Official
Mehmet Reşat Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1902 to 1907, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 116_142; 281
Life#
Mehmet Reşat Efendi was born in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Vergi Katibi.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Zor in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Başkale, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Başkale). In 1906/07 the record shows 2. Müdür in Jableh (Cebele), the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Tripoli). No annual entry is recorded for 1903/04.
The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 2. Müdür. 78 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 4 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.92 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Vergi Katibi
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 6 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- 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
- 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Place
- Zor
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Devamsızlık /Der Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere memuriyetine becayiş suretiyle nakil olunduğu halde mahall-i memuriyetine gitmeyip terfian diğer bir mahalle memuriyeti istitafında ısrar eylemesi üzerine sene-i merkume Zilkadesinin yirmi sekizinde 2 Şubat sene minh idareten açığa çıkarılmış; Devamsızlık
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1322; 1323; 1324
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | First work | Zor | 400first-salary field |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Başkale | 400 |
| No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321) | |||
| 1904 to 1906AH 1322 to 1323 | Seyyar Memur | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 600 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 2. Müdür | Jableh (Cebele) | 800 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 380 | 33% |
| 1904/05 | 600 | 450 | 600 | 67% |
| 1905/06 | 600 | 475 | 540 | 67% |
| 1906/07 | 800 | 450 | 800 | 78% |
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
- Yusuf Cemal EfendiTripoli (Trablusgarp), 2 shared years
- Mehmet Sabri EfendiTripoli (Trablusgarp), 2 shared years
- Mehmet Rıfkı EfendiTripoli (Trablusgarp), 2 shared years
- Mehmet Tahir EfendiTripoli (Trablusgarp), 2 shared years
- Mehmet Ragıb EfendiTripoli (Trablusgarp), 2 shared years
21 officials in all. Officials recorded in Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
Same school recorded
- Abdülhafız EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Abdullah Şevki EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Abdurrahim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Ahmed Hulusi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Ahmet Azmi BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Süleyman Faik EfendiSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye), born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Ahmet İzzet EfendiSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ahmet Nuri EfendiSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye), born 1886/87 (AH 1304)
- Emin Şevket EfendiSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye), born 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Mehmed Emin EfendiSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye), born 1842/43 (AH 1258)
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Başkale | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_142; 281 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Seyyar Memur | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_142; 281 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Seyyar Memur | Tripoli (Trablusgarp) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_142; 281 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 2. Müdür | Jableh (Cebele) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_142; 281 |
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 (17)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Reşat Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1297 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | suleymaniye | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | musul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Vergi Katibi | 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) | 6 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1314 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1896 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Zor | 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 |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık /Der Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere memuriyetine becayiş suretiyle nakil olunduğu halde mahall-i memuriyetine gitmeyip terfian diğer bir mahalle memuriyeti istitafında ısrar eylemesi üzerine sene-i merkume Zilkadesinin yirmi sekizinde 2 Şubat sene minh idareten açığa çıkarılmış 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) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1322; 1323; 1324 | Later annual personnel extract |
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.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- 3 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.