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Official

Salahaddin Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Tripoli (Trablusgarp) in 1890/91 (AH 1308). On record 1909 to 1911, 2 annual entries.

Life

Salahaddin Efendi was born in Tripoli (Trablusgarp) in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as kolagasi.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in İzmit in 1909/10 (AH 1327). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1909/10, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1909/10, shows Muhabere Memuru in İzmit, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1910/11 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Adapazarı, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in İzmit).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as Muhabere Memuru. 30 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 2 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1910/11. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 33.33 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
turkish
Father's occupation
kolagasi

Education

Idadi
İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
Yes

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
1909/10 (AH 1327)
Place
İzmit
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Salahaddin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1909/10AH 1327First workİzmit300first-salary field
1909/10AH 1327Muhabere Memuruİzmit300
1910/11AH 1328Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı400
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 Salahaddin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1909/10300462.530015%
1910/1140050030030%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
TripoliAdapazarıİzmit

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

Officials recorded in İzmit

Same school recorded

132 officials in all. Officials with İdadi Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

9 officials in all. Officials born in Tripoli (Trablusgarp)

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Salahaddin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1909/10AH 1327Muhabere Memuruİzmit300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract187-174-172
1910/11AH 1328Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract187-174-172
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 Salahaddin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameSalahaddin EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1308Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacetrablusgarpRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthtrablusgarpRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationkolagasiRecovered 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
Schoolidadi mektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling9Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1327Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: placeizmitRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered 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.