Official
Agop Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1889 to 1893, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 0091_0033: 63
Life#
Agop Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took four years, at an Armenian community school (Ermeni Millet Mektebi); Agop also wrote Armenian, French and Turkish.
Work began in Istanbul in 1888/89, at about 18, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 100 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1889/90, to 1892/93, every annual entry places Agop in the same office, accounts office (Muhasebe Kalemi), in Beyoğlu.
Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to a peak of 150 in 1891/92, in the Muhasebe Kalemi in Beyoğlu, when 6 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 6,000 kuruş, 25 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1892/93.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1870/71 (AH 1287); First work 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 | 100 | 500 | 250 | 2% |
| 1890/91 | 100 | 500 | 272.5 | 2% |
| 1891/92 | 150 | 500 | 200 | 6% |
| 1892/93 | 150 | 500 | 182.5 | 7% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100first-salary field |
| 1889 to 1893AH 1307 to 1310 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 100 to 150 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Ermeni Millet Mektebi (4 years)Armenian community school
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
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.
Possible links: 3 entries in 1 work
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları: AGOB EFENDİPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları: AGOB EFENDİPossible link: same name, birthplace and register and page of the archive reference; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları: AGOB EFENDİPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 115 officials with entries in Beyoğlu in the same years, Agop Efendi had the 111th highest salary.
- Mustafa Habip Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Emrullah Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Muftuzade Mehmet Hilmi Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Vicin Hako Ciyan Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Esperdiyon Diloti Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 3,360 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 79 officials with the title Muhasebe Kalemi in the same years, Agop Efendi had the 76th highest salary.
- İhsan Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Salih Tevfik Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mehmet Şükrü Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- İsmail Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Arif Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
Same school
Of the 86 officials with Ermeni Millet Mektebi among their schools, Agop Efendi had the 84th highest salary.
- Vensan Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Abik Şakik Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Mıgırdıç Efendiborn 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abraham Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Aleksan Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Agop Efendi had the 1,716th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Talat Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Avni Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Avni Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Hurşit Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet İzzet Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 150 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), Agop Efendi had the 109th highest salary.
- Mehmet Esat Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 320 kuruş
- Ahmet Refik Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 550 kuruş
- Mehmet Hamdi Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Nişan Efendifirst entry in Beyoğlu; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Ahmet Avni Efendifirst entry in Galata; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0033: 63 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0033: 63 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0033: 63 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Beyoğlu | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0033: 63 |
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 | Agop Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1287 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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 | Ermeni Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1306 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1889 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 100 | 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.
- 4 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.
Subjects
- Agop Efendi
- Accounts office (Muhasebe Kalemi)
- Beyoğlu
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Armenian community school (Ermeni Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)