Official
Abdülkerim Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Ioannina (Yanya) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1895 to 1910, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 0088_0133: 261
Life#
Abdülkerim Efendi was born in Ioannina (Yanya) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
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: Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Ioannina in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 9 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 25 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Strumica (Ustrumca), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Serres (Siroz), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Strumica). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Serres). No annual entry is recorded for 1897 to 1899.
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere 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 475 kuruş. Over 13 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.08 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1909/10, when 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Birthplace
- Ioannina (Yanya)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 9 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
- Greek (Rum)
- Tekellumspeaking. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- 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
- Ioannina (Yanya)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Hırsızlık / Reji İdaresiꞌne ait iki yüz elli adet Fransız ve on iki buçuk adet Osmanlı altınını merkez-i mezkur Muslu Muharrem Ağaꞌnın sirkatle firar etmesinden dolayı mumaileyhin dahi Muharrem Ağa ile beraber maznuniyeti tebeyyün ederek kendisinin taht-ı muhakemeye alınmasıyla takibat-ı kanuniye icrası lüzumu Selanik Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyetiꞌnden bildirilmesi üzerine bin üç yüz on beş senesi Zilkadesinin yedisinde 18 Mart sene 312 Nezaret Meclis İdaresiꞌnin kararı müstahdem bulunduğu Ustrumca Telgraf Merkeziꞌnde işten el çektirildiği; işret / su-i hulka ve giriftar olduğu beliyye-i işret sevki ile ashab-ı musaliha karşı derşitane? muamelede bulunduğu ve akval ve harekatında görülen münasebetsizliklerden dolayı vazifesinin ifasında halen ve atiyen (…) tevlidi melhuz görüldüğü cihetle başmüdüriyetçe kendisine işten el çektirilen; Zimmet; İşret
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324; 1325; 1326; 1327
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87AH 1304 | First work | Ioannina (Yanya) | 300first-salary field |
| 1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Strumica (Ustrumca) | 300 |
| No annual entry: 1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316) | |||
| 1899 to 1906AH 1317 to 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 300 to 400 |
| 1906 to 1910AH 1324 to 1327 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 300 to 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 17% |
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1899/1900 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1900/01 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1901/02 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1902/03 | 200 | 500 | 380 | 9% |
| 1903/04 | 200 | 475 | 350 | 8% |
| 1904/05 | 300 | 450 | 350 | 23% |
| 1905/06 | 400 | 475 | 330 | 38% |
| 1906/07 | 300 | 450 | 300 | 25% |
| 1907/08 | 300 | 300 | 250 | 39% |
| 1908/09 | 300 | 350 | 250 | 36% |
| 1909/10 | 400 | 462.5 | 300 | 33% |
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
- İbrahim Hakkı EfendiSerres (Siroz), 7 shared years
- Mehmet Alim EfendiSerres (Siroz), 6 shared years
- Abdurrahman Nuri EfendiSerres (Siroz), 6 shared years
- Mustafa Bahaettin EfendiSerres (Siroz), 5 shared years
- Süleyman Niyazi EfendiSerres (Siroz), 5 shared years
50 officials in all. Officials recorded in Serres (Siroz)
Same school recorded
- Abdülaziz Fikri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdullah EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdüssabur Sabri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Ahmet Celal EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Şevket EfendiIoannina (Yanya), born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Abdülaziz EfendiIoannina (Yanya), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Süreyya EfendiIoannina (Yanya), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- AHMET ELMAS EFENDiIoannina (Yanya), born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Hafız Mehmet Müslim EfendiIoannina (Yanya), born 1865/66 (AH 1282)
31 officials in all. Officials born in Ioannina (Yanya)
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Strumica (Ustrumca) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Strumica (Ustrumca) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0088_0133: 261 |
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 (20)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Abdülkerim Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1287 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | yanya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | yanya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | 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) | 9 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 other value | Recovered 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 | yanya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Hırsızlık / Reji İdaresiꞌne ait iki yüz elli adet Fransız ve on iki buçuk adet Osmanlı altınını merkez-i mezkur Muslu Muharrem Ağaꞌnın sirkatle firar etmesinden dolayı mumaileyhin dahi Muharrem Ağa ile beraber maznuniyeti tebeyyün ederek kendisinin taht-ı muhakemeye alınmasıyla takibat-ı kanuniye icrası lüzumu Selanik Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyetiꞌnden bildirilmesi üzerine bin üç yüz on beş senesi Zilkadesinin yedisinde 18 Mart sene 312 Nezaret Meclis İdaresiꞌnin kararı müstahdem bulunduğu Ustrumca Telgraf Merkeziꞌnde işten el çektirildiği used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | işret / su-i hulka ve giriftar olduğu beliyye-i işret sevki ile ashab-ı musaliha karşı derşitane? muamelede bulunduğu ve akval ve harekatında görülen münasebetsizliklerden dolayı vazifesinin ifasında halen ve atiyen (…) tevlidi melhuz görüldüğü cihetle başmüdüriyetçe kendisine işten el çektirilen other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | İşret other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323; 1324; 1325; 1326; 1327 | 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.
- 9 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.