Official
Osekhan Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Sivas in 1844/45 (AH 1260). On record 1891 to 1899, 8 annual entries. Death recorded 1899/1900.
Archive reference 0091_0136: 269
Life#
Osekhan Efendi was born in Sivas in 1844/45 (AH 1260). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Sivas in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 48 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 48 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Makine Memuru in Sivas, with 200 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1891/92 as Makine 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 8 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1898/99, when 9 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1899/1900 (AH 1317): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Birthplace
- Sivas
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
- Death recorded
- 1899/1900 (AH 1317)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- 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
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Place
- Sivas
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 200
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | First work | Sivas | 200first-salary field |
| 1891 to 1899AH 1309 to 1316 | Makine Memuru | Sivas | 200 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 9% |
| 1892/93 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 9% |
| 1893/94 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 9% |
| 1894/95 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 9% |
| 1895/96 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 9% |
| 1896/97 | 200 | 500 | 520 | 8% |
| 1897/98 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 9% |
| 1898/99 | 200 | 500 | 540 | 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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Hüseyin Necmi EfendiSivas, 8 shared years
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiSivas, 6 shared years
- Hafız Mehmet EfendiSivas, 6 shared years
- Mehmet Eşref EfendiSivas, 6 shared years
- Ahmet Servet EfendiSivas, 6 shared years
57 officials in all. Officials recorded in Sivas
Same school recorded
- Dikran Artinyan EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Halil Fazıl EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Hanna Afif EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Kostantin EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Mihran EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Paskal Mıgırdıç Kazancıyan EfendiSivas, born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiSivas, born 1842/43 (AH 1258)
- Agop EfendiSivas, born 1845/46 (AH 1262)
- Mehmet Mazhar EfendiSivas, born 1845/46 (AH 1262)
- Mıgırdıç KirkoryanSivas, born 1845/46 (AH 1262)
94 officials in all. Officials born in Sivas
Full record
Annual entries (8)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Makine Memuru | Sivas | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0136: 269 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Makine Memuru | Sivas | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0136: 269 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Makine Memuru | Sivas | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0136: 269 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Makine Memuru | Sivas | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0136: 269 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Makine Memuru | Sivas | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0136: 269 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Makine Memuru | Sivas | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0136: 269 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Makine Memuru | Sivas | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0136: 269 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Makine Memuru | Sivas | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0136: 269 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Osekhan Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1260 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1309 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1892 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 200 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1317 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 8 annual entries of 8 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.