Official
Salih Münir Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Omurtag (Osmanpazarı) in 1884/85 (AH 1302). On record 1906 to 1908, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 146-191-377
Life#
Salih Münir Efendi was born in Omurtag (Osmanpazarı) in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1906/07 (AH 1324). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, with 400 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 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 2 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 56 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Birthplace
- Omurtag (Osmanpazarı)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Darüşşafaka
- Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Darüşşafaka
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- 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
- 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | First work | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400first-salary field |
| 1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 | 400 | 450 | 300 | 39% |
| 1907/08 | 400 | 300 | 250 | 56% |
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
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 2 shared years
- Ömer Adil EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 2 shared years
- Ömer Lütfi EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 2 shared years
- Yosef Kloronti EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 2 shared years
- Ali Sıdkı EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 2 shared years
55 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Safi EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- Abdullah Zühdü EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- Abdüllatif EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- Hüseyin Avni EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- İbrahim Vasıf EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1906/07 (AH 1324)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet EfendiOmurtag (Osmanpazarı), born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Hafiz Salih EfendiOmurtag (Osmanpazarı), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Namik EfendiOmurtag (Osmanpazarı), born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiOmurtag (Osmanpazarı), born 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Ali Rıza EfendiOmurtag (Osmanpazarı), born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 146-191-377 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 146-191-377 |
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 | Salih Münir Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1302 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | osmanpazari | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | tuna | 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 | Darussafaka | 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 |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel 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) | 1324 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1906 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | 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.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.