Official
Osman Nuri Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kastamonu in 1861/62 (AH 1278). On record 1880 to 1893, 13 annual entries. Death recorded 1893/94.
Archive reference 0034_0119; 235
Life#
Born in Kastamonu in 1861/62 (AH 1278), Osman Nuri Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a servant (hizmetli). Osman Nuri had seven years of schooling, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
At about 17, in 1878/79, Osman Nuri began work in Kastamonu, with two unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 150 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1880/81, with Osman Nuri as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Kastamonu, the birthplace. Osman Nuri then moved to Sinop, Latakia (Lazkiye) and Giresun from 1882 to 1890. The last posts were in Mecca (Mekke) from 1890 to 1893. Mecca, about 2,300 km from Kastamonu, was the post farthest from the birthplace; fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,162 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from home.
The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1880/81 to 750 in 1890/91, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Mecca, when three in four paid officials earned less. After the last annual entry, for 1892/93, the list of 1893/94 (AH 1311) gives the status word Vefat (death).
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 1861/62 (AH 1278); First work 1878/79 (AH 1296); 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)
150 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)
320 to 380 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Death recorded in the annual list of 1893/94 (AH 1311): the word Vefat, not a date of death.
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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 | 150 | 500 | 400 | 475 | 2% |
| 1881/82 | 150 | 500 | 400 | 475 | 2% |
| 1882/83 | 190 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 3% |
| 1883/84 | 190 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 4% |
| 1884/85 | 320 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 16% |
| 1885/86 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 19% |
| 1886/87 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 19% |
| 1887/88 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 19% |
| 1888/89 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 475 | 27% |
| 1889/90 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 27% |
| 1890/91 | 750 | 500 | 400 | 750 | 75% |
| 1891/92 | 750 | 500 | 400 | 800 | 75% |
| 1892/93 | 750 | 500 | 400 | 750 | 76% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79AH 1296 | First work | Kastamonu | 150first-salary field |
| 1880 to 1882AH 1298 to 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 150 |
| 1882 to 1884AH 1300 to 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Sinop | 190 |
| 1884 to 1888AH 1302 to 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 320 to 380 |
| 1888 to 1890AH 1306 to 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Giresun | 400 |
| 1890 to 1893AH 1308 to 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecca (Mekke) | 750 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Death recorded | ||
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Birthplace
- Kastamonu
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Hizmetli
- Death recorded
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Place
- Kastamonu
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 150
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: 1 entry in 1 work
- Osmanlı Devleti'nin son döneminde Giresun uleması (1879-1909): Osman Nuri EfendiPossible link: same name; served in the place the work covers
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 post (job title and place), same years
Of the 2 officials who held Muhabere Memuru in Latakia (Lazkiye) in the same years, Osman Nuri Efendi had the highest salary.
- Ahmed Hilmi Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 8 officials with entries in Latakia (Lazkiye) in the same years, Osman Nuri Efendi had the 5th highest salary.
- Hızır Abbas Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Ahmed Hilmi Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Rodrigez Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 720 kuruş
- Mehmet Nakib Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Nakip Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,257 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Osman Nuri Efendi had the 397th highest salary.
- Mehmet Arif Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 3,600 kuruş
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey13 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Enver Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Ömer Nuri Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Tahir Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 634th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Hulusi Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 285 kuruş
- Ahmet Refik Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Refik Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 34 officials born in Kastamonu, Osman Nuri Efendi had the 8th highest salary.
- Mustafa Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Şevki Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadık Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Sait Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 650 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 81 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 80 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Arnest Lapir Efendifirst entry in Izmir (İzmir); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Cemil Efendifirst entry in Mosul (Musul); highest salary 570 kuruş
- Fahri Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Hafiz Abdurrahman Rahmi Efendifirst annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); no salary recorded
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Kastamonu | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Sinop | 190 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Sinop | 190 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 320 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Giresun | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Giresun | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecca (Mekke) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecca (Mekke) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecca (Mekke) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0034_0119; 235 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Osman Nuri Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1278 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kastamonu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | kastamonu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | hizmetli | 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) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1296 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1879 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Kastamonu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 150 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1311 | Earlier 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.
- 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.
- 13 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.
Subjects
- Osman Nuri Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Latakia (Lazkiye)
- Kastamonu
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye 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)