Official
Mustafa Şemsi Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1893 to 1906, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 0068_0108; 213
Life#
Mustafa Şemsi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
Mustafa Şemsi began work in Istanbul in 1890/91, at about 17, with three unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 50 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1893/94 to 1905/06 places Mustafa Şemsi in the same office, control office (Kontrol Kalemi), in Istanbul, the birthplace.
The salary went from 50 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to 375 in 1905/06, the peak, in the Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, when 35 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 13 years the salaries add up to 37,740 kuruş, 49 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94 | 50 | 500 | 350 | 0% |
| 1894/95 | 70 | 500 | 250 | 2% |
| 1895/96 | 100 | 500 | 150 | 3% |
| 1896/97 | 190 | 500 | 250 | 8% |
| 1897/98 | 230 | 500 | 240 | 13% |
| 1898/99 | 230 | 500 | 240 | 13% |
| 1899/1900 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 18% |
| 1900/01 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 18% |
| 1901/02 | 300 | 500 | 425 | 20% |
| 1902/03 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 21% |
| 1903/04 | 350 | 475 | 260 | 32% |
| 1904/05 | 350 | 450 | 210 | 32% |
| 1905/06 | 375 | 475 | 300 | 35% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1893 to 1906AH 1311 to 1323 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 to 375 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 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
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
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 place, same years
Of the 1,104 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Mustafa Şemsi Efendi had the 762nd highest salary.
- Salahattin Bey13 shared years; highest salary 7,800 kuruş
- Suleyman Resat Bey13 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Hayri Bey13 shared years; highest salary 5,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Asaf Bey13 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Melkok Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 72 officials with the title Kontrol Kalemi in the same years, Mustafa Şemsi Efendi had the 44th highest salary.
- Hafız İsmail Hakkı Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 630 kuruş
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendi13 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mustafa Kâmil Bey12 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Ahmet Şakir Efendi11 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Şemseddin Kamil Efendi11 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şemsi Efendi had the 2,119th highest salary of them.
- Abbas Rüştü Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Abdülaziz Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Abdülbaki Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 675 kuruş
- Abdullah Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 720 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şemsi Efendi had the 1,371st highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Zühdü Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdülvahap Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Abdürrahim Haşim Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Fuat Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 800 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), Mustafa Şemsi Efendi had the 137th highest salary.
- Ahmet Şakir Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hasan Fehmi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Rıfat Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Salih Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Omer Halim Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 700 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 70 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 190 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 230 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 230 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Kontrol Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 375 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0108; 213 |
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 Şemsi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1308 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1891 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 50 | 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.
- 13 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Mustafa Şemsi Efendi
- Control office (Kontrol Kalemi)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)