Official
Ali sefik Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Divriği in 1852/53 (AH 1269). On record 1872 to 1891, 20 annual entries. Death recorded 1891/92.
Archive reference 0002_0228; 453
Life#
Ali sefik Efendi was born in Divriği in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Medrese, 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Sivas in 1871/72 (AH 1288): Tahrirat Kalemi. The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Zabita Kitabeti in Sivas, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1873/74 the record shows Memur in Sivas, the salary going from 100 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Zabita Kitabeti in Sivas). In 1875/76 the record shows Memur in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Sivas). In 1878/79 the record shows Mümeyyiz in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 400 to 850 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Beyoğlu). In 1880/81 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 850 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Mümeyyiz in Beyoğlu). In 1890/91 the record shows Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1890/91 as Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini. 93 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 20 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 450 kuruş, is seen in 1878/79. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.32 per cent a year on average.
A death is recorded under 1891/92 (AH 1309): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Birthplace
- Divriği
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Death recorded
- 1891/92 (AH 1309)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Religious school (medrese)
- Medrese (4 years)medrese (Islamic college)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Place
- Sivas
- First job as worded
- Tahrirat Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 19
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 100
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 100
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Tahrirat Kalemifirst work | Sivas | 100first-salary field |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Zabita Kitabeti | Sivas | 100 |
| 1873 to 1875AH 1290 to 1291 | Memur | Sivas | 300 |
| 1875 to 1878AH 1292 to 1295 | Memur | Beyoğlu | 400 |
| 1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297 | Mümeyyiz | Beyoğlu | 850 |
| 1880 to 1890AH 1298 to 1307 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,500 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73 | 100 | 550 | 1% | |
| 1873/74 | 300 | 500 | 340 | 12% |
| 1874/75 | 300 | 535 | 250 | 13% |
| 1875/76 | 400 | 530 | 300 | 23% |
| 1876/77 | 400 | 582.5 | 400 | 17% |
| 1877/78 | 400 | 560 | 400 | 16% |
| 1878 | 400 | 600 | 450 | 17% |
| 1878/79 | 850 | 600 | 74% | |
| 1879/80 | 850 | 500 | 82% | |
| 1880/81 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,400 | 87% |
| 1881/82 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,400 | 86% |
| 1882/83 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,600 | 86% |
| 1883/84 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,600 | 86% |
| 1884/85 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,600 | 86% |
| 1885/86 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,800 | 87% |
| 1886/87 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,800 | 87% |
| 1887/88 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,600 | 87% |
| 1888/89 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,400 | 87% |
| 1889/90 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,800 | 88% |
| 1890/91 | 1,500 | 500 | 93% |
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
- Madilli EfendiIstanbul and 1 other place, 17 shared years
- Ohannes Papasyan EfendiIstanbul and 1 other place, 16 shared years
- Antuvan Jean Daliço EfendiIstanbul and 1 other place, 15 shared years
- Mıgırdiç AcemyanIstanbul and 1 other place, 15 shared years
- Unnamed official (0002_0176; 350)Istanbul and 1 other place, 13 shared years
735 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Mustafa Esir EfendiMedrese, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Ahmet Hamdi BeyMedrese, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Muftuzade Mehmet Hilmi EfendiMedrese, first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- Mehmet Mazhar EfendiMedrese, first annual entry 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Ahmet Lutfu EfendiMedrese, first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282)
15 officials in all. Officials with Medrese recorded
Same birthplace
- Mahmut Cemal EfendiDivriği, born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279)Divriği, born 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Bekir Şevki EfendiDivriği, born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Hafız Mehmet Tahir EfendiDivriği, born 1838/39 (AH 1254)
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiDivriği, born 1837/38 (AH 1253)
Full record
Annual entries (20)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Zabita Kitabeti | Sivas | 100 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Memur | Sivas | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Memur | Sivas | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Memur | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Memur | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Memur | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Memur | Beyoğlu | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Mümeyyiz | Beyoğlu | 850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Mümeyyiz | Beyoğlu | 850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,500 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0228; 453 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (23)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ali sefik Efendi | Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1269 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | divrigi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Divrigi | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Sivas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Sivas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Medrese | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1288 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1871 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Sivas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Sivas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Sivas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Tahrirat Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 19 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 100 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 100 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1309 | 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.
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 8 annual entries of 20 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.