirilerek evrak-ı tahkikanın usulü vecihle ba-iddianame mahalli müdde-i umumiliğine tevdi‘ hususuna nazaran meclis-i irade-i seniyyece karar verilip 5 Ağustos sene 1323 tarihinde işten el çektirilerek; Zimmet
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885/86AH 1303 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 380first-salary field |
| 1888 to 1890AH 1306 to 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Bursa | 380 |
| 1890 to 1893AH 1308 to 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Bilecik | 400 |
| 1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Geyve | 400 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Ankara | 400 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Çorum | 400 |
| 1897 to 1902AH 1315 to 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 400 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | İskilip | 400 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1889/90 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1890/91 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1891/92 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1892/93 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1893/94 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1896/97 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1897/98 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1898/99 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 380 | 33% |
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
- Emin EfendiKastamonu, 5 shared years
- Ahmet Rifat EfendiKastamonu, 5 shared years
- Osman Behçet EfendiKastamonu, 5 shared years
- Ahmet Ziya EfendiKastamonu, 5 shared years
- Hüseyin Sıtkı EfendiBilecik and 1 other place, 4 shared years
80 officials in all. Officials recorded in Kastamonu
Same school recorded
- Abbas Zihni EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Abdullah Kemal BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Abdullah Kemal BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Abdullah Mazhar EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Abdurrahman Halis EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiIstanbul, born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Aleksan EfendiIstanbul, born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Ali Bedri EfendiIstanbul, born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Ali Cenap EfendiIstanbul, born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Ali Haydar EfendiIstanbul, born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (15)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Bursa | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Bursa | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Bilecik | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Bilecik | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Bilecik | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Geyve | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Geyve | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Ankara | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Çorum | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | İskilip | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 146;285 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ziya Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1283 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | ketebe | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1303 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1886 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 380 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Hırsızlık / Edepsizlik / Mumaileyh hakkında icra kılınan tahkikatı havi evrak üzerine evvelce hakkında vuku‘ bulan iş’ar-ı vecihle ısrarı telgrafı ifşa ve bazı posta paketlerini ashabına ziya‘ından bahis ile bilahare i‘ta etmiş ve bazısını hiç vermemiş ve yol hasılatından akçe geçmeyip civar merakizden pul açığını kapatmak mahkeme idaresinden Postahaneye tevdi‘ olunan akçelerini alarak üç defada bin üç yüz altmış sekiz kuruş sirkat etmek ve Posta muamelatının iki mühür isti‘mal etmek gibi ef‘al-i harekat-ı cür’eti inde′t-tahkikat sabit olmasına ve harekat-ı vakıası taht-ı muhakemeye alınmasını icap eder ef‘al-i kanuniyeden bulunmasına binaen hakkında layık olacak hüküm ve karara tevfikan muamele olunmak üzere hemen vazifesinin te’miniyle işten el çektirilerek evrak-ı tahkikanın usulü vecihle ba-iddianame mahalli müdde-i umumiliğine tevdi‘ hususuna nazaran meclis-i irade-i seniyyece karar verilip 5 Ağustos sene 1323 tarihinde işten el çektirilerek 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) |
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
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 15 annual entries of 15 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.