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Official

Cafer Sadık Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Berat in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1896 to 1899, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 0098_135; 267

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Life

Cafer Sadık Efendi was born in Berat in 1873/74 (AH 1290) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was an army major (binbaşı). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).

Cafer Sadık began work in Berat in 1891/92, at about 18, with five unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 200 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1896/97, with Cafer Sadık as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Berat, the birthplace. The last posts were in Elbasan in 1897/98 and Berat again in 1898/99.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 380 in 1898/99, as Muhabere Memuru in Berat, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 10,440 kuruş, 57 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1897/981898/99123BeratElbasan

  1. Berat

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290); First work 1891/92 (AH 1309); 1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Muhabere Memuru

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Elbasan (İlbasan)

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Muhabere Memuru

    290 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Berat

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Muhabere Memuru

    380 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316380 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same province

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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Cafer Sadık Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/972005004005008%
1897/9829050040050019%
1898/9938050040050028%

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

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Cafer Sadık Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workBerat200first-salary field
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruBerat200
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruElbasan (İlbasan)290
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruBerat380

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Berat
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Binbasi

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 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.

Languages

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Place
Berat
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same post (job title and place), same years

Of the 3 officials who held Muhabere Memuru in Berat in the same years, Cafer Sadık Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

Same place, same years

Of the 5 officials with entries in Berat in the same years, Cafer Sadık Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 28 officials with entries in Berat

Same job title, same years

Of the 1,018 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Cafer Sadık Efendi had the 875th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Cafer Sadık Efendi had the 2,060th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 2 officials born in Berat, Cafer Sadık Efendi had the lowest salary.

The page of Berat, with the 2 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 164 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 163 have a recorded salary; Cafer Sadık Efendi had the 104th highest salary of them.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Cafer Sadık Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruBerat200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_135; 267
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruElbasan (İlbasan)290Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_135; 267
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruBerat380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0098_135; 267
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)

Recorded values of Cafer Sadık Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameCafer Sadık EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1290Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceberatRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthyanyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationBinbasiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier 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
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1309Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1892Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeBeratRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
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.
  • 3 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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

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