Official
Begos Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1893 to 1896, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0143; 283
Life#
Begos Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287) into the Armenian Christian (Ermeni) community. Schooling took four years, at a community school (Millet Mektebi); Begos also wrote French as well as Turkish.
Work began in Istanbul in 1888/89, at about 18, with five unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 100 kuruş. From 1893/94 to 1895/96 every annual entry places Begos in Galata, first as a postal official (Posta Memuru), from 1894/95 in the stamp clerkship (Pul Kitabeti).
Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to a peak of 140 in 1894/95, in the Pul Kitabeti in Galata, when 6 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 4,560 kuruş, 25 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1895/96.
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 1870/71 (AH 1287); First work 1888/89 (AH 1306)
1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
Posta Memuru 1893/94 (AH 1311); Pul Kitabeti 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)
100 to 140 kuruş a month; entries in 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94 | 100 | 500 | 350 | 480 | 3% |
| 1894/95 | 140 | 500 | 245 | 450 | 6% |
| 1895/96 | 140 | 500 | 245 | 440 | 6% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 100 |
| 1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 140 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 5 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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- 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
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
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 4 officials who held Pul Kitabeti in Galata in the same years, Begos Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Mehmet Rüştü Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 950 kuruş
- İlya Dakos Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Deyran Misak Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 49 officials with entries in Galata in the same years, Begos Efendi had the 48th highest salary.
- Ahmet Faiz Efend3 shared years; highest salary 5,400 kuruş
- Ahmet Avni Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Mustafa İhsan Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Andon Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- İstapan Parunaki Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 21 officials with the title Pul Kitabeti in the same years, Begos Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Mehmet Rüştü Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 950 kuruş
- İlya Dakos Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Yasef Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 550 kuruş
- Deyran Misak Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Begos Efendi had the 256th highest salary.
- Abdullah Hıtar Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 550 kuruş
- Agop Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Musa Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Sepoh Basmacıyan Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 280 kuruş
- Serkiz Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 600 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Begos Efendi had the 1,778th highest salary of them.
- Agop Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Ahmed Talat Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Avni Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Avni Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Hurşit Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 400 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), Begos Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Ahmet Kemal Efendifirst entry in Galata; highest salary 480 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279)first entry in Galata; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet İzzet Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Mehmet Nuri Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Talat Beyfirst entry in Ankara; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
All 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0143; 283 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 140 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0143; 283 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 140 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0143; 283 |
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 | ||
| Name | Begos Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1287 | 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 |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | 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) | 5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1306 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1889 | 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) | 100 | 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.
- 3 annual entries of 3 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
- Begos Efendi
- Stamp clerkship (Pul Kitabeti)
- Galata
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- 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)