Official
Rahmi Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1896 to 1911, 15 annual entries.
Archive reference 0100_0244, 485
Life#
Rahmi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 26 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Memurin Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 275 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as Memurin Kitabeti. 74 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 15 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.86 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 4 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
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
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93AH 1310 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1896 to 1905AH 1314 to 1322 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 to 275 |
| 1905 to 1911AH 1323 to 1328 | Memurin Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 to 1,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 | 50 | 500 | 245 | 0% |
| 1897/98 | 100 | 500 | 275 | 2% |
| 1898/99 | 100 | 500 | 262.5 | 2% |
| 1899/1900 | 150 | 500 | 300 | 4% |
| 1900/01 | 150 | 500 | 300 | 4% |
| 1901/02 | 150 | 500 | 340 | 5% |
| 1902/03 | 180 | 500 | 350 | 8% |
| 1903/04 | 250 | 475 | 350 | 14% |
| 1904/05 | 275 | 450 | 375 | 22% |
| 1905/06 | 300 | 475 | 23% | |
| 1906/07 | 300 | 450 | 25% | |
| 1907/08 | 355 | 300 | 55% | |
| 1908/09 | 450 | 350 | 58% | |
| 1909/10 | 800 | 462.5 | 600 | 66% |
| 1910/11 | 1,000 | 500 | 74% |
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 Hulusi EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Osman Cemal EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Unnamed official (43_105; 207)Istanbul, 15 shared years
- Ali Nazmi EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Mehmet Cemalettin EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
1,203 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Kamil EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Abdülmecid EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Abdüssabur Sabri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Ahmet Celalettin EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Ahmet Cevdet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Agop EfendiIstanbul, born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Ahmed Talat EfendiIstanbul, born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Ahmet Avni EfendiIstanbul, born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Ahmet Avni EfendiIstanbul, born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Ahmet Hurşit EfendiIstanbul, born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (15)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 180 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 275 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Memurin Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Memurin Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Memurin Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 355 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Memurin Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Memurin Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Memurin Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0100_0244, 485 |
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 | Rahmi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1287 | 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 |
| 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) | 4 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1310 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1892 | 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) | 50 | 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 10 annual entries of 15 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.