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Official

Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemah in 1847/48 (AH 1264). On record 1869 to 1898, 30 annual entries. Death recorded 1898/99.

Life

Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi was born in Kemah in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Amasya in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mecitözü, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mecitözü). In 1897/98 the record shows 2. Müdür in Gümüşhacıköy, the salary going from 700 to 1,100 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sivas).

The highest salary, 1,100 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as 2. Müdür. 93 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 30 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.58 per cent a year on average.

A death is recorded under 1898/99 (AH 1316): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1847/48 (AH 1264)
Birthplace
Kemah
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Death recorded
1898/99 (AH 1316)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Place
Amasya
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1867/68AH 1284First workAmasya300first-salary field
1869 to 1882AH 1286 to 1299Muhabere Memuru
14 entries
YearSalary
1869/70300
1870/71300
1871/72280
1872/73280
1873/74280
1874/75280
1875/76280
1876/77280
1877/78345
1878380
1878/79380
1879/80380
1880/81380
1881/82380
Mecitözü300 to 380
1882 to 1897AH 1300 to 1314Muhabere Memuru
15 entries
YearSalary
1882/83500
1883/84500
1884/85500
1885/86600
1886/87600
1887/88650
1888/89650
1889/90650
1890/91650
1891/92650
1892/93700
1893/94700
1894/95700
1895/96700
1896/97700
Sivas500 to 700
1897/98AH 13152. MüdürGümüşhacıköy1,100
1898/99AH 1316Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
05001,0001,5001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151,100 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315This 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 Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1869/7030060040012%
1870/7130060040012%
1871/7228055040010%
1872/732805504009%
1873/7428050040010%
1874/7528053545011%
1875/7628053040011%
1876/77280582.54109%
1877/7834556041015%
187838060050015%
1878/7938060042016%
1879/8038050038022%
1880/8138050040021%
1881/8238050040020%
1882/8350050040043%
1883/8450050040043%
1884/8550050040042%
1885/8660050040058%
1886/8760050040059%
1887/8865050040070%
1888/8965050040070%
1889/9065050040071%
1890/9165050040071%
1891/9265050040071%
1892/9370050040073%
1893/9470050040074%
1894/9570050040074%
1895/9670050040074%
1896/9770050040080%
1897/981,100500778.593%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KemahGümüşhacıköyAmasyaMecitözüSivas

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

61 officials in all. Officials recorded in Sivas

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

19 officials in all. Officials born in Kemah

Full record

Annual entries (30)

Annual entries of Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Muhabere MemuruMecitözü300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1870/71AH 1287Muhabere MemuruMecitözü300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1871/72AH 1288Muhabere MemuruMecitözü280Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1872/73AH 1289Muhabere MemuruMecitözü280Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere MemuruMecitözü280Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruMecitözü280Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruMecitözü280Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruMecitözü280Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruMecitözü345Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruMecitözü380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruMecitözü380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruMecitözü380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruMecitözü380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruMecitözü380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruSivas500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruSivas500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruSivas500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruSivas600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruSivas600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruSivas650Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruSivas650Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruSivas650Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruSivas650Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruSivas650Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruSivas700Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruSivas700Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruSivas700Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruSivas700Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruSivas700Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
1897/98AH 13152. MüdürGümüşhacıköy1,100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0174; 345
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 Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameTatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1264Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacekemahRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birtherzurumRecovered 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
SchoolSibyan 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)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1284Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1867Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeAmasyaRecovered 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
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1316Earlier 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.
  • 29 annual entries of 30 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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