Official
Abdurrahman Rüştü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). On record 1879 to 1903, 20 annual entries.
Archive reference 102_27_49
Life#
Abdurrahman Rüştü Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muallim.
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 Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1879/80, the official was about 23 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1879/80, shows Muhabere Memuru in Malko Tarnovo (Tırnovacık), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kırklareli, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Malko Tarnovo). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 380 to 640 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kırklareli). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Chania (Hanya), the salary going from 640 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1893/94 the record shows 2. Müdür in Lasid, the salary going from 530 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Chania). In 1898/99 the record shows Basmemur Muavini in Izmir (İzmir), with 684 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Lasid). In 1901/02 the record shows Seyyar Basmemur in Izmir, the salary going from 684 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Basmemur Muavini in Izmir). No annual entry is recorded for 1882 to 1885 and 1900/01.
The highest salary, 760 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as 2. Müdür. 79 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 20 years with a salary the median is 565 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 260 kuruş, is seen in 1885/86. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.69 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Muallim
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- 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
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- işret / tahvil işrete olan inhimakı yüzünden memuriyetini terk etmekle üç yüz senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifi gurresinde 26 Nisan sene 1299 azl edilmiş; İşret
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1319; 1320
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80AH 1297 | First work | Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) | 380first-salary field |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Malko Tarnovo (Tırnovacık) | 380 |
| 1880 to 1882AH 1298 to 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Kırklareli | 380 |
| No annual entry: 1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302) | |||
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 640 |
| 1886 to 1893AH 1304 to 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Chania (Hanya) | 380 to 530 |
| 1893 to 1898AH 1311 to 1315 | 2. Müdür | Lasid | 760 to 684 |
| 1898 to 1900AH 1316 to 1317 | Basmemur Muavini | Izmir (İzmir) | 684 |
| No annual entry: 1900/01 (AH 1318) | |||
| 1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320 | Seyyar Basmemur | Izmir (İzmir) | 600 to 700 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80 | 380 | 500 | 380 | 22% |
| 1880/81 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1881/82 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1885/86 | 640 | 500 | 400 | 70% |
| 1886/87 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1887/88 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 19% |
| 1888/89 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1889/90 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1890/91 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 22% |
| 1891/92 | 530 | 500 | 400 | 56% |
| 1892/93 | 530 | 500 | 400 | 57% |
| 1893/94 | 760 | 500 | 800 | 79% |
| 1894/95 | 760 | 500 | 800 | 79% |
| 1895/96 | 760 | 500 | 800 | 79% |
| 1896/97 | 684 | 500 | 765 | 79% |
| 1897/98 | 684 | 500 | 778.5 | 79% |
| 1898/99 | 684 | 500 | 79% | |
| 1899/1900 | 684 | 500 | 77% | |
| 1901/02 | 600 | 500 | 67% | |
| 1902/03 | 700 | 500 | 75% |
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
- İstefan EfendiChania (Hanya), 7 shared years
- Ethem Bazaki(?) EfendiIzmir (İzmir) and 1 other place, 6 shared years
- AHMET CEMİL EFENDİIzmir (İzmir), 4 shared years
- İbrahim Ethem EfendiIzmir (İzmir), 4 shared years
- Todori İstavridis EfendiIzmir (İzmir), 4 shared years
129 officials in all. Officials recorded in Chania (Hanya)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Ahmet Fazıl BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Ahmet Midhat BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Ali Galib EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Ali Haydar EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Rifat EfendiIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Alfo EfendiIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Ali BeyIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Ali Nuri EfendiIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Ali Rıza EfendiIstanbul, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (20)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Malko Tarnovo (Tırnovacık) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Kırklareli | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Kırklareli | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 640 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Chania (Hanya) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Chania (Hanya) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Chania (Hanya) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Chania (Hanya) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Chania (Hanya) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Chania (Hanya) | 530 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Chania (Hanya) | 530 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | 2. Müdür | Lasid | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | 2. Müdür | Lasid | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | 2. Müdür | Lasid | 760 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 2. Müdür | Lasid | 684 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 2. Müdür | Lasid | 684 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Basmemur Muavini | Izmir (İzmir) | 684 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Basmemur Muavini | Izmir (İzmir) | 684 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Seyyar Basmemur | Izmir (İzmir) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Seyyar Basmemur | Izmir (İzmir) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 102_27_49 |
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 (17)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Abdurrahman Rüştü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1273 | 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 | muallim | 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1297 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1880 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Tirnova | 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 | işret / tahvil işrete olan inhimakı yüzünden memuriyetini terk etmekle üç yüz senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifi gurresinde 26 Nisan sene 1299 azl edilmiş used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | İşret other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1319; 1320 | Later annual personnel extract |
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.
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- 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.