Official
Mehmet Fazlı Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1850/51 (AH 1267). On record 1868 to 1906, 39 annual entries.
Archive reference 8_82; 159
Life#
Mehmet Fazlı Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1850/51 (AH 1267). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muhasebe Memuru.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1865/66 (AH 1282): Maliye Kalemi. The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Maliye Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 120 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Müvezzi in Üsküdar, the salary going from 120 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Maliye Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1872/73 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Edirne, the salary going from 235 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Üsküdar). In 1873/74 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Üsküdar, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Edirne). In 1878 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Beşiktaş, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Üsküdar). In 1878/79 the record shows 2. Müdür in Niğde, the salary going from 500 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Beşiktaş). In 1883/84 the record shows 2. Müdür in Zabid (Zebid), the salary going from 800 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Niğde). In 1885/86 the record shows 1. Müdür in Taiz, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Zabid). In 1891/92 the record shows 2. Müdür in Minchail, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Taiz). In 1899/1900 the record shows 1. Müdür in Minchail, the salary going from 1,080 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Minchail).
The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as 1. Müdür. 94 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 39 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1878/79. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.87 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 93 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Muhasebe Memuru
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
- 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
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Maliye Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 15
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 80
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 80
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Görev ihmali / Mumaileyh birkaç aydan beri merkezin şehriye cetvelini vakt ve zamanıyla göndermemekte ve ol babda edilen nesayihi dahi isga eylememekte bulunduğu cihetle muceb-i intibah olmak üzere meclisin 12 Mart sene 1312 tarihli kararı mucebince üç günlük maaşı cezaen katʻ edildiği; Görev İhmali
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Maliye Kalemifirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80first-salary field |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Maliye Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 |
| 1869 to 1872AH 1286 to 1288 | Müvezzi | Üsküdar | 250 to 235 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Seyyar Memur | Edirne | 600 |
| 1873 to 1878AH 1290 to 1294 | Seyyar Memur | Üsküdar | 500 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Seyyar Memur | Beşiktaş | 500 |
| 1878 to 1883AH 1296 to 1300 | 2. Müdür | Niğde | 1,000 to 800 |
| 1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302 | 2. Müdür | Zabid (Zebid) | 1,200 |
| 1885 to 1891AH 1303 to 1308 | 1. Müdür | Taiz | 1,200 |
| 1891 to 1899AH 1309 to 1316 | 2. Müdür | Minchail | 1,200 to 1,080 |
| 1899 to 1906AH 1317 to 1323 | 1. Müdür | Minchail | 1,500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 | 120 | 600 | 1% | |
| 1869/70 | 250 | 600 | 9% | |
| 1870/71 | 250 | 600 | 250 | 8% |
| 1871/72 | 235 | 550 | 285 | 8% |
| 1872/73 | 600 | 550 | 55% | |
| 1873/74 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 44% |
| 1874/75 | 500 | 535 | 41% | |
| 1875/76 | 500 | 530 | 500 | 41% |
| 1876/77 | 500 | 582.5 | 600 | 36% |
| 1877/78 | 500 | 560 | 500 | 36% |
| 1878 | 500 | 600 | 600 | 33% |
| 1878/79 | 1,000 | 600 | 800 | 77% |
| 1879/80 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 77% |
| 1880/81 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 76% |
| 1881/82 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 77% |
| 1882/83 | 800 | 500 | 800 | 76% |
| 1883/84 | 1,200 | 500 | 800 | 86% |
| 1884/85 | 1,200 | 500 | 800 | 86% |
| 1885/86 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 87% |
| 1886/87 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 87% |
| 1887/88 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 87% |
| 1888/89 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 87% |
| 1889/90 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 88% |
| 1890/91 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 89% |
| 1891/92 | 1,200 | 500 | 800 | 90% |
| 1892/93 | 1,200 | 500 | 800 | 90% |
| 1893/94 | 1,200 | 500 | 800 | 91% |
| 1894/95 | 1,200 | 500 | 800 | 91% |
| 1895/96 | 1,200 | 500 | 800 | 90% |
| 1896/97 | 1,080 | 500 | 765 | 91% |
| 1897/98 | 1,080 | 500 | 778.5 | 91% |
| 1898/99 | 1,080 | 500 | 800 | 91% |
| 1899/1900 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,350 | 94% |
| 1900/01 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,350 | 94% |
| 1901/02 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,350 | 94% |
| 1902/03 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,500 | 93% |
| 1903/04 | 1,500 | 475 | 1,400 | 94% |
| 1904/05 | 1,500 | 450 | 1,400 | 94% |
| 1905/06 | 1,500 | 475 | 1,500 | 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
- Mehmet Tayyip BeyÜsküdar and 1 other place, 9 shared years
- Mustafa Sakıp EfendiÜsküdar, 6 shared years
- Mustafa Kâmil BeyÜsküdar, 6 shared years
- Behazkil EfendiÜsküdar, 6 shared years
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiÜsküdar, 5 shared years
167 officials in all. Officials recorded in Minchail
Same school recorded
- Abdulgani EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet Nail EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ahmet Şakir EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ali Nafiz EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Ali Rıza EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Tevfik EfendiIstanbul, born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Ahmet Nail EfendiIstanbul, born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Ahmet Şemsettin EfendiIstanbul, born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Andon Tomasyan EfendiIstanbul, born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Dikran Yüzbaşıyan EfendiIstanbul, born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (39)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Maliye Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 | Finance (Maliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 8_82; 159 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Müvezzi | Üsküdar | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Müvezzi | Üsküdar | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Müvezzi | Üsküdar | 235 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Seyyar Memur | Edirne | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Seyyar Memur | Üsküdar | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Seyyar Memur | Üsküdar | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Seyyar Memur | Üsküdar | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Seyyar Memur | Üsküdar | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Seyyar Memur | Üsküdar | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Seyyar Memur | Beşiktaş | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | 2. Müdür | Niğde | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | 2. Müdür | Niğde | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | 2. Müdür | Niğde | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | 2. Müdür | Niğde | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | 2. Müdür | Niğde | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | 2. Müdür | Zabid (Zebid) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | 2. Müdür | Zabid (Zebid) | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | 1. Müdür | Taiz | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | 1. Müdür | Taiz | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | 1. Müdür | Taiz | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | 1. Müdür | Taiz | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | 1. Müdür | Taiz | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | 1. Müdür | Taiz | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | 2. Müdür | Minchail | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | 2. Müdür | Minchail | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | 2. Müdür | Minchail | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | 2. Müdür | Minchail | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | 2. Müdür | Minchail | 1,200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 2. Müdür | Minchail | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 2. Müdür | Minchail | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 2. Müdür | Minchail | 1,080 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 1. Müdür | Minchail | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 1. Müdür | Minchail | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 1. Müdür | Minchail | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 1. Müdür | Minchail | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 1. Müdür | Minchail | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | 1. Müdür | Minchail | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 1. Müdür | Minchail | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 8_82; 159 |
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 (27)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Fazlı Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1267 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | muhasebe memuru | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| 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 | Sibyan mektebi | 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; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1282 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1865 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Maliye Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 15 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 80 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 80 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Görev ihmali / Mumaileyh birkaç aydan beri merkezin şehriye cetvelini vakt ve zamanıyla göndermemekte ve ol babda edilen nesayihi dahi isga eylememekte bulunduğu cihetle muceb-i intibah olmak üzere meclisin 12 Mart sene 1312 tarihli kararı mucebince üç günlük maaşı cezaen katʻ edildiği used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Görev İhmali other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1313; 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321; 1322; 1323 | 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 37 annual entries of 39 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.