Official
İsmail Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Niš (Niş) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). On record 1882 to 1903, 20 annual entries.
Archive reference 0099_0023; 43
Life#
İsmail Efendi was born in Niš (Niş) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Islahhane Mektebi, with 10 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Nis. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Bulgarian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1882/83 (AH 1300): Polis. The official was then about 25 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 1882/83, the official was about 25 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Polis in Thessaloniki, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Polis Komiseri in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Polis in Thessaloniki). In 1889/90 the record shows Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Polis Komiseri in Thessaloniki). In 1894/95 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç), the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1901/02 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with 675 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Alexandroupoli). No annual entry is recorded for 1888/89.
The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Seyyar Memur. 76 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 20 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.33 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Birthplace
- Niš (Niş)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Other named school
- Islahhane Mektebi (10 years)place of the school as worded: Nis
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- 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
- Bulgarian
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1882/83 (AH 1300)
- First job as worded
- Polis
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 26
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Polisfirst work | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300first-salary field |
| 1882 to 1887AH 1300 to 1304 | Polis | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Polis Komiseri | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 |
| No annual entry: 1888/89 (AH 1306) | |||
| 1889 to 1894AH 1307 to 1311 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 |
| 1894 to 1901AH 1312 to 1318 | Seyyar Memur | Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) | 750 to 675 |
| 1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320 | Seyyar Memur | Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) | 675 to 700 |
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 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 11% |
| 1883/84 | 300 | 500 | 12% | |
| 1884/85 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 11% |
| 1885/86 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 12% |
| 1886/87 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 11% |
| 1887/88 | 400 | 500 | 27% | |
| 1889/90 | 500 | 500 | 380 | 42% |
| 1890/91 | 500 | 500 | 380 | 43% |
| 1891/92 | 500 | 500 | 350 | 43% |
| 1892/93 | 500 | 500 | 350 | 44% |
| 1893/94 | 500 | 500 | 350 | 46% |
| 1894/95 | 750 | 500 | 600 | 76% |
| 1895/96 | 750 | 500 | 675 | 76% |
| 1896/97 | 675 | 500 | 575 | 77% |
| 1897/98 | 675 | 500 | 600 | 77% |
| 1898/99 | 675 | 500 | 575 | 76% |
| 1899/1900 | 675 | 500 | 540 | 75% |
| 1900/01 | 675 | 500 | 600 | 74% |
| 1901/02 | 675 | 500 | 600 | 74% |
| 1902/03 | 700 | 500 | 600 | 75% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Sadık EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 11 shared years
- Petro Hristo EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 11 shared years
- Unnamed official (23_48; 93)Thessaloniki (Selanik), 11 shared years
- Nikola Eftiyaka EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 11 shared years
- Osman EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 11 shared years
168 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Same school recorded
- Eşref EfendiIslahhane Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Same birthplace
- Unnamed official (0049_0030; 57-58)Niš (Niş), born 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Mustafa Şükrü EfendiNiš (Niş), born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- ibrahim Naci BeyNiš (Niş), born 1858/59 (AH 1275)
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiNiš (Niş), born 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Recep NaciNiš (Niş), born 1859/60 (AH 1276)
25 officials in all. Officials born in Niš (Niş)
Full record
Annual entries (20)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Polis | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 | Police (Polis) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Polis | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 | Police (Polis) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Polis | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 | Police (Polis) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Polis | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 | Police (Polis) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Polis | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 300 | Police (Polis) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Polis Komiseri | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Police (Polis) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Seyyar Memur | Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Seyyar Memur | Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Seyyar Memur | Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Seyyar Memur | Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Seyyar Memur | Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Seyyar Memur | Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Seyyar Memur | Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Seyyar Memur | Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) | 675 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Seyyar Memur | Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0099_0023; 43 |
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 (24)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | İsmail Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1274 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | nis | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Nis | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Nis | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Tuna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | tuna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| 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 | Islahhane Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Place of the school | Nis | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 10 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 other value | 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) | 1300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1883 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Selanik | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Selanik | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Selanik | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Polis | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 26 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 300 | Linked personnel workbook; 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.
- 14 annual entries of 20 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.