Official
Simon Hekimyan Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Sivas in 1848/49 (AH 1265). On record 1882 to 1897, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 0098_0023; 43
Life#
Simon Hekimyan Efendi was born in Sivas in 1848/49 (AH 1265). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Diyarbakır in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 27 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 450 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 34 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Diyarbakır, with 450 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Yozgat, the salary going from 450 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Diyarbakır). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pristina (Priştine), with 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Yozgat). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 475 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pristina). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows Posta Memuru in Mount Athos (Aynaroz), the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Svilengrad). No annual entry is recorded for 1890/91 and 1892/93.
The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Posta Memuru. 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 13 years with a salary the median is 475 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.31 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1848/49 (AH 1265)
- Birthplace
- Sivas
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Ermeni Millet Mektebi (4 years)Armenian community school
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 7 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
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Place
- Diyarbakır
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 450
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Devamsızlık / bin kuruş maaşla Sevakin Merkezi Telgraf Muhabere Memuriyeti'ne nakl edilmiş ise de gitmediğinden açıkta kalmıştır; Politik / Yunan keşişleriyle ihtilat etmekte ve hilaf-ı sadakat hareketi his olunmakta olduğu Dahiliye Nezaret-i celilesinin iki yüz kırk altı numara fî 25 Mayıs sene 1313 tarihli tezkiresinde iş‘ar kılınmasıyla bin üç yüz on beş senesi Rebiülevvelinin altısında 24 Temmuz sene 1313 idareten azl edildiği; Devamsızlık; Siyasi
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77AH 1293 | First work | Diyarbakır | 450first-salary field |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Diyarbakır | 450 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Yozgat | 475 |
| 1884 to 1890AH 1302 to 1307 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Pristina (Priştine) | 475 |
| No annual entry: 1890/91 (AH 1308) | |||
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1892/93 (AH 1310) | |||
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 500 |
| 1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314 | Posta Memuru | Mount Athos (Aynaroz) | 600 to 540 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83 | 450 | 500 | 500 | 37% |
| 1883/84 | 475 | 500 | 500 | 40% |
| 1884/85 | 475 | 500 | 500 | 39% |
| 1885/86 | 475 | 500 | 500 | 39% |
| 1886/87 | 475 | 500 | 500 | 39% |
| 1887/88 | 475 | 500 | 500 | 38% |
| 1888/89 | 475 | 500 | 500 | 39% |
| 1889/90 | 475 | 500 | 500 | 40% |
| 1891/92 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1893/94 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1894/95 | 600 | 500 | 380 | 60% |
| 1895/96 | 600 | 500 | 352.5 | 59% |
| 1896/97 | 540 | 500 | 350 | 61% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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
- Ahmed Sadık EfendiPristina (Priştine), 6 shared years
- Artin EfendiPristina (Priştine), 5 shared years
- Asador EfendiPristina (Priştine), 4 shared years
- Mehmet Şemi EfendiPristina (Priştine), 4 shared years
- Ömer Lütfi EfendiPristina (Priştine), 3 shared years
539 officials in all. Officials recorded in Pristina (Priştine)
Same school recorded
- Murad EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300)
- Servet EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300)
- Andon Tosunyan EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Bogos EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Dikran EfendiErmeni Millet Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
85 officials in all. Officials with Ermeni Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Paskal Enveryan EfendiSivas, born 1848/49 (AH 1265)
- Ali Mufid EfendiSivas, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Mehmet BeySivas, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Mustafa Mehdi EfendiSivas, born 1847/48 (AH 1264)
- Süleyman Sırrı EfendiSivas, born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
94 officials in all. Officials born in Sivas
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Diyarbakır | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Yozgat | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Pristina (Priştine) | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Pristina (Priştine) | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Pristina (Priştine) | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Pristina (Priştine) | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Pristina (Priştine) | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Pristina (Priştine) | 475 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Posta Memuru | Mount Athos (Aynaroz) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Posta Memuru | Mount Athos (Aynaroz) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Posta Memuru | Mount Athos (Aynaroz) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0098_0023; 43 |
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 (19)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Simon Hekimyan Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1265 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | sivas | 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 | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | 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) | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1876 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Diyarbakir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 450 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık / bin kuruş maaşla Sevakin Merkezi Telgraf Muhabere Memuriyeti'ne nakl edilmiş ise de gitmediğinden açıkta kalmıştır used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Politik / Yunan keşişleriyle ihtilat etmekte ve hilaf-ı sadakat hareketi his olunmakta olduğu Dahiliye Nezaret-i celilesinin iki yüz kırk altı numara fî 25 Mayıs sene 1313 tarihli tezkiresinde iş‘ar kılınmasıyla bin üç yüz on beş senesi Rebiülevvelinin altısında 24 Temmuz sene 1313 idareten azl edildiği other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Siyasi other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314 | Later 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.
- 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.