Official
Rıza Bey
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1814/15 (AH 1230). On record 1856 to 1861, 5 annual entries.
Archive reference 3_7; 12
Life#
Rıza Bey was born in Istanbul in 1814/15 (AH 1230). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Defterdar Kisedari.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, 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: Arabic, with asina; Persian, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1828/29 (AH 1244): Mektubi Kalemi. The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1856/57, the official was about 42 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1856/57, shows Maliye Kitabeti Başmümeyyiz in Istanbul, with 9,000 kuruş a month. In 1857/58 the record shows PT Naziri in Istanbul, the salary going from 9,000 to 11,000 kuruş a month (before: Maliye Kitabeti Başmümeyyiz in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 11,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1857/58 as PT Naziri. 98 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 11,000 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 2,000 kuruş, is seen in 1857/58. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.14 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1860/61, when every other official with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 1.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1814/15 (AH 1230)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- turkish
- Father's occupation
- Defterdar Kisedari
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- 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
- Arabic
- asinafamiliarity
- Persian
- asinafamiliarity
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1828/29 (AH 1244)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Mektubi Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 14
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 30
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 30
Honours and ranks
- Rank (recorded code)
- 1
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1828/29AH 1244 | Mektubi Kalemifirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 30first-salary field |
| 1856/57AH 1273 | Maliye Kitabeti Başmümeyyiz | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 9,000 |
| 1857 to 1861AH 1274 to 1277 | PT Naziri | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 11,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856/57 | 9,000 | 375 | 98% | |
| 1857/58 | 11,000 | 475 | 98% | |
| 1858/59 | 11,000 | 500 | 99% | |
| 1859/60 | 11,000 | 500 | 100% | |
| 1860/61 | 11,000 | 500 | 100% |
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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mehmet Emin EfendiIstanbul, 5 shared years
- Mehmet Tevfik BeyIstanbul, 5 shared years
- Mehmet Ali EfendiIstanbul, 5 shared years
- Ali Riza EfendiIstanbul, 5 shared years
- Haci Mehmet Sezayi BeyIstanbul, 5 shared years
71 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdülhalim BeySıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Ali Fehmi Kemali EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Hacı Mehmet Reşit EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Jul Lekaye EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Mehmet EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1856/57 (AH 1273)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdurrahman EfendiIstanbul, born 1815/16 (AH 1231)
- Hafız Osman Resmi EfendiIstanbul, born 1816/17 (AH 1232)
- Mehmet Emin EfendiIstanbul, born 1817/18 (AH 1233)
- Nazif EfendiIstanbul, born 1809/10 (AH 1224)
- Mustafa Hikemi EfendiIstanbul, born 1820/21 (AH 1236)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (5)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856/57AH 1273 | Maliye Kitabeti Başmümeyyiz | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 9,000 | Finance (Maliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 3_7; 12 |
| 1857/58AH 1274 | PT Naziri | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 11,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_7; 12 |
| 1858/59AH 1275 | PT Naziri | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 11,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_7; 12 |
| 1859/60AH 1276 | PT Naziri | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 11,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_7; 12 |
| 1860/61AH 1277 | PT Naziri | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 11,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_7; 12 |
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 (25)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Rıza Bey | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1230 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Defterdar Kisedari | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Sibyan mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1244 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1828 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Mektubi Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 14 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 30 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 30 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Honours | ||
| Rank (recorded code) | 1 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
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.
- 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.
- 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.