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Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi

Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Gelibolu in 1848/49 (AH 1265). On record 1869 to 1903, 35 annual entries. Death recorded 1904/05.

Life

Born in Gelibolu in 1848/49 (AH 1265), Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi came from the Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Anderya Papa Dopli had four years of schooling, at a Greek Orthodox school (Rum Mektebi), and wrote French and Greek (Rum) and spoke Turkish.

Work began in Gelibolu in 1866/67, at about 17, with three unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1869/70, with Anderya Papa Dopli as an official for foreign communications (Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti) in Thessaloniki (Selanik). Next came a return to Gelibolu, the birthplace, from 1870 to 1873, then Enez (İnoz) from 1873 to 1881. The annual lists then follow Anderya Papa Dopli to Pljevlja (Taşlıca) and Veles (Köprülü) from 1881 to 1886. From 1886 to 1903 the annual entries place Anderya Papa Dopli in Skopje (Üsküp). Of the 775 officials whose entries span 30 years or more, fewer than 7 per cent kept one title throughout.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1869/70 to 600 in 1873/74, the peak, as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Enez, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. After the last annual entry, for 1902/03, the list of 1904/05 (AH 1322) gives the status word Vefat (death).

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 7 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1869/701870/711881/821882/831886/871234567GeliboluThessalonikiEnezPljevljaVelesSkopje
  1. Gelibolu

    Born 1848/49 (AH 1265); First work 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  2. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Gelibolu

    1870 to 1873 (AH 1287 to 1289)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    380 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Enez (İnoz)

    1873 to 1881 (AH 1290 to 1298)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    500 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  5. Pljevlja (Taşlıca)

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Veles (Köprülü)

    1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  7. Skopje (Üsküp)

    1886 to 1903 (AH 1304 to 1320)

    Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    400 to 525 kuruş a month; entries in 17 years

  8. Death recorded in the annual list of 1904/05 (AH 1322): the word Vefat, not a date of death.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320600 kuruşMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320This 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 Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1869/7040060057640018%
1870/7140060060048020%
1871/7238055057048020%
1872/7338055058557018%
1873/7460050057060055%
1874/7560053565057555%
1875/7660053070050054%
1876/77600582.560050050%
1877/7860056060060050%
187860060060060046%
1878/7960060060058547%
1879/8050050050047547%
1880/8150050050047547%
1881/8260050050050060%
1882/8340050050050028%
1883/84400500500462.527%
1884/8540050050050027%
1885/8640050050050027%
1886/8740050050050027%
1887/8840050050050027%
1888/8952550050050055%
1889/9052550050050055%
1890/9152550050050056%
1891/9252550050050056%
1892/9352550050050057%
1893/9452550050050058%
1894/9552550050050058%
1895/9652550050050057%
1896/9747550049550046%
1897/9847550048050047%
1898/9947550049550046%
1899/190047550050051345%
1900/0147550050054045%
1901/0247550048054047%
1902/0347550040050048%

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 Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1866/67AH 1283First workGelibolu400first-salary field
1869/70AH 1286Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiThessaloniki (Selanik)400
1870 to 1873AH 1287 to 1289Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1870/71400
1871/72380
1872/73380
Gelibolu400 to 380
1873 to 1881AH 1290 to 1298Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
9 entries
YearSalary
1873/74600
1874/75600
1875/76600
1876/77600
1877/78600
1878600
1878/79600
1879/80500
1880/81500
Enez (İnoz)600 to 500
1881/82AH 1299Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPljevlja (Taşlıca)600
1882 to 1886AH 1300 to 1303Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
4 entries
YearSalary
1882/83400
1883/84400
1884/85400
1885/86400
Veles (Köprülü)400
1886 to 1903AH 1304 to 1320Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
17 entries
YearSalary
1886/87400
1887/88400
1888/89525
1889/90525
1890/91525
1891/92525
1892/93525
1893/94525
1894/95525
1895/96525
1896/97475
1897/98475
1898/99475
1899/1900475
1900/01475
1901/02475
1902/03475
Skopje (Üsküp)400 to 475
1904/05AH 1322Death recorded

Record

Personal

Born
1848/49 (AH 1265)
Birthplace
Gelibolu
Community
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
Nationality as recorded
Rum
Father's occupation
Esnaf
Death recorded
1904/05 (AH 1322)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Community school
Rum Mektebi (4 years)Greek Orthodox (Rum) school
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
3 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
Greek (Rum)
Kitabetwriting. 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
Tekellumspeaking

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

First work

Year
1866/67 (AH 1283)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
işret / Mumaileyh usulen tekaüde davet edildiği hâlde muvafakat etmemiş ve kendisinin îş ve işretle meluf ve vazife-i memuresince lakayt bulunmasına inzimam eden sağırlığı ve devamsızlığı cihetiyle de vazifesini ifadan aczi bulunmuş olduğuna ve şu hâliyle beka-ı memuriyeti gayr-i caiz bulunduğuna binaen maslahatın ihsas eylediği lüzum-ı kavî üzerine mumaileyhin bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Muharreminin yirmi üçünde 18 Nisan sene 1318 açığa çıkarıldığı şube-i mezkurenin 2 Cemaziyelahir sene 1320 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir.; İşret

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 11 officials who held Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Skopje (Üsküp) in the same years, Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi had the 7th highest salary.

Same place, same years

Of the 83 officials with entries in Skopje (Üsküp) in the same years, Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi had the 35th highest salary.

All 143 officials with entries in Skopje (Üsküp)

Same job title, same years

Of the 449 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in the same years, Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi had the 238th highest salary.

All 605 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

Same school

Of the 61 officials with Rum Mektebi among their schools, Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi had the 34th highest salary.

All 61 officials with Rum Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 31 officials born in Gelibolu, Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi had the 10th highest salary.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 31 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi had the 81st highest salary.

All 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Full record

Annual entries (35)

Annual entries of Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiThessaloniki (Selanik)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1870/71AH 1287Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiGelibolu400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1871/72AH 1288Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiGelibolu380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1872/73AH 1289Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiGelibolu380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1873/74AH 1290Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1874/75AH 1291Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1875/76AH 1292Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1876/77AH 1293Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1877/78AH 1294Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1878AH 1295Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1878/79AH 1296Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEnez (İnoz)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1879/80AH 1297Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEnez (İnoz)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1880/81AH 1298Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiEnez (İnoz)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1881/82AH 1299Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPljevlja (Taşlıca)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1882/83AH 1300Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiVeles (Köprülü)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1883/84AH 1301Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiVeles (Köprülü)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1884/85AH 1302Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiVeles (Köprülü)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1885/86AH 1303Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiVeles (Köprülü)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1886/87AH 1304Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1887/88AH 1305Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1888/89AH 1306Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)525Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1889/90AH 1307Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)525Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1890/91AH 1308Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)525Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1891/92AH 1309Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)525Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1892/93AH 1310Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)525Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1893/94AH 1311Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)525Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1894/95AH 1312Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)525Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1895/96AH 1313Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)525Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1896/97AH 1314Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1897/98AH 1315Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1898/99AH 1316Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1899/1900AH 1317Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1900/01AH 1318Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1901/02AH 1319Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
1902/03AH 1320Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiSkopje (Üsküp)475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract53_0233; 463
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)

Recorded values of Anderya Papa Dopli Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAnderya Papa Dopli EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1265Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacegeliboluRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthedirneRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationesnafRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionHristiyanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityRumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRum MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)3Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1283Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1866Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeGeliboluRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedişret / Mumaileyh usulen tekaüde davet edildiği hâlde muvafakat etmemiş ve kendisinin îş ve işretle meluf ve vazife-i memuresince lakayt bulunmasına inzimam eden sağırlığı ve devamsızlığı cihetiyle de vazifesini ifadan aczi bulunmuş olduğuna ve şu hâliyle beka-ı memuriyeti gayr-i caiz bulunduğuna binaen maslahatın ihsas eylediği lüzum-ı kavî üzerine mumaileyhin bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Muharreminin yirmi üçünde 18 Nisan sene 1318 açığa çıkarıldığı şube-i mezkurenin 2 Cemaziyelahir sene 1320 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedİşret other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1322Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel 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 (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.
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.
  • 34 annual entries of 35 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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

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