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Official

Hasan Ali Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Trabzon in 1827/28 (AH 1243). On record 1871 to 1895, 23 annual entries. Death recorded 1895/96.

Archive reference 0002_0182; 363

Life

Hasan Ali Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1827/28 (AH 1243). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as imam. By-name or family epithet as recorded: Imamzade.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Beyoglu. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kastamonu in 1846/47 (AH 1263): Tahrirat Kalemi. The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 44 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Teftisi Muhasebat, with 2,900 kuruş a month. In 1872/73 the record shows Meclis Riyaseti in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,900 to 3,250 kuruş a month (before: Teftisi Muhasebat). In 1876/77 the record shows PT Telgraf Basmudur in Istanbul, the salary going from 5,500 to 4,000 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Riyaseti in Istanbul). In 1880/81 the record shows PT Nazir Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 4,500 to 3,500 kuruş a month (before: PT Telgraf Basmudur in Istanbul). In 1887/88 the record shows PT Naziri in Istanbul, the salary going from 3,500 to 15,000 kuruş a month (before: PT Nazir Muavini in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1880.

The highest salary, 15,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as PT Naziri. Every other official with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 23 years with a salary the median is 4,390 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 11,500 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.09 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1894/95, when every other official with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1895/96 (AH 1313): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1827/28 (AH 1243)
Birthplace
Trabzon
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
imam
By-name
imamzade
Death recorded
1895/96 (AH 1313)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school); place of the school as worded: Beyoglu
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1846/47 (AH 1263)
First job as worded
Tahrirat Kalemi
Age at first work (workbook field)
20
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
200

Career

Career of Hasan Ali Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1846/47AH 1263Tahrirat Kalemifirst workKastamonu200first-salary field
1871/72AH 1288Teftisi Muhasebat
Other institution
2,900
1872 to 1876AH 1289 to 1292Meclis Riyaseti
4 entries
YearSalary
1872/733,250
1873/744,390
1874/754,600
1875/765,500
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3,250 to 5,500
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1295PT Telgraf Basmudur
3 entries
YearSalary
1876/774,000
1877/784,000
18784,500
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4,000 to 4,500
No annual entry: 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
1880 to 1887AH 1298 to 1304PT Nazir Muavini
7 entries
YearSalary
1880/813,500
1881/823,500
1882/833,500
1883/843,500
1884/853,500
1885/863,500
1886/873,500
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3,500
1887 to 1895AH 1305 to 1312PT Naziri
8 entries
YearSalary
1887/8815,000
1888/8915,000
1889/9015,000
1890/9115,000
1891/9215,000
1892/9315,000
1893/9415,000
1894/9515,000
Istanbul (Dersaadet)15,000
1895/96AH 1313Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry05,00010,00015,0001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 131015,000 kuruşEntry of another institution
Salary against the medians of the same year
5001,0002,0005,00010,00020,0001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 1310This officialMedian, all officials

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 Hasan Ali Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1871/722,90055096%
1872/733,25055097%
1873/744,39050099%
1874/754,60053599%
1875/765,50053099%
1876/774,000582.598%
1877/784,00056098%
18784,50060098%
1880/813,50050098%
1881/823,50050098%
1882/833,50050098%
1883/843,50050098%
1884/853,50050098%
1885/863,50050098%
1886/873,50050098%
1887/8815,000500100%
1888/8915,000500100%
1889/9015,000500100%
1890/9115,000500100%
1891/9215,000500100%
1892/9315,000500100%
1893/9415,000500100%
1894/9515,000500100%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
TrabzonIstanbulKastamonu

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

Named in scholarly works

Archival document: Hasan Ali's personnel-register entry reproduced in Akyıldız's thesis

Archive reference
BOA DH.SAİDd.2/182; written page 363; facing page 364
Kind
Archival image reproduced in a thesis, Resim 1, printed page 21 / PDF page 37
Description
Akyıldız identifies the reproduced register entry as Hasan Ali's.
Link to this official
The thesis identifies this entry; the register and written page agree with this dossier's archival identifier.
Text
Ottoman text not independently transcribed

The reproduction (outside this site)

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

991 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

65 officials in all. Officials born in Trabzon

Full record

Annual entries (23)

Annual entries of Hasan Ali Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1871/72AH 1288Teftisi Muhasebat2,900OtherCross-ministry personnel workbook0002_0182; 363
1872/73AH 1289Meclis RiyasetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1873/74AH 1290Meclis RiyasetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,390Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1874/75AH 1291Meclis RiyasetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1875/76AH 1292Meclis RiyasetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)5,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1876/77AH 1293PT Telgraf BasmudurIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1877/78AH 1294PT Telgraf BasmudurIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1878AH 1295PT Telgraf BasmudurIstanbul (Dersaadet)4,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1880/81AH 1298PT Nazir MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1881/82AH 1299PT Nazir MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1882/83AH 1300PT Nazir MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1883/84AH 1301PT Nazir MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1884/85AH 1302PT Nazir MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1885/86AH 1303PT Nazir MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1886/87AH 1304PT Nazir MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1887/88AH 1305PT NaziriIstanbul (Dersaadet)15,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1888/89AH 1306PT NaziriIstanbul (Dersaadet)15,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1889/90AH 1307PT NaziriIstanbul (Dersaadet)15,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1890/91AH 1308PT NaziriIstanbul (Dersaadet)15,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1891/92AH 1309PT NaziriIstanbul (Dersaadet)15,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1892/93AH 1310PT NaziriIstanbul (Dersaadet)15,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1893/94AH 1311PT NaziriIstanbul (Dersaadet)15,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
1894/95AH 1312PT NaziriIstanbul (Dersaadet)15,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0182; 363
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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 (26)

Recorded values of Hasan Ali Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHasan Ali EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
By-nameimamzadeCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1243Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplacetrabzonRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: district (kaza)TrabzonCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: sancakTrabzonCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: province (vilayet)TrabzonCross-ministry personnel workbook
Province of birthtrabzonRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationimamRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Place of the schoolBeyogluCross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year (AH)1263Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
First work: Gregorian year as stored1847Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeKastamonuRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: district (kaza)KastamonuCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: sancakKastamonuCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: province (vilayet)KastamonuCross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedTahrirat KalemiLinked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Age at first work (workbook field)20Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)200Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1313Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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.
Linked personnel workbook
The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 22 annual entries of 23 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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