Official
Mehmet Sami Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Burgas (Burgaz) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). On record 1876 to 1899, 21 annual entries.
Archive reference 23_35; 67
Life#
Mehmet Sami Efendi was born in Burgas (Burgaz) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mulkiye Memuru.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Burgas in 1874/75 (AH 1291): Telgraf. The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 16 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhabere Memuru in Varna, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows no title (before: Muhabere Memuru in Varna). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yenişehir, with 750 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1881/82 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 750 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yenişehir). In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Heraklion (Kandiye), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1897/98 the record shows 3. Müdür in Velestino (Velestin), with 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Heraklion). In 1898/99 the record shows 3. Müdür in Heraklion, with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Velestino). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1880.
The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Muhabere Memuru. 73 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 20 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.31 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1898/99, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Birthplace
- Burgas (Burgaz)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Mulkiye Memuru
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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Place
- Burgas (Burgaz)
- 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
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Telgraffirst work | Burgas (Burgaz) | 400first-salary field |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Varna | 400 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | |||
| No annual entry: 1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297) | |||
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Yenişehir | 750 |
| 1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 |
| 1883 to 1897AH 1301 to 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 to 540 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 3. Müdür | Velestino (Velestin) | 540 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 540 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77 | 400 | 582.5 | 410 | 17% |
| 1880/81 | 750 | 500 | 400 | 73% |
| 1881/82 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1882/83 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1883/84 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1884/85 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1885/86 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1886/87 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1887/88 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1888/89 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1889/90 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 58% |
| 1890/91 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1891/92 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1892/93 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1893/94 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1894/95 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1895/96 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1896/97 | 540 | 500 | 400 | 61% |
| 1897/98 | 540 | 500 | 540 | 61% |
| 1898/99 | 540 | 500 | 540 | 61% |
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
- İskarlato Roskoviç EfendiHeraklion (Kandiye), 6 shared years
- Mahmut Avni EfendiHeraklion (Kandiye), 4 shared years
- Ali Rıza EfendiHeraklion (Kandiye), 3 shared years
- Hüseyin EfendiHeraklion (Kandiye), 3 shared years
- Unnamed official (0067_0248; sayfa no:493)Heraklion (Kandiye), 3 shared years
75 officials in all. Officials recorded in Heraklion (Kandiye)
Same school recorded
- Ahmed EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Ahmet EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Ali Riza EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Ali Şefik EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiBurgas (Burgaz), born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Mahmut Refet EfendiBurgas (Burgaz), born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- Unnamed official (0094_18; 33)Burgas (Burgaz), born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- İbrahim Raif EfendiBurgas (Burgaz), born 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- İsmail EfendiBurgas (Burgaz), born 1841/42 (AH 1257)
6 officials in all. Officials born in Burgas (Burgaz)
Full record
Annual entries (21)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhabere Memuru | Varna | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 23_35; 67 | |||
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Yenişehir | 750 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 3. Müdür | Velestino (Velestin) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Heraklion (Kandiye) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_35; 67 |
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 (23)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Sami Efendi | Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1276 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | burgas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Burgas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Burgas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Rumeli Sarki | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | rumeli sarki | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | mulkiye memuru | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Sibyan mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1291 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1874 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | burgas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | burgas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | burgas | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Rumeli Sarki | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 15 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 400 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
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.
- 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 20 annual entries of 21 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.