Official
ALİ HİKMET EFENDİ
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1901 to 1903, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 115_137; 271
Life#
Born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297), ALİ HİKMET EFENDİ came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was an accounts official (muhasebe memuru). Schooling took 12 years, at the Imperial School (Mekteb-i Sultani); ALİ HİKMET also wrote French as well as Turkish.
Work began in Istanbul in 1901/02, at about 21, paid from the start, on 500 kuruş a month. Both annual entries, for 1901/02 and 1902/03, place ALİ HİKMET in Istanbul, the birthplace, in the Mesalihi Kalemi.
Pay rose from 500 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to a peak of 700 in 1902/03, in the Mesalihi Kalemi in Istanbul, when three in four paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1902/03.
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 | 500 | 500 | 49% | |
| 1902/03 | 700 | 500 | 800 | 75% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500first-salary field |
| 1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320 | Mesalihi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 to 700 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Muhasebe Memuru
Education
- Higher or professional
- Mekteb-i Sultani (12 years)Imperial School (Galatasaray)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Other High
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1901/02 (AH 1319)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 702 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, ALİ HİKMET EFENDİ had the 279th highest salary.
- Hüseyin Hasip Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Ata Bey2 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Muhittin Bey2 shared years; highest salary 8,000 kuruş
- Salahattin Bey2 shared years; highest salary 7,800 kuruş
- Suleyman Resat Bey2 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 7 officials with the title Mesalihi Kalemi in the same years, ALİ HİKMET EFENDİ had the 6th highest salary.
- Ahmet Avni Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Nuri Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Dikran Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- Ahmet Nazım Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 800 kuruş
- OSMAN NURİ EFENDİ1 shared year; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same school
Of the 53 officials with Mekteb-i Sultani among their schools, ALİ HİKMET EFENDİ had the 19th highest salary.
- Mustafa Halit Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Aleksander Corci Efendiborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Beyborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Bahaeddin Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Hüseyin Avni Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 800 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; ALİ HİKMET EFENDİ had the 704th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Muhtar Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Rüşdi Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Sırrı Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 380 kuruş
- ALİ NUSRET EFENDİborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ali Refik Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 200 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), ALİ HİKMET EFENDİ had the 12th highest salary.
- İbrahim Edhem Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- İbrahim Seyfi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 220 kuruş
- Mehmet Sait Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 30 kuruş
- Alaaddin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Alber Aziz Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Mesalihi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_137; 271 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Mesalihi Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_137; 271 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | ALİ HİKMET EFENDİ | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1297 | 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 | Muhasebe Memuru | 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 | Mektebi Sultani | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 12 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1319 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1901 | 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) | 500 | Recovered 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.
- 2 annual entries of 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- ALİ HİKMET EFENDİ
- Mesalihi Kalemi
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Imperial School (Mekteb-i Sultani)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)