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Official

Abdülaziz Fikri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Erzurum in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1895 to 1906, 11 annual entries.

Life

Abdülaziz Fikri Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1877/78 (AH 1294). 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 Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 4 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 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Pasinler (Hasankale), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Doğubayazıt, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pasinler). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pasinler, the salary going from 380 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Doğubayazıt).

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 11 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.92 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Birthplace
Erzurum
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 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
1891/92 (AH 1309)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin Bayezit'te yerli olmak münasebetiyle bir takım müteneffizan-ı memlekete intisab-ı ilcaatıyla merkezin müdürüne hakaret ve teferrüd davasıyla müdürü Muhabere Odası'na bırakmamak ve lisana alınmaz derecede sözler istimaliyle ruh-ı idareyi ihlal ve umur-ı mühimme-i muhabereyi sektedar etmek gibi ahvâlinden dolayı; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323

Career

Career of Abdülaziz Fikri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)300first-salary field
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)300
1896 to 1900AH 1314 to 1317Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1896/97300
1897/98380
1898/99380
1899/1900380
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)300 to 380
1900 to 1906AH 1318 to 1323Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1900/01300
1901/02300
1902/03300
1903/04300
1904/05300
1905/06400
Pasinler (Hasankale)300 to 400
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This 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 Abdülaziz Fikri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1895/9630050040017%
1896/9730050040018%
1897/9838050040029%
1898/9938050040028%
1899/190038050040027%
1900/0130050040018%
1901/0230050040020%
1902/0330050038021%
1903/0430047535023%
1904/0530045035023%
1905/0640047533038%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
ErzurumPasinlerDoğubayazıt

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

10 officials in all. Officials recorded in Pasinler (Hasankale)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

55 officials in all. Officials born in Erzurum

Full record

Annual entries (11)

Annual entries of Abdülaziz Fikri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruPasinler (Hasankale)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_0164; 325
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)

Recorded values of Abdülaziz Fikri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAbdülaziz Fikri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1294Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceerzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birtherzurumRecovered 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)4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1309Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1892Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeBayezidRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedEdepsizlik / Mumaileyhin Bayezit'te yerli olmak münasebetiyle bir takım müteneffizan-ı memlekete intisab-ı ilcaatıyla merkezin müdürüne hakaret ve teferrüd davasıyla müdürü Muhabere Odası'na bırakmamak ve lisana alınmaz derecede sözler istimaliyle ruh-ı idareyi ihlal ve umur-ı mühimme-i muhabereyi sektedar etmek gibi ahvâlinden dolayı used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedMemuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323Later 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.
  • 11 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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