Official
Balizar Efendi
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). On record 1890 to 1904, 12 annual entries. Death recorded 1904/05.
Archive reference 0091_156: 309
Life#
Balizar Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.
Schooling recorded: Millet 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Aleppo in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Posta Memuru in Alacahamam, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1897/98 the record shows Sef in Mersin, the salary going from 400 to 630 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Alacahamam). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Adana, with 630 kuruş a month (before: Sef in Mersin). No annual entry is recorded for 1894 to 1896.
The highest salary, 630 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Sef. 75 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 12 years with a salary the median is 630 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 230 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.56 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1904/05 (AH 1322): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Birthplace
- Aleppo (Halep)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
- Death recorded
- 1904/05 (AH 1322)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Place
- Aleppo (Halep)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- İfşa / muhaberat-ı fehimeyi ifşa eylediğinden idareten infisal ettirilmiş; Görevi Kötüye Kullanma
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | First work | Aleppo (Halep) | 400first-salary field |
| 1890 to 1894AH 1308 to 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 400 to 500 |
| No annual entry: 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313) | |||
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Posta Memuru | Alacahamam | 400 |
| 1897 to 1900AH 1315 to 1317 | Sef | Mersin | 630 |
| 1900 to 1904AH 1318 to 1321 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Adana | 630 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1891/92 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1892/93 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 44% |
| 1893/94 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 46% |
| 1896/97 | 400 | 500 | 350 | 32% |
| 1897/98 | 630 | 500 | 75% | |
| 1898/99 | 630 | 500 | 74% | |
| 1899/1900 | 630 | 500 | 73% | |
| 1900/01 | 630 | 500 | 500 | 71% |
| 1901/02 | 630 | 500 | 480 | 72% |
| 1902/03 | 630 | 500 | 400 | 72% |
| 1903/04 | 630 | 475 | 450 | 72% |
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
- Tahsin Necati EfendiAdana and 1 other place, 8 shared years
- Hacı Mehmet Reşit EfendiAleppo (Halep) and 1 other place, 7 shared years
- Halit Şahabettin EfendiAdana and 1 other place, 6 shared years
- Ali Riza EfendiAdana, 4 shared years
- Mihail EfendiMersin and 1 other place, 4 shared years
90 officials in all. Officials recorded in Aleppo (Halep)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Hıtar EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Çaker EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Cebrail EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Dahan Berhordar EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- İstepan Çakmak EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Fethullah Kemal EfendiAleppo (Halep), born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Kostaki Kudsi EfendiAleppo (Halep), born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Mehmet Cudi EfendiAleppo (Halep), born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Osman EfendiAleppo (Halep), born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Nuri Fehmi EfendiAleppo (Halep), born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
66 officials in all. Officials born in Aleppo (Halep)
Full record
Annual entries (12)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Posta Memuru | Alacahamam | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Sef | Mersin | 630 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Sef | Mersin | 630 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Sef | Mersin | 630 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Adana | 630 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Adana | 630 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Adana | 630 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Adana | 630 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_156: 309 |
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 (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Balizar Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1285 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | halep | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | halep | 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 | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1307 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1890 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Halep | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | İfşa / muhaberat-ı fehimeyi ifşa eylediğinden idareten infisal ettirilmiş used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Görevi Kötüye Kullanma other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321 | Later annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1322 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 12 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.