Official
Nuh Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Latakia (Lazkiye) in 1867/68 (AH 1284). On record 1893 to 1906, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 69_147; 291
Life#
Nuh Efendi was born in Latakia (Lazkiye) in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Dava Vekili.
Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Mahsusa (special school), 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Latakia in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 26 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Jaffa (Yafa), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Posta Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Jaffa). In 1896/97 the record shows Posta Memuru in Jerusalem (Kudüs), the salary going from 250 to 275 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Beirut). In 1899/1900 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Jerusalem, with 375 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Jerusalem). In 1901/02 the record shows Posta Memuru in Jerusalem, with 375 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Jerusalem). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Latakia, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Jerusalem).
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Posta Memuru. 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 13 years with a salary the median is 375 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.99 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Birthplace
- Latakia (Lazkiye)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Dava Vekili
Education
- Other named school
- Mekteb-i Mahsusa (4 years)special school
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 5 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
- Arabic
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Place
- Latakia (Lazkiye)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | First work | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 250first-salary field |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 250 |
| 1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313 | Posta Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 250 |
| 1896 to 1899AH 1314 to 1316 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 275 to 375 |
| 1899 to 1901AH 1317 to 1318 | Seyyar Memur | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 375 |
| 1901 to 1905AH 1319 to 1322 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 375 to 400 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 400 |
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 | 400 | 13% |
| 1894/95 | 250 | 500 | 380 | 13% |
| 1895/96 | 250 | 500 | 352.5 | 13% |
| 1896/97 | 275 | 500 | 350 | 17% |
| 1897/98 | 375 | 500 | 350 | 29% |
| 1898/99 | 375 | 500 | 387.5 | 28% |
| 1899/1900 | 375 | 500 | 540 | 27% |
| 1900/01 | 375 | 500 | 600 | 27% |
| 1901/02 | 375 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1902/03 | 375 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1903/04 | 375 | 475 | 400 | 33% |
| 1904/05 | 400 | 450 | 400 | 38% |
| 1905/06 | 400 | 475 | 330 | 38% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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
- Mehmet Fevzi EfendiJerusalem (Kudüs), 9 shared years
- Selim Sami EfendiJerusalem (Kudüs), 8 shared years
- Hasan Tahsin EfendiJerusalem (Kudüs), 6 shared years
- Kamil Hakki EfendiJerusalem (Kudüs), 5 shared years
- Ahmet Naci EfendiJerusalem (Kudüs), 4 shared years
94 officials in all. Officials recorded in Jerusalem (Kudüs)
Same school recorded
- Yusuf Sabanlı EfendiMekteb-i Mahsusa, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Unnamed official (0067_0244; sayfa no:485)Mekteb-i Mahsusa, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Salomon EfeMekteb-i Mahsusa, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Yanko EfendiMekteb-i Mahsusa, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Fethullah Kemal EfendiMekteb-i Mahsusa, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
37 officials in all. Officials with Mekteb-i Mahsusa recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmed Hızır EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Fahri EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Abraham EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Şevket EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Abid EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1857/58 (AH 1274)
8 officials in all. Officials born in Latakia (Lazkiye)
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Jaffa (Yafa) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Posta Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Posta Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 275 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 375 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 375 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Seyyar Memur | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 375 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Seyyar Memur | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 375 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 375 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 375 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 375 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Posta Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_147; 291 |
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 | Nuh Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1284 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | lazkiye | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | beyrut | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | dava vekili | 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 | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Mektebi Mahsusa | 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) | 5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1306 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1889 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Lazkiye | 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 |
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.
- 13 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.