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Hasan Sezai Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Sofia (Sofya) in 1851/52 (AH 1268). On record 1868 to 1907, 33 annual entries.

Life

Born in Sofia (Sofya) in 1851/52 (AH 1268) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community, Hasan Sezai Efendi was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). Hasan Sezai began work in the telegraph service (Telgraf) in Sofia in 1866/67, at about 15, with two unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1868/69, with Hasan Sezai as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Ihtiman (İhtiman). Hasan Sezai then moved back to Sofia, the birthplace, from 1869 to 1873, then Kyustendil (Köstendil) and Ihtiman from 1874 to 1877, with a rise to Demiryolu Memuru in 1874/75 and to a post in the Idare Kalemi in 1876/77. The annual lists then follow Hasan Sezai to Preševo (Preşova) from 1880 to 1888, then four places in 17 years. The last post was in Drama in 1906/07. Entries spanning 40 years are rare, reached by fewer than 4 per cent of the 5,211 officials. Few officials served in as many places; fewer than 6 per cent of the 5,200 officials with a place of service did.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1868/69 to a peak of 1,000 in 1876/77, in the Idare Kalemi in Ihtiman, when 77 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 500 kuruş. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 11 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
Further places, smaller scale1868/691869/701874/751876/771880/811888/891891/921895/961904/051906/071234567891011SofiaIhtimanKyustendilPreševoŠtipKavadarciBlagoevgradDrama
  1. Sofia (Sofya)

    Born 1851/52 (AH 1268); First work 1866/67 (AH 1283)

    First work as Telgraf

  2. Ihtiman (İhtiman)

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Muhabere Memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Sofia (Sofya)

    1869 to 1873 (AH 1286 to 1289)

    Muhabere Memuru

    380 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Kyustendil (Köstendil)

    1874 to 1876 (AH 1291 to 1292)

    No annual entry for 1873/74 (AH 1290) before it.

    Demiryolu Memuru

    750 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Ihtiman (İhtiman)

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Idare Kalemi

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Preševo (Preşova)

    1880 to 1888 (AH 1298 to 1305)

    No annual entry for 1877 to 1880 (AH 1294 to 1297) before it.

    Muhabere Memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  7. Štip (İştip)

    1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)

    Muhabere Memuru

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  8. Kavadarci (Kavadar)

    1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)

    Muhabere Memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  9. Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)

    1895 to 1903 (AH 1313 to 1320)

    3. Müdür 1895 to 1903 (AH 1313 to 1320); Memur 1896 to 1899 (AH 1314 to 1316)

    495 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  10. Acre (Akka)

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    No annual entry for 1903/04 (AH 1321) before it.

    2. Müdür

    720 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  11. Drama

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    No annual entry for 1905/06 (AH 1323) before it.

    2. Müdür

    750 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry05001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241,000 kuruşMuhabere MemuruMuhabere MemuruMemur3. Müdür2. Müdür
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 Hasan Sezai Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1868/6940060048017%
1869/7040060040018%
1870/7140060040020%
1871/7238055040020%
1872/7338055040018%
1874/7575053563%
1875/7675053064%
1876/771,000582.577%
1880/8150050040047%
1881/8250050040046%
1882/8350050040043%
1883/8450050040043%
1884/8550050040042%
1885/8650050040042%
1886/8750050040042%
1887/8850050040041%
1888/8960050040058%
1889/9060050040058%
1890/9160050040059%
1891/9250050040043%
1892/9350050040044%
1893/9450050040046%
1894/9550050040046%
1895/9655050060058%
1896/9749550030048%
1897/9849550030048%
1898/99495500362.548%
1899/190060050054070%
1900/0160050054067%
1901/0260050054067%
1902/0360050054067%
1904/0572045080077%
1906/0775045080076%

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

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Hasan Sezai Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1866/67AH 1283Telgraffirst workSofia (Sofya)400first-salary field
1868/69AH 1285Muhabere MemuruIhtiman (İhtiman)400
1869 to 1873AH 1286 to 1289Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1869/70400
1870/71400
1871/72380
1872/73380
Sofia (Sofya)400 to 380
No annual entry: 1873/74 (AH 1290)
1874 to 1876AH 1291 to 1292Demiryolu Memuru
Other institution
2 entries
YearSalary
1874/75750
1875/76750
Kyustendil (Köstendil)750
1876/77AH 1293Idare Kalemi
Other institution
Ihtiman (İhtiman)1,000
No annual entry: 1877 to 1880 (AH 1294 to 1297)
1880 to 1888AH 1298 to 1305Muhabere Memuru
8 entries
YearSalary
1880/81500
1881/82500
1882/83500
1883/84500
1884/85500
1885/86500
1886/87500
1887/88500
Preševo (Preşova)500
1888 to 1891AH 1306 to 1308Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1888/89600
1889/90600
1890/91600
Štip (İştip)600
1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1891/92500
1892/93500
1893/94500
1894/95500
Kavadarci (Kavadar)500
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürBlagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)550
1896 to 1899AH 1314 to 1316Memur
3 entries
YearSalary
1896/97495
1897/98495
1898/99495
Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)495
1899 to 1903AH 1317 to 13203. Müdür
4 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900600
1900/01600
1901/02600
1902/03600
Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)600
No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321)
1904/05AH 13222. MüdürAcre (Akka)720
No annual entry: 1905/06 (AH 1323)
1906/07AH 13242. MüdürDrama750

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Birthplace
Sofia (Sofya)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 years
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

Bulgarian
Tekellumspeaking
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1866/67 (AH 1283)
First job as worded
Telgraf
Age at first work (workbook field)
15
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
400

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Muhbirlik / Mumaileyhin mahalli hükümetine yazılan resmî ve mahrem telgrafnameleri ötekine berikine ifşa ve işâa eylemekte olduğu ve şu ahval-i mesrudesi ile şu sırada Rumeli'de devam-ı memuriyeti gayr-ı caiz görüldüğünden mucib-i intibahî olmak üzere bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Zilkadesinin yirmisinde 5 Kânunusani sene 1319 azledilip; Zimmet / muhaberat-ı cariye hakkında menfi bazı eşhasa ücret mukabilinde ihbaratta bulunmasından dolayı yüz on bir numaralı 26 Ağustos sene 1321 tarihli tezkire-i sâmiyesi üzerine bin üç yüz [yirmi] üç senesi Recebinin on altısında 3 Eylül sene 1321 idareten azlolunup Akka Mutasarrıflığınca hakkında cereyan eden tahkikat neticesinde mumaileyhe bir şey tebeyyün etmediği ve mani-i istihdam bir hali görülemediği; Siyasi; Zimmet
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1322; 1324

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 8 officials with entries in Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) in the same years, Hasan Sezai Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 17 officials with entries in Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)

Same job title, same years

Of the 1,643 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Hasan Sezai Efendi had the 234th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 746 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 745 have a recorded salary; Hasan Sezai Efendi had the 194th highest salary of them.

All 746 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 20 officials born in Sofia (Sofya), Hasan Sezai Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

The page of Sofia (Sofya), with the 20 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 89 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285), Hasan Sezai Efendi had the 31st highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (33)

Annual entries of Hasan Sezai Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1868/69AH 1285Muhabere MemuruIhtiman (İhtiman)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1869/70AH 1286Muhabere MemuruSofia (Sofya)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1870/71AH 1287Muhabere MemuruSofia (Sofya)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1871/72AH 1288Muhabere MemuruSofia (Sofya)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1872/73AH 1289Muhabere MemuruSofia (Sofya)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1874/75AH 1291Demiryolu MemuruKyustendil (Köstendil)750OtherCross-ministry personnel workbook0062_0009; 15
1875/76AH 1292Demiryolu MemuruKyustendil (Köstendil)750OtherCross-ministry personnel workbook0062_0009; 15
1876/77AH 1293Idare KalemiIhtiman (İhtiman)1,000OtherCross-ministry personnel workbook0062_0009; 15
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruPreševo (Preşova)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruPreševo (Preşova)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruPreševo (Preşova)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruPreševo (Preşova)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruPreševo (Preşova)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruPreševo (Preşova)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruPreševo (Preşova)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruPreševo (Preşova)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruŠtip (İştip)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruŠtip (İştip)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruŠtip (İştip)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruKavadarci (Kavadar)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruKavadarci (Kavadar)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruKavadarci (Kavadar)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruKavadarci (Kavadar)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürBlagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)550Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1896/97AH 1314MemurBlagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)495Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1897/98AH 1315MemurBlagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)495Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1898/99AH 1316MemurBlagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)495Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1899/1900AH 13173. MüdürBlagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürBlagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1901/02AH 13193. MüdürBlagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürBlagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1904/05AH 13222. MüdürAcre (Akka)720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
1906/07AH 13242. MüdürDrama750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0009; 15
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 (28)

Recorded values of Hasan Sezai Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHasan Sezai EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1268Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplacesofyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: district (kaza)SofyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: sancakRuscukCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: province (vilayet)TunaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Province of birthtunaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationesnafRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year (AH)1283Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
First work: Gregorian year as stored1866Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeSofyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: district (kaza)SofyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: sancakruscukCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: province (vilayet)tunaCross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedTelgrafLinked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Age at first work (workbook field)15Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)400Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedMuhbirlik / Mumaileyhin mahalli hükümetine yazılan resmî ve mahrem telgrafnameleri ötekine berikine ifşa ve işâa eylemekte olduğu ve şu ahval-i mesrudesi ile şu sırada Rumeli'de devam-ı memuriyeti gayr-ı caiz görüldüğünden mucib-i intibahî olmak üzere bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Zilkadesinin yirmisinde 5 Kânunusani sene 1319 azledilip used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedZimmet / muhaberat-ı cariye hakkında menfi bazı eşhasa ücret mukabilinde ihbaratta bulunmasından dolayı yüz on bir numaralı 26 Ağustos sene 1321 tarihli tezkire-i sâmiyesi üzerine bin üç yüz [yirmi] üç senesi Recebinin on altısında 3 Eylül sene 1321 idareten azlolunup Akka Mutasarrıflığınca hakkında cereyan eden tahkikat neticesinde mumaileyhe bir şey tebeyyün etmediği ve mani-i istihdam bir hali görülemediği other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedSiyasi other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedZimmet other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1322; 1324Later 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.
  • 27 annual entries of 33 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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

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