Official
Mehmet Rüştü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Amasya in 1881/82 (AH 1299). On record 1905 to 1908, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 147-196-387
Life#
Mehmet Rüştü Efendi was born in Amasya in 1881/82 (AH 1299) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a telegraph official (telgraf memuru). Schooling took nine years, at a preparatory secondary school (İdadi Mektebi).
Work began in Çanakkale in 1905/06, at about 23, paid from the start, on 300 kuruş a month. The first annual entry, for 1905/06, places Mehmet Rüştü in Çanakkale as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru). The last posts were in Damascus (Şam) from 1906 to 1908.
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1905/06, as Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, when 23 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 10,800 kuruş, 73 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.
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.
Born 1881/82 (AH 1299)
First work 1905/06 (AH 1323); 1905/06 (AH 1323)
300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06 | 300 | 475 | 330 | 23% |
| 1906/07 | 300 | 450 | 300 | 25% |
| 1907/08 | 300 | 300 | 250 | 39% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | First work | Çanakkale | 300first-salary field |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Çanakkale | 300 |
| 1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 300 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Birthplace
- Amasya
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
Education
- Idadi
- İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
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
- 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Place
- Çanakkale
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Possible links: 4 entries in 1 work
- Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Amasyalı memurlar: Mehmet Rü ştü EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Amasyalı memurlar: Mehmet Rü ştü EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Amasyalı memurlar: Mehmet Rü ştü EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Amasyalı memurlar: Mehmet Rü ştü EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
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 17 officials with entries in Damascus (Şam) in the same years, Mehmet Rüştü Efendi had the 9th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hayri Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Hüsnü Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ2 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ömer Şevki Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Devidras Avram Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 946 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Rüştü Efendi had the 515th highest salary.
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey3 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mahmut Nedim Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Abdülvahid Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Muhtar Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Said Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same school
Of the 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi among their schools, Mehmet Rüştü Efendi had the 56th highest salary.
- Abdülvahid Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Cevat Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Midhat Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ali Kemal Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Cafer Tayyar Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 200 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 11 officials born in Amasya, Mehmet Rüştü Efendi had the 10th highest salary.
- İbrahim Ethem Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ziya Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Mehmet Adil Efendiborn 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mustafa Nuri Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hasan Sıtkı Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 350 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 117 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), Mehmet Rüştü Efendi had the 41st highest salary.
- Ahmet Münib Efendifirst entry in Tekirdağ; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Tevfik Efendifirst entry in Suriye; highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ali Galib Efendifirst entry in Kirkuk (Kerkük); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Hamud(?) Seyyid Hasan Efendifirst entry in Yemen; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Akif Efendifirst entry in Erzincan; highest salary 300 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Çanakkale | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 147-196-387 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 147-196-387 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Damascus (Şam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 147-196-387 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Rüştü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1299 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | amasya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Telgraf Memuru | 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 | idadi Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 9 | 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) | 1323 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1905 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Canakkale | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered 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.
- 1 annual entry 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.
Subjects
- Mehmet Rüştü Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Damascus (Şam)
- Amasya
- Idadi school (İdadi Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)