Official
Mustafa Rüştü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kütahya in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1889 to 1902, 12 annual entries.
Archive reference 0062_0079; 155
Life#
Mustafa Rüştü Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Kütahya in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 237 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Posta Memuru in Kütahya, with 237 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kütahya, the salary going from 237 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Kütahya). No annual entry is recorded for 1895/96.
The highest salary, 237 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1889/90 as Posta Memuru. 9 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 12 years with a salary the median is 218.5 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 1.4 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 9 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Birthplace
- Kütahya
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 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
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Place
- Kütahya
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 237
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | First work | Kütahya | 237first-salary field |
| 1889 to 1895AH 1307 to 1312 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 237 |
| No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313) | |||
| 1896 to 1902AH 1314 to 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 | 237 | 500 | 380 | 9% |
| 1890/91 | 237 | 500 | 380 | 10% |
| 1891/92 | 237 | 500 | 350 | 11% |
| 1892/93 | 237 | 500 | 350 | 12% |
| 1893/94 | 237 | 500 | 350 | 13% |
| 1894/95 | 237 | 500 | 380 | 13% |
| 1896/97 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 8% |
| 1897/98 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1898/99 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1899/1900 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 7% |
| 1900/01 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 8% |
| 1901/02 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
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.
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.
Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar (MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA, 2018). Name as printed: Mustafa Rüştü Efendi. PDF pages 157 and 158.
Probable link: same name and birthplace; served in the place the work covers
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mehmet Hilmi EfendiKütahya, 12 shared years
- Mehmet Kamil EfendiKütahya, 10 shared years
- Ahmet Nuri EfendiKütahya, 7 shared years
- Hüseyin Rüştü EfendKütahya, 6 shared years
- Huseyin Mazhar EfendiKütahya, 4 shared years
11 officials in all. Officials recorded in Kütahya
Same school recorded
- Abdi Zühtü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Abdülkadir Ziya EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Naim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet Hurşit EfendiKütahya, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Şevket EfendiKütahya, born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Zihni EfendiKütahya, born 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Arif Mustafa EfendiKütahya, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- İbrahim Edhem EfendiKütahya, born 1878 (AH 1295)
19 officials in all. Officials born in Kütahya
Full record
Annual entries (12)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 237 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 237 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 237 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 237 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 237 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Posta Memuru | Kütahya | 237 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Kütahya | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0062_0079; 155 |
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 (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mustafa Rüştü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1287 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kutahya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hudavendigar | 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 | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1305 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1888 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Kutahya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 237 | Recovered 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.
- 12 annual entries of 12 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.