Official
Faruk Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). On record 1909/10, 1 annual entry.
Archive reference 189-33-32
Life#
Born in Istanbul in 1889/90 (AH 1307), Faruk Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a district governor or lieutenant colonel (kaymakam). Work began in Ioannina (Yanya) in 1909/10, at about 19, paid from the start, on 400 kuruş a month. A single annual entry, for 1909/10, places Faruk in Ioannina in the correspondence office (Tahrirat Kalemi), on 400 kuruş a month.
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 1889/90 (AH 1307)
First work 1909/10 (AH 1327); 1909/10 (AH 1327)
400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
One annual entry, for 1909/10 (AH 1327): Tahrirat Kalemi in Ioannina (Yanya), with 400 kuruş a month. Institution: Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf).
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- turkish
- Father's occupation
- kaymakam
Education
- Darüşşafaka
- Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Darüşşafaka
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Greek (Rum)
- tekellumspeaking. 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
- 1909/10 (AH 1327)
- Place
- Ioannina (Yanya)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
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 8 officials with entries in Ioannina (Yanya) in the same years, Faruk Efendi had the 4th highest salary.
- Muharrem Bey1 shared year; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Unnamed official (8-150;293)1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Süleyman Sırrı Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Kâzım Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 4 officials with the title Tahrirat Kalemi in the same years, Faruk Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Unnamed official (0006_0303; 601)1 shared year; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Mehmet Şevki Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Midhat Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 250 kuruş
Same school
Of the 203 officials with Darüşşafaka among their schools, Faruk Efendi had the 116th highest salary.
- Osman Fehmi Efendiborn 1889/90 (AH 1307); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hüseyin Mazlum Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 300 kuruş
- İhsan Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 150 kuruş
- MEHMET ZEKİ EFENDİborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 150 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Faruk Efendi had the 1,196th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Ziya Efendiborn 1889/90 (AH 1307); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Ahmet Atıf Efendiborn 1889/90 (AH 1307); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Ahmet Cevat Efendiborn 1889/90 (AH 1307); highest salary 300 kuruş
- AHMET GALİP EFENDİborn 1889/90 (AH 1307); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmet Midhat Efendiborn 1889/90 (AH 1307); highest salary 150 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 123 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327), 122 have a recorded salary; Faruk Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.
- Ziya Ahmet Efendifirst entry in Ioannina (Yanya); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Osman Tevfik Efendifirst entry in Ioannina (Yanya); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Cevat Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ali Osman Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in Kosova; highest salary 300 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (1)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Tahrirat Kalemi | Ioannina (Yanya) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-33-32 |
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 | Faruk Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1307 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | kaymakam | 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 | darussafaka | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 12 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | 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) | 1327 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | yanya | 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 |
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.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Faruk Efendi
- Correspondence office (Tahrirat Kalemi)
- Ioannina (Yanya)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Darüşşafaka
- 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)