Official
Yusuf Ziya Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). On record 1888 to 1904, 16 annual entries.
Archive reference 0049_0008; 13
Life#
Yusuf Ziya Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 75 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Fen Kalemi in Istanbul, with 75 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Fen Kalemi. 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 13.48 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Memur
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- 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
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 75
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75first-salary field |
| 1888 to 1904AH 1306 to 1321 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75 to 500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 75 | 500 | 0% | |
| 1889/90 | 100 | 500 | 2% | |
| 1890/91 | 100 | 500 | 2% | |
| 1891/92 | 200 | 500 | 9% | |
| 1892/93 | 350 | 500 | 22% | |
| 1893/94 | 350 | 500 | 23% | |
| 1894/95 | 350 | 500 | 24% | |
| 1895/96 | 350 | 500 | 24% | |
| 1896/97 | 350 | 500 | 26% | |
| 1897/98 | 350 | 500 | 27% | |
| 1898/99 | 350 | 500 | 26% | |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 31% | |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 31% | |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 32% | |
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 33% | |
| 1903/04 | 500 | 475 | 51% |
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
- Mehmet Kadri EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
- İsmail Hakkı BeyIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Mehmet İsmail EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Osman Nuri EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Sarafim Saryan EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
1,163 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abbas Zihni EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Abdullah Kemal BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Abdullah Kemal BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Abdullah Mazhar EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Abdurrahman Halis EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Bahaattin EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Cevdet EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hulusi EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (16)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Fen Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0049_0008; 13 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Yusuf Ziya Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1288 | 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 |
| Father's occupation | memur | 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) | 1 | 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 | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 75 | 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.
- 16 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.