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Official

Unnamed official (0067_0243; sayfa no:483.)

Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Bursa in 1861/62 (AH 1278). On record 1881 to 1896, 15 annual entries. Death recorded 1896/97.

Life

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Bursa in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut (Beyrut), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 380 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Misir, the salary going from 450 to 1,250 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 1,250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 91 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 1,250 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 800 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.88 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when 92 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1896/97 (AH 1314): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
Nationality as recorded
Rum
Father's occupation
Esnaf
Death recorded
1896/97 (AH 1314)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Community school
Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the earlier annual personnel extract. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

First work

Year
1878 (AH 1295)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
380

Career

Career of Unnamed official (0067_0243; sayfa no:483.), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878AH 1295First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)380first-salary field
1881/82AH 1299Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeirut (Beyrut)380
1882 to 1887AH 1300 to 1304Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
5 entries
YearSalary
1882/83300
1883/84300
1884/85300
1885/86350
1886/87450
Beyoğlu300 to 450
1887 to 1896AH 1305 to 1313Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
9 entries
YearSalary
1887/881,250
1888/891,250
1889/901,250
1890/911,250
1891/921,250
1892/931,250
1893/941,250
1894/951,250
1895/961,250
Misir1,250
1896/97AH 1314Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
05001,0001,5001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101,250 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 1310This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Unnamed official (0067_0243; sayfa no:483.) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1881/8238050050020%
1882/8330050050011%
1883/8430050050012%
1884/8530050050011%
1885/8635050050017%
1886/8745050050037%
1887/881,25050050091%
1888/891,25050050091%
1889/901,25050050091%
1890/911,25050050092%
1891/921,25050050092%
1892/931,25050050093%
1893/941,25050050093%
1894/951,25050050093%
1895/961,25050050092%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
BursaMisirIstanbulBeirutBeyoğlu

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

123 officials in all. Officials recorded in Misir

Same school recorded

262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

37 officials in all. Officials born in Bursa

Full record

Annual entries (15)

Annual entries of Unnamed official (0067_0243; sayfa no:483.)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeirut (Beyrut)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1882/83AH 1300Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1883/84AH 1301Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1884/85AH 1302Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1885/86AH 1303Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu350Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1886/87AH 1304Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBeyoğlu450Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1887/88AH 1305Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMisir1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1888/89AH 1306Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMisir1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1889/90AH 1307Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMisir1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1890/91AH 1308Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMisir1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1891/92AH 1309Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMisir1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1892/93AH 1310Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMisir1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1893/94AH 1311Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMisir1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1894/95AH 1312Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMisir1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
1895/96AH 1313Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMisir1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0067_0243; Sayfa No:483.
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 (14)

Recorded values of Unnamed official (0067_0243; sayfa no:483.) with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Birth year (AH)1278Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacebursaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthhudavendigarRecovered 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
SchoolMillet 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)4Recovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1295Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1878Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)380Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1314Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
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.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.

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