Official
Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279)
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Divriği in 1855/56 (AH 1272). On record 1893 to 1901, 8 annual entries. Death recorded 1901/02.
Archive reference 0087_0141, sayfa no:279
Life#
Born in Divriği in 1855/56 (AH 1272) into the Armenian Christian (Ermeni) community, this official was the child of a farmer (çiftçi). The official had four years of schooling, at a community school (Millet Mektebi).
Work began in Istanbul in 1893/94, at about 38, paid from the start, on 250 kuruş a month. Few began so late; 49 of the 5,128 officials whose age at first work is known started at 38 or older. The first annual entry, for 1893/94, places the official in Galata as a postal official (Posta Memuru), where the entries run to 1895/96. The last posts were in Istanbul from 1896 to 1899 and Galata again from 1899 to 1901.
The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to 400 in 1900/01, the peak, as a deliverer (Müvezzi) in Galata, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 25,800 kuruş, 53 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1900/01; the list of 1901/02 (AH 1319) gives the status word Vefat (death).
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1855/56 (AH 1272)
First work 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Death recorded in the annual list of 1901/02 (AH 1319): the word Vefat, not a date of death.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94 | 250 | 500 | 350 | 13% |
| 1894/95 | 250 | 500 | 380 | 13% |
| 1895/96 | 250 | 500 | 352.5 | 13% |
| 1896/97 | 250 | 500 | 200 | 13% |
| 1897/98 | 250 | 500 | 200 | 14% |
| 1898/99 | 250 | 500 | 13% | |
| 1899/1900 | 250 | 500 | 200 | 12% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 170 | 31% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250first-salary field |
| 1893 to 1896AH 1311 to 1313 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 250 |
| 1896 to 1899AH 1314 to 1316 | Musillik | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 |
| 1899 to 1901AH 1317 to 1318 | Müvezzi | Galata | 250 to 400 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Death recorded | ||
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Birthplace
- Divriği
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- ciftci
- Death recorded
- 1901/02 (AH 1319)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the earlier annual personnel extract. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
First work
- Year
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
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 84 officials with entries in Galata in the same years, Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279) had the 59th highest salary.
- Ahmet Faiz Efend5 shared years; highest salary 5,400 kuruş
- Ahmet Avni Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Mustafa İhsan Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- İstapan Parunaki Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Dikran Arakilyan Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,300 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 120 officials with the title Posta Memuru in the same years, Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279) had the 80th highest salary.
- Hasan Şevki Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- İsmail Hilmi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Zülfikar Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Nurettin Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ömer Fevzi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279) had the 168th highest salary.
- Corci Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- Dimitri Altunyadi Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Kesidrak(?) Zoryan Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 380 kuruş
- Kirfor Çalyan Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 420 kuruş
- Nişan Sultanyan Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 650 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 6 officials born in Divriği, Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279) had the 5th highest salary.
- Ali Sefik Efendiborn 1852/53 (AH 1269); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mahmut Cemal Efendiborn 1850/51 (AH 1267); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Bekir Şevki Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 550 kuruş
- Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendiborn 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendiborn 1837/38 (AH 1253); highest salary 350 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279) had the 113th highest salary.
- Begos Efendifirst entry in Galata; highest salary 140 kuruş
- Ahmet Kemal Efendifirst entry in Galata; highest salary 480 kuruş
- Osman Vasif Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 525 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Süleyman Efendifirst entry in Trabzon; highest salary 500 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (8)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0141, Sayfa No:279 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0141, Sayfa No:279 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0141, Sayfa No:279 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Musillik | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0141, Sayfa No:279 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Musillik | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0141, Sayfa No:279 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Musillik | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0141, Sayfa No:279 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Müvezzi | Galata | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0141, Sayfa No:279 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Müvezzi | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0141, Sayfa No:279 |
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 | ||
| Birth year (AH) | 1272 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | divrigi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | ciftci | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1311 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1893 | 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) | 250 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1319 | Earlier 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.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279)
- Postal official (Posta Memuru)
- Galata
- Divriği
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- 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)