Official
Numan Ağa
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Serres (Siroz) in 1824/25 (AH 1240). On record 1869 to 1881, 13 annual entries. Death recorded 1881/82.
Archive reference 5_62; 121
Life#
Numan Ağa was born in Serres (Siroz) in 1824/25 (AH 1240). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.
Schooling recorded: the wording Okumasi Yok in the school field, which names no school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration).
First work is recorded in Serres in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The official was then about 45 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 45 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Çavuş in Serres, with 300 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1869/70 as Çavuş. 12 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 13 years with a salary the median is 285 kuruş a month, with no rises and 3 cuts. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 2.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1880/81, when 8 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1881/82 (AH 1299): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1824/25 (AH 1240)
- Birthplace
- Serres (Siroz)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- ciftci
- Death recorded
- 1881/82 (AH 1299)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Recorded wording
- Okumasi Yok (0 years)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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.
First work
- Year
- 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Place
- Serres (Siroz)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70AH 1286 | First work | Serres (Siroz) | 300first-salary field |
| 1869 to 1881AH 1286 to 1298 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 300 to 234 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70 | 300 | 600 | 300 | 12% |
| 1870/71 | 300 | 600 | 12% | |
| 1871/72 | 285 | 550 | 285 | 11% |
| 1872/73 | 285 | 550 | 285 | 9% |
| 1873/74 | 285 | 500 | 285 | 10% |
| 1874/75 | 285 | 535 | 285 | 11% |
| 1875/76 | 285 | 530 | 285 | 11% |
| 1876/77 | 250 | 582.5 | 300 | 8% |
| 1877/78 | 250 | 560 | 250 | 6% |
| 1878 | 250 | 600 | 250 | 6% |
| 1878/79 | 250 | 600 | 250 | 7% |
| 1879/80 | 234 | 500 | 300 | 9% |
| 1880/81 | 234 | 500 | 350 | 8% |
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
- Abdurrahman Nuri EfendiSerres (Siroz), 13 shared years
- Osman EfendiSerres (Siroz), 12 shared years
- Ahmet AğaSerres (Siroz), 12 shared years
- Hayrullah AğaSerres (Siroz), 11 shared years
- Hüseyin AğaSerres (Siroz), 7 shared years
18 officials in all. Officials recorded in Serres (Siroz)
Same school recorded
- Ali AğaOkumasi Yok, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Same birthplace
- Osman EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1838/39 (AH 1254)
- Yusuf Agâh BeySerres (Siroz), born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Yusuf Agah BeySerres (Siroz), born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Ahmet Niyazi EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Abdurrahman Nuri EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
21 officials in all. Officials born in Serres (Siroz)
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 234 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Çavuş | Serres (Siroz) | 234 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_62; 121 |
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 | Numan Ağa | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1240 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | siroz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | ciftci | 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 | Okumasi yok | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1286 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1869 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Siroz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1299 | 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.
- 12 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.