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Official

ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Almyros (Ermiye) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). On record 1902 to 1905, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 115_126; 249

Compare ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ with other officials

Life

Born in Almyros (Ermiye) in 1875/76 (AH 1292), ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a director (müdür). ALİ HIFZI had seven years of schooling, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi), and wrote French as well as Turkish and spoke Greek (Rum).

At about 21, in 1896/97, ALİ HIFZI began work in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with six unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1902/03, places ALİ HIFZI in Thessaloniki as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru). The last posts were in Kayalar from 1903 to 1905.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1902/03 to a peak of 500 in 1903/04, as Muhabere Memuru in Kayalar, when 51 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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.

All 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1896/971903/04123AlmyrosThessalonikiKayalar

  1. Almyros (Ermiye)

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292)

  2. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    First work 1896/97 (AH 1314); 1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Muhabere Memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Kayalar

    1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)

    Muhabere Memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322500 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same province

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
Salary of ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1902/0325050038045015%
1903/0450047535040051%
1904/0550045035045052%

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.

Career of ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workThessaloniki (Selanik)250first-salary field
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)250
1903 to 1905AH 1321 to 1322Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1903/04500
1904/05500
Kayalar500

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
mudur

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
6 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

French
Kitabetwriting
Greek (Rum)
tekellumspeaking. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
250

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 24 officials who held Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in the same years, ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ had the 12th highest salary.

Same place, same years

Of the 2 officials with entries in Kayalar in the same years, ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ had the lowest salary.

All 9 officials with entries in Kayalar

Same job title, same years

Of the 1,128 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ had the 351st highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ had the 1,253rd highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 168 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ had the 19th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_126; 249
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruKayalar500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_126; 249
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruKayalar500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_126; 249
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)

Recorded values of ALİ HIFZI EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameALİ HIFZI EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1292Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceurmiyeRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationmudurRecovered 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)6Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1314Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1896Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeSelanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered 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.

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

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