Official
Mehmed Salih Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Damascus (Şam) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). On record 1888 to 1892, 4 annual entries. Death recorded 1892/93.
Archive reference 58- 198;389
Life#
Mehmed Salih Efendi was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
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 Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Hama in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 8 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 31 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Muhabere Memuru in Latakia (Lazkiye), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus, the salary going from 380 to 280 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Latakia).
The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1888/89 as Muhabere Memuru. 21 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 4 years with a salary the median is 280 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 9.68 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1891/92, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1892/93 (AH 1310): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Birthplace
- Damascus (Şam)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Death recorded
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 8 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Place
- Hama
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | First work | Hama | 380first-salary field |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 380 |
| 1889 to 1892AH 1307 to 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 280 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1889/90 | 280 | 500 | 400 | 12% |
| 1890/91 | 280 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1891/92 | 280 | 500 | 400 | 14% |
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
- Mustafa EfendiDamascus (Şam), 3 shared years
- Mehmet Kemal EfendiDamascus (Şam), 3 shared years
- Mehmet Sait EfendiDamascus (Şam), 3 shared years
- Hafız Mehmet Sadık EfendiDamascus (Şam), 3 shared years
- Mahmut Nedim EfendiDamascus (Şam), 3 shared years
31 officials in all. Officials recorded in Damascus (Şam)
Same school recorded
- Ahmet Rifat EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Bekir Şevki EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Casim Yemen EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Firdevs EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Hafız Tevfik EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Unnamed official (0087_0150, sayfa no:297.)Damascus (Şam), born 1858/59 (AH 1275)
- Habip EfendiDamascus (Şam), born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Kamil Hakki EfendiDamascus (Şam), born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- Muhyiddin BeyDamascus (Şam), born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- Mustafa EfendiDamascus (Şam), born 1863/64 (AH 1280)
58 officials in all. Officials born in Damascus (Şam)
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 198;389 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 280 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 198;389 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 280 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 198;389 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 280 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 198;389 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmed Salih Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1274 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | sam | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | suriye | 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 | Sibyan 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) | 8 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1298 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1881 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Hama | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 380 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1310 | 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.
- 4 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.