Official
Ahmed Hamdi Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Berkovitsa (Berkofça) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). On record 1877 to 1895, 18 annual entries. Death recorded 1895/96.
Archive reference 58- 182;357
Life#
Ahmed Hamdi Efendi was born in Berkovitsa (Berkofça) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.
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 Niš (Niş) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Niš, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elassona (Alasonya), the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Niš). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër (İşkodra), the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elassona). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Berat, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Berat). In 1893/94 the record shows 3. Müdür in Zadrima, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër). No annual entry is recorded for 1878.
The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as 3. Müdür. 60 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 18 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.02 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1894/95, when 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1895/96 (AH 1313): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Birthplace
- Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- ciftci
- Death recorded
- 1895/96 (AH 1313)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
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
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Place
- Niš (Niş)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | First work | Niš (Niş) | 500first-salary field |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Niš (Niş) | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295) | |||
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Elassona (Alasonya) | 400 |
| 1879 to 1882AH 1297 to 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 380 |
| 1882 to 1884AH 1300 to 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Berat | 380 |
| 1884 to 1893AH 1302 to 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 |
| 1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312 | 3. Müdür | Zadrima | 600 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 | 500 | 560 | 410 | 36% |
| 1878/79 | 400 | 600 | 420 | 18% |
| 1879/80 | 380 | 500 | 380 | 22% |
| 1880/81 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1881/82 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1882/83 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1883/84 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1884/85 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1885/86 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1886/87 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1887/88 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1888/89 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1889/90 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1890/91 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1891/92 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1892/93 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1893/94 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 60% |
| 1894/95 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 60% |
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 Salih EfendiShkodër (İşkodra), 12 shared years
- Mehmet Azmi EfendiShkodër (İşkodra), 8 shared years
- Mustafa Rasit EfendiShkodër (İşkodra), 7 shared years
- Hasan Ruhi EfendiShkodër (İşkodra), 6 shared years
- Kigork EfendiShkodër (İşkodra), 5 shared years
33 officials in all. Officials recorded in Shkodër (İşkodra)
Same school recorded
- Abdülhamit EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Bican EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Rüştü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mustafa Sabri EfendiBerkovitsa (Berkofça), born 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiBerkovitsa (Berkofça), born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
- Mustafa Sırrı EfendiBerkovitsa (Berkofça), born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Hafız Salih EfendiBerkovitsa (Berkofça), born 1843/44 (AH 1259)
- Salih Hulusi EfendiBerkovitsa (Berkofça), born 1833/34 (AH 1249)
Full record
Annual entries (18)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Niš (Niş) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Elassona (Alasonya) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Berat | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Berat | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Shkodër (İşkodra) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | 3. Müdür | Zadrima | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | 3. Müdür | Zadrima | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58- 182;357 |
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 (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmed Hamdi Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1276 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | berkofca | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | tuna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | ciftci | 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) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1294 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1877 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Nis | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 500 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1313 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- 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.
- 18 annual entries of 18 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.