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Official

Mehmet Fahri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Harput in 1889/90 (AH 1307). On record 1907 to 1910, 3 annual entries.

Life

Mehmet Fahri Efendi was born in Harput in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Duyunu umumiye memuru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Mamuretulaziz. 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 Harput in 1907/08 (AH 1325): Telgraf. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1907/08, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1907/08, shows Muhabere Memuru in Harput, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows no title in Elazığ (before: Muhabere Memuru in Harput).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Birthplace
Harput
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Duyunu umumiye memuru

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school); place of the school as worded: mamuretulaziz
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0.5 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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1907/08 (AH 1325)
Place
Harput
First job as worded
Telgraf
Age at first work (workbook field)
18
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Mehmet Fahri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1907/08AH 1325Telgraffirst workHarput300first-salary field
1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1907/08300
1908/09300
Harput300
1909/10AH 1327
Other institution
Elazığ
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327300 kuruşEntry of another institution
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Mehmet Fahri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1907/0830030025039%
1908/0930035025036%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
HarputElazığ

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Named in scholarly works

No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

Officials recorded in Harput

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

26 officials in all. Officials born in Harput

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Mehmet Fahri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1907/08AH 1325Muhabere MemuruHarput300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract187-178-176
1908/09AH 1326Muhabere MemuruHarput300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract187-178-176
1909/10AH 1327ElazığOtherCross-ministry personnel workbook187-178-176
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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 (25)

Recorded values of Mehmet Fahri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMehmet Fahri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1307Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplaceharputRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: district (kaza)HarputCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: sancakElazigCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: province (vilayet)ElazigCross-ministry personnel workbook
Province of birthelazigRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationDuyunu umumiye memuruRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionmuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityturkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
Schoolrusdiye mektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Place of the schoolmamuretulazizCross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0.5 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1325Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
First work: Gregorian year as stored1907Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeharputRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: district (kaza)HarputCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: sancakelazigCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: province (vilayet)elazigCross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedTelgrafLinked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Age at first work (workbook field)18Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)300Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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.
Linked personnel workbook
The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.

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