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Official

Ahmet Selahattin Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1885/86 (AH 1303). On record 1909 to 1911, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 189-114-113

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Life

Born in Istanbul in 1885/86 (AH 1303), Ahmet Selahattin Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Ahmet Selahattin had seven years of schooling, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).

Work began in Istanbul in 1906/07, at about 20, paid from the start, on 200 kuruş a month. From 1909/10 to 1911 every annual entry places Ahmet Selahattin in Istanbul, the birthplace, first as a letters official (Mekâtib Memuru), from 1911 in the office for important affairs (Mühimme Kalemi).

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1909/10 to 300 in 1911, the peak, in the Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul, when 7 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 8,400 kuruş, 47 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1911.

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329300 kuruşMekâtib MemuruMühimme Kalemi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Ahmet Selahattin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1909/10200462.53007%
1910/112005009%
19113005007%

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.

Career of Ahmet Selahattin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1906/07AH 1324First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)200first-salary field
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Mekâtib Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1909/10200
1910/11200
Istanbul (Dersaadet)200
1911AH 1329Mühimme KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)300

Record

Personal

Born
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
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
1906/07 (AH 1324)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

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 148 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Ahmet Selahattin Efendi had the 120th highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 9 officials with the title Mekâtib Memuru in the same years, Ahmet Selahattin Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

All 119 officials with the title Mekâtib Memuru

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Selahattin Efendi had the 2,211th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Selahattin Efendi had the 1,419th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 123 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327), 122 have a recorded salary; Ahmet Selahattin Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Ahmet Selahattin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1909/10AH 1327Mekâtib MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-114-113
1910/11AH 1328Mekâtib MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-114-113
1911AH 1329Mühimme KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-114-113
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 (13)

Recorded values of Ahmet Selahattin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAhmet Selahattin EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1303Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered 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)0 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)3 other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1324Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered 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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.

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

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