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Official

Fuat Bey

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). On record 1876 to 1885, 10 annual entries.

Archive reference 8_58; 111

Life

Fuat Bey was born in Istanbul in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as pasa.

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Sultani, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Emirgan, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1877/78 as Muhabere Memuru. 6 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 560 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1884/85, when 3 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1856/57 (AH 1273)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
pasa

Education

Higher or professional
Mekteb-i Sultani (12 years)Imperial School (Galatasaray)
Higher or professional
Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Other High
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

French
Asinafamiliarity
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1876/77 (AH 1293)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
100

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Devamsızlıktan / Mumaileyh Fuat Bey istihsal eylediği iki mah müddet-i mezuniyeti münkaziye olduğu halde işine mübaşeret etmediği cihetle bin üç yüz üç senesi Rebiülevvelinin ikisinde azl edilmiştir.; Devamsızlık

Career

Career of Fuat Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)100first-salary field
1876/77AH 1293MemurIstanbul (Dersaadet)100
1877 to 1880AH 1294 to 1297Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1877/78250
1878250
1878/79250
1879/80200
Istanbul (Dersaadet)250 to 200
1880 to 1885AH 1298 to 1302Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1880/81200
1881/82200
1882/83200
1883/84200
1884/85200
Emirgan200
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 1302250 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 1302This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Fuat Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1876/77100582.54000%
1877/782505604106%
18782506005006%
1878/792506004207%
1879/802005003806%
1880/812005004005%
1881/822005004005%
1882/832005004003%
1883/842005004004%
1884/852005004003%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulEmirgan

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

408 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

52 officials in all. Officials with Mekteb-i Sultani recorded

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (10)

Annual entries of Fuat Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293MemurIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruEmirgan200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruEmirgan200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruEmirgan200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruEmirgan200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruEmirgan200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract8_58; 111
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 (17)

Recorded values of Fuat Bey with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameFuat BeyPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1273Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationpasaRecovered annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolMektebi SultaniRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling12Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Telegraph school (recorded code)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1293Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1876Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)100Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlıktan / Mumaileyh Fuat Bey istihsal eylediği iki mah müddet-i mezuniyeti münkaziye olduğu halde işine mübaşeret etmediği cihetle bin üç yüz üç senesi Rebiülevvelinin ikisinde azl edilmiştir. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, 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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 10 annual entries of 10 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.