Official
Yusuf Agah Bey
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Serres (Siroz) in 1844/45 (AH 1260). On record 1872 to 1883, 12 annual entries.
Archive reference 0002_0076 :150
Life#
Yusuf Agah Bey was born in Serres (Siroz) in 1844/45 (AH 1260). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish. By-name or family epithet as recorded: Pasazade.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Beyazid. 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 Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277): Meclisi Vala. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 1,200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 28 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Kaymakam, with 2,000 kuruş a month. In 1873/74 the record shows Meclis Baskitabeti in Tekirdağ, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Kaymakam). In 1874/75 the record shows Meclis Baskitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,000 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Baskitabeti in Tekirdağ). In 1876/77 the record shows Başmüdür in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 2,500 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Baskitabeti in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Başmüdür. 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 12 years with a salary the median is 3,000 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.75 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1882/83, when 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Birthplace
- Serres (Siroz)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- By-name
- Pasazade
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school); place of the school as worded: Beyazid
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Meclisi Vala
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 17
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 1200
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 1200
Notes from the record
- Merit and competence grade (recorded code)
- 1
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1860/61AH 1277 | Meclisi Valafirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,200first-salary field |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Kaymakam | 2,000 | |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Meclis Baskitabeti | Tekirdağ | 2,000 |
| 1874 to 1876AH 1291 to 1292 | Meclis Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,500 |
| 1876 to 1883AH 1293 to 1300 | Başmüdür | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 3,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73 | 2,000 | 550 | 93% | |
| 1873/74 | 2,000 | 500 | 93% | |
| 1874/75 | 2,500 | 535 | 94% | |
| 1875/76 | 2,500 | 530 | 94% | |
| 1876/77 | 3,000 | 582.5 | 3,000 | 96% |
| 1877/78 | 3,000 | 560 | 3,000 | 96% |
| 1878 | 3,000 | 600 | 3,000 | 95% |
| 1878/79 | 3,000 | 600 | 3,000 | 95% |
| 1879/80 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,200 | 97% |
| 1880/81 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,400 | 97% |
| 1881/82 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,400 | 97% |
| 1882/83 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,400 | 97% |
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 Emin EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 8 shared years
- Mehmet Ziya EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 8 shared years
- Mehmet Aziz EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 8 shared years
- Hüsnü EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 7 shared years
- Mehmet Raif EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 6 shared years
351 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Same school recorded
- Ahmet Rıza EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Cafer Sadık EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Feyzi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Haci Cemal BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Hasan Ruhi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Yusuf Agâh BeySerres (Siroz), born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Osman EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1838/39 (AH 1254)
- Ahmet Niyazi EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Abdurrahman Nuri EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Hüseyin AğaSerres (Siroz), born 1855/56 (AH 1272)
21 officials in all. Officials born in Serres (Siroz)
Full record
Annual entries (12)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Kaymakam | Timurhisar | 2,000 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Meclis Baskitabeti | Tekirdağ | 2,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Meclis Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Meclis Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Başmüdür | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Başmüdür | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Başmüdür | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Başmüdür | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Başmüdür | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Başmüdür | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Başmüdür | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Başmüdür | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0076 :150 |
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 (25)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Yusuf Agah Bey | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| By-name | Pasazade | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1260 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | siroz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Siroz | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Siroz | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Selanik | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| 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 | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Place of the school | Beyazid | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1277 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1860 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Meclisi Vala | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 17 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 1200 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 1200 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Other recorded values | ||
| Merit and competence grade (recorded code) | 1 | 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.
- 11 annual entries of 12 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.