Official
Beşare Nahul Efendi
Maronite Christian (Maruni). Born in Cebeli lubnan in 1881/82 (AH 1299). On record 1903 to 1906, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 120-107-209
Life#
Beşare Nahul Efendi was born in Cebeli lubnan in 1881/82 (AH 1299) into the Maronite Christian (Maruni) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took four years, at a community school (Millet Mektebi); Beşare Nahul also wrote Arabic, French and Turkish.
Beşare Nahul began work in Deyrulkamer in 1900/01, at about 18, with three unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 430 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1903/04, with Beşare Nahul as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Cebeli lubnan, the birthplace. The last posts were in Anfeh (Enfe) from 1904 to 1906.
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 430 kuruş a month in 1903/04, as Muhabere Memuru in Cebeli lubnan, when 46 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Deyrulkamer).
Born 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Deyrulkamer not on the map
First work 1900/01 (AH 1318)
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.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04 | 430 | 475 | 350 | 46% |
| 1904/05 | 430 | 450 | 350 | 47% |
| 1905/06 | 430 | 475 | 330 | 46% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | First work | Deyrulkamer | 430first-salary field |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Cebeli lubnan | 430 |
| 1904 to 1906AH 1322 to 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Anfeh (Enfe) | 430 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Birthplace
- Cebeli lubnan
- Community
- Maronite Christian (Maruni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Maruni
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 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
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1900/01 (AH 1318)
- Place
- Deyrulkamer
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 430
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 job title, same years
Of the 1,090 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Beşare Nahul Efendi had the 494th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey3 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey3 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Mehmet Hurşit Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Beşare Nahul Efendi had the 166th highest salary.
- Devidras Avram Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Sava Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Selim Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Viktor Maksim Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Anastaş Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 400 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 3 officials born in Cebeli lubnan, Beşare Nahul Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Esad Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mustafa Esir Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 1,600 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), Beşare Nahul Efendi had the 24th highest salary.
- Abdurrahim Efendifirst entry in Skopje (Üsküp); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemal Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Cevat Efendifirst entry in Kosova; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Muhsin Efendifirst entry in Elassona (Alasonya); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Rasim Efendifirst entry in Erzurum; highest salary 400 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Cebeli lubnan | 430 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-107-209 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Anfeh (Enfe) | 430 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-107-209 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Anfeh (Enfe) | 430 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-107-209 |
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 | Beşare Nahul Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1299 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | cebeli lubnan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | lubnan used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | cebeli lubnan other value | 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 | Maruni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | 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) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1318 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1900 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Deyrulkamer | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 430 | Recovered 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.
- 3 annual entries of 3 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
- Beşare Nahul Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Anfeh (Enfe)
- Cebeli lubnan
- Community school (Millet Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Maronite Christian (Maruni)
- 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)