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Official

Ahmet Şükrü Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bozkır in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1903 to 1905, 2 annual entries.

Life

Ahmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Bozkır in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muderris.

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 Louros (Loros) in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The official was then about 31 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Louros, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Melnik (Menlik), with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Louros).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 14 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 2 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Birthplace
Bozkır
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Muderris

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
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
1903/04 (AH 1321)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

Career

Career of Ahmet Şükrü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1903/04AH 1321First workLouros (Loros)200first-salary field
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruLouros (Loros)250
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruMelnik (Menlik)250
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322250 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Ahmet Şükrü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1903/0425047535014%
1904/0525045035014%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
BozkırMelnikLouros

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Ahmet Şükrü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruLouros (Loros)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-149-293
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruMelnik (Menlik)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-149-293
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)

Recorded values of Ahmet Şükrü Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAhmet Şükrü EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1289Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacebozkirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthkonyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationmuderrisRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1321Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1903Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeLorosRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered 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.
  • 2 annual entries of 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.