Official
Mehmet Hayri Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1862/63 (AH 1279). On record 1877 to 1906, 29 annual entries.
Archive reference 27_140; 277
Life#
Mehmet Hayri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 15 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 95 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Semsekeyn, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edirne). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Galadinic, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Semsekeyn). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al-Nabk (Nebek), the salary going from 600 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Galadinic). In 1903/04 the record shows 3. Müdür in Gramatik, the salary going from 1,000 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Al-Nabk). In 1904/05 the record shows 3. Müdür in Resen (Resne), the salary going from 500 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Gramatik). In 1905/06 the record shows 3. Müdür in Notiye, with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Resen). No annual entry is recorded for 1895/96.
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 29 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 405 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.99 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 62 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1862/63 (AH 1279)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin telgrafhaneye fahişe kapamak gibi ahval-ı na-merzıye ve bi-edebanesinden naşi bin üç yüz on üç senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifinin yirmi yedisinde 1 Kânunusani sene 1311 azlolunup muahharan; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77AH 1293 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1877 to 1880AH 1294 to 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 to 95 |
| 1880 to 1890AH 1298 to 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 |
| 1890 to 1895AH 1308 to 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Edirne | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313) | |||
| 1896 to 1900AH 1314 to 1317 | 3. Müdür | Semsekeyn | 500 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 3. Müdür | Galadinic | 600 |
| 1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320 | 2. Müdür | Al-Nabk (Nebek) | 1,000 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 3. Müdür | Gramatik | 500 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | 3. Müdür | Resen (Resne) | 540 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 3. Müdür | Notiye | 540 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 | 100 | 560 | 410 | 0% |
| 1878 | 100 | 600 | 500 | 0% |
| 1878/79 | 100 | 600 | 420 | 0% |
| 1879/80 | 95 | 500 | 380 | 0% |
| 1880/81 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1881/82 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1882/83 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1883/84 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1884/85 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 42% |
| 1885/86 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 42% |
| 1886/87 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 42% |
| 1887/88 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 41% |
| 1888/89 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 41% |
| 1889/90 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 42% |
| 1890/91 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1891/92 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1892/93 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 44% |
| 1893/94 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1894/95 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1896/97 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 49% |
| 1897/98 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 49% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 48% |
| 1899/1900 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 47% |
| 1900/01 | 600 | 500 | 540 | 67% |
| 1901/02 | 1,000 | 500 | 800 | 87% |
| 1902/03 | 1,000 | 500 | 800 | 87% |
| 1903/04 | 500 | 475 | 540 | 51% |
| 1904/05 | 540 | 450 | 540 | 61% |
| 1905/06 | 540 | 475 | 540 | 62% |
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
- Yusuf Mişon EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik) and 1 other place, 11 shared years
- Berdos [Bedros] EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 10 shared years
- Unnamed official (23_48; 93)Thessaloniki (Selanik), 10 shared years
- Mehmet Aziz EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 10 shared years
- Mehmet Raif EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 10 shared years
573 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Same school recorded
- Abdülhamit EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmed Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Bican EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ali Galib EfendiIstanbul, born 1862/63 (AH 1279)
- Ali Galip EfendiIstanbul, born 1862/63 (AH 1279)
- Ali Haydar EfendiIstanbul, born 1862/63 (AH 1279)
- Arif Cemil EfendiIstanbul, born 1862/63 (AH 1279)
- Asım EfendiIstanbul, born 1862/63 (AH 1279)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (29)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 95 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Edirne | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Edirne | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Edirne | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Edirne | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Edirne | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 3. Müdür | Semsekeyn | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 3. Müdür | Semsekeyn | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Semsekeyn | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 3. Müdür | Semsekeyn | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 3. Müdür | Galadinic | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 2. Müdür | Al-Nabk (Nebek) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 2. Müdür | Al-Nabk (Nebek) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 3. Müdür | Gramatik | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | 3. Müdür | Resen (Resne) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 3. Müdür | Notiye | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 27_140; 277 |
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 | Mehmet Hayri Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1279 | 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 | Esnaf | 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) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1876 | 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 |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin telgrafhaneye fahişe kapamak gibi ahval-ı na-merzıye ve bi-edebanesinden naşi bin üç yüz on üç senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifinin yirmi yedisinde 1 Kânunusani sene 1311 azlolunup muahharan used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323 | 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.
- 29 annual entries of 29 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.