Official
Unnamed official (189,34-33)
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1890/91 (AH 1308). On record 1910 to 1911, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 189,34-33
Life#
This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Mecca in 1905/06 (AH 1323). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1910/11, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1910/11, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mecca, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1911 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Jeddah (Cidde), the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mecca).
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1911 as Muhabere Memuru. 50 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 2 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1911. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 66.67 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Birthplace
- Mecca (Mekke)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- turkish
Education
- Darüşşafaka
- Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Darüşşafaka
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Arabic
- Tekellumspeaking
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Place
- Mecca (Mekke)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | First work | Mecca (Mekke) | 400first-salary field |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecca (Mekke) | 300 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Muhabere Memuru | Jeddah (Cidde) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910/11 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 14% |
| 1911 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 50% |
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
- Hamza Bahaeddin EfendiJeddah (Cidde), 1 shared year
Same school recorded
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328)
- Faruk EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1909/10 (AH 1327)
- Hasan EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1909/10 (AH 1327)
- Hüseyin Mazlum EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1909/10 (AH 1327)
- İsmail EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1909/10 (AH 1327)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Unnamed official (158-203-402)Mecca (Mekke), born 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Mehmet Mekki EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1886/87 (AH 1304)
- Abdülkadir EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Hacı Mehmet Hulusi EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Mehmet Salih EfendiMecca (Mekke), born 1885/86 (AH 1303)
12 officials in all. Officials born in Mecca (Mekke)
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Muhabere Memuru | Mecca (Mekke) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189,34-33 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Muhabere Memuru | Jeddah (Cidde) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189,34-33 |
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 (12)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Birth year (AH) | 1308 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | mekke | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hicaz | 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 | darussafaka | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 12 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1323 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | mekke | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | 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.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.