Official
Mehmet Şevket Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Latakia (Lazkiye) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1887 to 1907, 16 annual entries.
Archive reference 0085_0118: 231
Life#
Mehmet Şevket Efendi was born in Latakia (Lazkiye) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). 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 Latakia in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 15 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Muhabere Memuru in Jerusalem (Kudüs), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Jerusalem). In 1900/01 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 380 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Damascus, the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Damascus). In 1906/07 the record shows 3. Müdür in Nablus, the salary going from 1,000 to 520 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Damascus). No annual entry is recorded for 1899/1900, 1902/03 and 1904 to 1906.
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 16 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 420 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.93 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Latakia (Lazkiye)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0.5 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
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Place
- Latakia (Lazkiye)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- idaresizlik / Mumaileyhin vazifeten görülen yolsuz muamelatından dolayı Kerek Sancağı Mutasarrıflığıꞌnın iş‘ar ve iştikayesine atfen Suriye Vilayet-i Celilesinden gelen tahrirat üzerine bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Saferinin ikisinde 5 Nisan sene 320 idareden açığa çıkarılarak; işret / sekr-i halide buna munzam olarak emr-i muhaberece müşkilat çekilmekte olduğu Havran Kumandanlığıꞌnın işarına atfen; İdaresizlikten; İşret
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1318; 1319; 1321; 1324
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | First work | Latakia (Lazkiye) | 250first-salary field |
| 1887 to 1895AH 1305 to 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 250 |
| 1895 to 1899AH 1313 to 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 250 to 380 |
| No annual entry: 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | |||
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Merkez Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 800 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 2. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,000 |
| No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320) | |||
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 2. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,000 |
| No annual entry: 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323) | |||
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 3. Müdür | Nablus | 520 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 7% |
| 1888/89 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 8% |
| 1889/90 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 10% |
| 1890/91 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 10% |
| 1891/92 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 12% |
| 1892/93 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1893/94 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1894/95 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1895/96 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1896/97 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1897/98 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 14% |
| 1898/99 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1900/01 | 800 | 500 | 520 | 81% |
| 1901/02 | 1,000 | 500 | 800 | 87% |
| 1903/04 | 1,000 | 475 | 800 | 87% |
| 1906/07 | 520 | 450 | 540 | 60% |
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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Hanna EfendiJerusalem (Kudüs), 8 shared years
- Bohur Badur EfendiBeirut (Beyrut) and 1 other place, 6 shared years
- Behor Badur EfendiBeirut (Beyrut) and 1 other place, 5 shared years
- Ali Rıza EfendiJerusalem (Kudüs), 5 shared years
- Abdüllatif Lütfü EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 4 shared years
118 officials in all. Officials recorded in Jerusalem (Kudüs)
Same school recorded
- Abdurrahman Akif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Ahmed Talat EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Ahmet Hilmi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Ahmet Şefik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abraham EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Fahri EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Nuh EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Mehmed Hızır EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Mehmet Salih EfendiLatakia (Lazkiye), born 1881/82 (AH 1299)
8 officials in all. Officials born in Latakia (Lazkiye)
Full record
Annual entries (16)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Merkez Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 2. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 2. Müdür | Damascus (Şam) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 3. Müdür | Nablus | 520 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0085_0118: 231 |
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 (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Şevket Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | lazkiye | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | beyrut | 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) | 0.5 | 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 | Lazkiye | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 250 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | idaresizlik / Mumaileyhin vazifeten görülen yolsuz muamelatından dolayı Kerek Sancağı Mutasarrıflığıꞌnın iş‘ar ve iştikayesine atfen Suriye Vilayet-i Celilesinden gelen tahrirat üzerine bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Saferinin ikisinde 5 Nisan sene 320 idareden açığa çıkarılarak used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | işret / sekr-i halide buna munzam olarak emr-i muhaberece müşkilat çekilmekte olduğu Havran Kumandanlığıꞌnın işarına atfen other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | İdaresizlikten other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | İşret other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1318; 1319; 1321; 1324 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 15 annual entries of 16 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.