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Official

Mustafa Remzi Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Sarajevo (Saraybosna) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). On record 1889 to 1903, 14 annual entries.

Life

Mustafa Remzi Efendi was born in Sarajevo (Saraybosna) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Mitrovica (Mitroviça) in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Muhabere Memuru in Peja (İpek), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sjenica (Seniçe), the salary going from 500 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Peja). In 1902/03 the record shows 3. Müdür in Priboj (Priboy), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sjenica).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1889/90 as Muhabere Memuru. 42 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 14 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
3 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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1886/87 (AH 1304)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

Career

Career of Mustafa Remzi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1886/87AH 1304First workMitrovica (Mitroviça)500first-salary field
1889 to 1895AH 1307 to 1312Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1889/90500
1890/91500
1891/92500
1892/93500
1893/94500
1894/95500
Peja (İpek)500
1895 to 1902AH 1313 to 1319Muhabere Memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1895/96380
1896/97380
1897/98380
1898/99380
1899/1900400
1900/01400
1901/02400
Sjenica (Seniçe)380 to 400
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürPriboj (Priboy)500
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Mustafa Remzi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1889/9050050040042%
1890/9150050040043%
1891/9250050040043%
1892/9350050040044%
1893/9450050040046%
1894/9550050040046%
1895/9638050040026%
1896/9738050040028%
1897/9838050040029%
1898/9938050040028%
1899/190040050040031%
1900/0140050040031%
1901/0240050040032%
1902/0350050054049%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
SarajevoPribojMitrovicaPejaSjenica

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Named in scholarly works

No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

12 officials in all. Officials recorded in Sjenica (Seniçe)

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

Officials born in Sarajevo (Saraybosna)

Full record

Annual entries (14)

Annual entries of Mustafa Remzi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruPeja (İpek)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruPeja (İpek)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruPeja (İpek)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruPeja (İpek)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruPeja (İpek)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruPeja (İpek)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürPriboj (Priboy)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0068; 133
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 (13)

Recorded values of Mustafa Remzi Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa Remzi EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1288Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacesaraybosnaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthbosnaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)3Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1304Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1887Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeMitroviceRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered 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.
  • 14 annual entries of 14 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.