Official
Osman Nuri Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Malatya in 1832/33 (AH 1248). On record 1854 to 1863, 8 annual entries.
Archive reference 0001_0263;532
Life#
Osman Nuri Efendi was born in Malatya in 1832/33 (AH 1248). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Sakizade.
Schooling recorded: the wording Camii Dersleri in the school field, which names no school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with asina; Persian, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Malatya in 1853/54 (AH 1270): Nufus Kalemi. The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1854/55, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1854/55, shows Sandık Emaneti in Arapgir, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1855/56 the record shows Posta Memuru in Serres (Siroz), the salary going from 250 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Sandık Emaneti in Arapgir). In 1857/58 the record shows Posta Memuru in Niš (Niş), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Serres). In 1859/60 the record shows Posta Memuru in Trabzon, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Niš). In 1861/62 the record shows Posta Memuru in Erzurum, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Trabzon). In 1862/63 the record shows Kaza Muduru in Ünye, the salary going from 500 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Erzurum). No annual entry is recorded for 1858/59.
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1862/63 as Kaza Muduru. 63 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 8 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1862/63. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.92 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1832/33 (AH 1248)
- Birthplace
- Malatya
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- turkish
- Father's occupation
- Sakizade
Education
- Recorded wording
- Camii Dersleri (4 years)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- asinafamiliarity
- Persian
- asinafamiliarity
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Place
- Malatya
- First job as worded
- Nufus Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 22
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 250
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1853/54AH 1270 | Nufus Kalemifirst work | Malatya | 250first-salary field |
| 1854/55AH 1271 | Sandık Emaneti | Arapgir | 250 |
| 1855 to 1857AH 1272 to 1273 | Posta Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 500 |
| 1857/58AH 1274 | Posta Memuru | Niš (Niş) | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1858/59 (AH 1275) | |||
| 1859 to 1861AH 1276 to 1277 | Posta Memuru | Trabzon | 500 |
| 1861/62AH 1278 | Posta Memuru | Erzurum | 500 |
| 1862/63AH 1279 | Kaza Muduru | Ünye | 1,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854/55 | 250 | 400 | 27% | |
| 1855/56 | 500 | 432.5 | 53% | |
| 1856/57 | 500 | 375 | 450 | 58% |
| 1857/58 | 500 | 475 | 300 | 50% |
| 1859/60 | 500 | 500 | 49% | |
| 1860/61 | 500 | 500 | 375 | 36% |
| 1861/62 | 500 | 600 | 300 | 34% |
| 1862/63 | 1,000 | 500 | 63% |
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.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Possible links: 1 entry in 1 work
- Sicill-i ahval defterlerine göre Malatya doğumlu memurlar: 1879-1909: Osman Nuri EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mustafa Agah EfendiNiš (Niş), 1 shared year
- Haci Lutfullah BeyErzurum, 1 shared year
- Mehmet İzzet EfendiErzurum, 1 shared year
Same school recorded
- Hafız Osman Resmi EfendiCamii Dersleri, first annual entry 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Same birthplace
- Osman Nuri EfendiMalatya, born 1837/38 (AH 1253)
- Osman EfendiMalatya, born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- Abdürreşid Sabit İzzetMalatya, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Ahmet EfendiMalatya, born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Cemil EfendiMalatya, born 1861/62 (AH 1278)
21 officials in all. Officials born in Malatya
Full record
Annual entries (8)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854/55AH 1271 | Sandık Emaneti | Arapgir | 250 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0001_0263;532 |
| 1855/56AH 1272 | Posta Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0001_0263;532 |
| 1856/57AH 1273 | Posta Memuru | Serres (Siroz) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0001_0263;532 |
| 1857/58AH 1274 | Posta Memuru | Niš (Niş) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0001_0263;532 |
| 1859/60AH 1276 | Posta Memuru | Trabzon | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0001_0263;532 |
| 1860/61AH 1277 | Posta Memuru | Trabzon | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0001_0263;532 |
| 1861/62AH 1278 | Posta Memuru | Erzurum | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0001_0263;532 |
| 1862/63AH 1279 | Kaza Muduru | Ünye | 1,000 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0001_0263;532 |
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 (23)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Osman Nuri Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1248 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | malatya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Malatya | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Malatya | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Elazig | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | elazig | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Sakizade | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| 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 | camii dersleri | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 4 | 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) | 1270 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1854 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | malatya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Malatya | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Malatya | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Elazig | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Nufus Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 22 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 250 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 250 | 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.