Official
Osman Remzi Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1867/68 (AH 1284). On record 1890 to 1895, 5 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0138; 373
Life#
Osman Remzi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 Istanbul in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 23 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 140 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Kontrol Kalemi. 6 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 5 years with a salary the median is 120 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 70 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 29.36 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Kaymakam
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 4 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
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
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Devamsızlık / Mumaileyh bir takım itizar-ı vahibe serdiyle birkaç aydan beri memuriyeti başına gelmediğinden ve bu misilli vazifelerini bila-özr-i şerԔ terk eden memurların tebdili mukteza-yı irade-i seniyye-i hazret-i padişahiden olduğundan ber-mantuk-ı emr u ferman-ı hümayun-ı cenab-ı mülükanenin üç yüz on üç senesi Muharremü'l-haramının yirmisinde 1 Temmuz sene 1311 bâ-karar-ı meclis kaydı terkin edildiği Telgraf ve Posta Sicil Şubesi'nin 6 Cemaziyelevvel sene 1317 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir.; Devamsızlık
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87AH 1304 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1890 to 1895AH 1308 to 1312 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 to 140 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 | 50 | 500 | 600 | 0% |
| 1891/92 | 120 | 500 | 465 | 5% |
| 1892/93 | 120 | 500 | 430 | 5% |
| 1893/94 | 120 | 500 | 350 | 5% |
| 1894/95 | 140 | 500 | 250 | 6% |
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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ohannes EfendiIstanbul, 5 shared years
- Albert Karol EfendiIstanbul, 5 shared years
- Mustafa Lütfü EfendiIstanbul, 5 shared years
- Cafer Sadık EfendiIstanbul, 5 shared years
- Kosti EfendiIstanbul, 5 shared years
703 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abbas Rüştü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Abdullah Zühtü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Abdurrahman Sezai EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Ahmet HamiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Ahmet Nuri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet EfendiIstanbul, born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ahmet Ferit EfendiIstanbul, born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ahmet Nazif EfendiIstanbul, born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ali Ferit EfendiIstanbul, born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Ali Galip BeyIstanbul, born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (5)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0138; 373 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0138; 373 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0138; 373 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0138; 373 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 140 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0138; 373 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Osman Remzi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1284 | 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 | Kaymakam | 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 | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1304 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1887 | 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) | 50 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık / Mumaileyh bir takım itizar-ı vahibe serdiyle birkaç aydan beri memuriyeti başına gelmediğinden ve bu misilli vazifelerini bila-özr-i şerԔ terk eden memurların tebdili mukteza-yı irade-i seniyye-i hazret-i padişahiden olduğundan ber-mantuk-ı emr u ferman-ı hümayun-ı cenab-ı mülükanenin üç yüz on üç senesi Muharremü'l-haramının yirmisinde 1 Temmuz sene 1311 bâ-karar-ı meclis kaydı terkin edildiği Telgraf ve Posta Sicil Şubesi'nin 6 Cemaziyelevvel sene 1317 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 5 annual entries of 5 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.