Official
Ali Haydar Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bitola (Manastır) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). On record 1879 to 1882, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 23_39; 75
Life#
Ali Haydar Efendi was born in Bitola (Manastır) in 1864/65 (AH 1281) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); Ali Haydar also wrote Turkish, spoke Bulgarian and had some knowledge of French.
Ali Haydar began work in Bitola in 1877/78, at about 13, with three unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 300 kuruş. Few began so young; fewer than 6 per cent of the 5,128 officials whose age at first work is known started at 13 or younger. Every annual entry from 1879/80 to 1881/82 places Ali Haydar in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Elbasan (İlbasan).
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1879/80, as Muhabere Memuru in Elbasan, when 16 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 10,800 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1881/82.
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 1864/65 (AH 1281); First work 1877/78 (AH 1294)
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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80 | 300 | 500 | 380 | 500 | 16% |
| 1880/81 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 15% |
| 1881/82 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 13% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | First work | Bitola (Manastır) | 300first-salary field |
| 1879 to 1882AH 1297 to 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 300 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1864/65 (AH 1281)
- Birthplace
- Bitola (Manastır)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Bulgarian
- Tekellumspeaking
- French
- Asinafamiliarity
- 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
- Bitola (Manastır)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
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 post (job title and place), same years
Of the 2 officials who held Muhabere Memuru in Elbasan (İlbasan) in the same years, Ali Haydar Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Hafız Hasan Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 3 officials with entries in Elbasan (İlbasan) in the same years, Ali Haydar Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Hafız Hasan Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Eşref Bahtiyar Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 561 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Ali Haydar Efendi had the 554th highest salary.
- Mehmet Vehbi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 6,400 kuruş
- Mehmet Arif Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 3,600 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 3,150 kuruş
- İbrahim Ethem Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 2,800 kuruş
- Mustafa Hilmi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Ali Haydar Efendi had the 2,211th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Hamdi Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdurrahman Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdüssabur Sabri Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Ferit Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 800 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 40 officials born in Bitola (Manastır), Ali Haydar Efendi had the 32nd highest salary.
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Muhittin Nuri Efendiborn 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 540 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hıristo Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Recep Lütfi Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 500 kuruş
The page of Bitola (Manastır), with the 40 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 60 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), Ali Haydar Efendi had the 52nd highest salary.
- Abdullah Hamdi Efendifirst entry in Izmir (İzmir); highest salary 500 kuruş
- İbrahim Aziz Efendifirst entry in Bandırma; highest salary 220 kuruş
- İbrahim Kamil Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Osman Hilmi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 850 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_39; 75 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_39; 75 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 23_39; 75 |
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 | Ali Haydar Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1281 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | manastir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | manastir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | 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) | 3 | 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 | Manastir | 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.
- 3 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.
Subjects
- Ali Haydar Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Elbasan (İlbasan)
- Bitola (Manastır)
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye 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)