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Official

Selim Efendi

Jewish (Musevi). Born in Damascus (Şam) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). On record 1904 to 1907, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 148-153-301

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Life

Selim Efendi was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1881/82 (AH 1299) into the Jewish (Musevi) community; the father was an official (memur). Schooling took four years, at a community school (Millet Mektebi); Selim also wrote Arabic as well as Turkish.

Selim began work in Suriye in 1904/05, at about 22, paid from the start, on 500 kuruş a month. From the first annual entry, for 1904/05, to 1906/07, every annual entry places Selim in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Suriye.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 500 kuruş a month in 1904/05, as Muhabere Memuru in Suriye, when 52 per cent of paid officials earned less. 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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1904/0512Damascus, Suriye

  1. Damascus (Şam)

    Born 1881/82 (AH 1299)

  2. Suriye

    First work 1904/05 (AH 1322); 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324)

    Muhabere Memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324500 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 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 Selim Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1904/0550045035052%
1905/0650047533050%
1906/0750045030051%

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 Selim Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1904/05AH 1322First workSuriye500first-salary field
1904 to 1907AH 1322 to 1324Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1904/05500
1905/06500
1906/07500
Suriye500

Record

Personal

Born
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Birthplace
Damascus (Şam)
Community
Jewish (Musevi)
Nationality as recorded
Yahudi
Father's occupation
Memur

Education

Community school
Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 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

Arabic
Kitabetwriting
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Place
Suriye
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

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 12 officials with entries in Suriye in the same years, Selim Efendi had the 8th highest salary.

All 45 officials with entries in Suriye

Same job title, same years

Of the 1,001 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Selim Efendi had the 245th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, Selim Efendi had the 115th highest salary.

All 263 officials with Millet Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 59 officials born in Damascus (Şam), Selim Efendi had the 18th highest salary.

The page of Damascus (Şam), with the 59 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), Selim Efendi had the 14th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Selim Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruSuriye500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract148-153-301
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruSuriye500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract148-153-301
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruSuriye500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract148-153-301
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 Selim Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameSelim EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1299Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacesamRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthsuriyeRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationMemurRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuseviRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityYahudiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolMillet MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered 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)1322Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1904Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeSuriyeRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered 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 3 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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