School
Bahriye Mektebi
Group of schools: Higher or professional
Stored spellings: Bahriye Mektebi; Mekteb-i Bahriye; bahriye mektebi; mekteb-i bahriye
2 officials have Bahriye Mektebi recorded as school. The annual entries of these officials, 29 in all, run from 1877 to 1903 (AH 1294 to 1320). The median of the 28 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The place with the largest number of officials is Tirebolu, with 1.
- Officials
- 2
- Years on recordAH 1294 to 1320, 24 years with an entry
- 1877 to 1903
- Median monthly salaryfrom 28 recorded salaries
- 500 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 5
Profile of the group: Higher or professional
No source read describes Bahriye Mektebi by itself, so this is the profile of its group of schools.
Schools above the secondary level or for a profession. The state founded such schools to train its officials: the Mekteb-i Maarif-i Adliye of 1839, the School of Civil Administration (Mülkiye) of 1859, the Galatasaray lycée of 1868, and the telegraph schools of the Post and Telegraph administration.
Standing and pay of its pupils
In the paper's grouping attendance at a higher school, or a completed idadi, is the highest level of schooling.
Sources
- Akyıldız, Ali (2019). Mekteb-i Maârif-i Adliyye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, supplement vol. 2 (revised third printing), 236-238. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 236. Used for: summary.
- Findley, Carter V. (1980). Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Pages or part: 159. Used for: summary.
- The school and the office: training, entry and pay in the Ottoman Post and Telegraph service, 1870-1905. Working paper, 2026 (the paper behind this collection; its Section II reports Akyıldız 2024, Ata 2022 and Ayhan and Maviş 1994).Pages or part: Sections II and III. Used for: summary, standing and pay of its pupils.
Schooling, first pay and careers
What the records say about the 2 officials with this school.
- Years of schooling recorded
- 12.0 yearsmean 12.0; 2 officials with years; all schooling up to this school, not the years spent in it
The records give no place for this school.
Monthly salary each year
The same numbers as a table
| Year | Recorded salaries | Median | Mean | Lower quartile | Upper quartile | Median of the whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 | 1 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 560 |
| 1878 | 1 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 600 |
| 1878/79 | 1 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 600 |
| 1879/80 | 1 | 380 | 380 | 380 | 380 | 500 |
| 1880/81 | 1 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 500 |
| 1881/82 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 1882/83 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 1883/84 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 1884/85 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 1885/86 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 1886/87 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 1887/88 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 1888/89 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 1889/90 | 2 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 400 | 500 |
| 1890/91 | 2 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 400 | 500 |
| 1891/92 | 2 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 400 | 500 |
| 1892/93 | 2 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 400 | 500 |
| 1893/94 | 1 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 500 |
| 1897/98 | 1 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 500 |
| 1898/99 | 1 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 500 |
| 1899/1900 | 1 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 500 |
| 1900/01 | 1 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 500 |
| 1901/02 | 1 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 500 |
| 1902/03 | 1 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 500 |
Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.
Where its officials served
| Place | Officials | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1 | |
| Kırklareli | 1 | |
| Rhodes (Rodos) | 1 | |
| Samsun | 1 | |
| Tirebolu | 1 |
Places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tirebolu | Trabzon province | 1 | 12 | 1881 to 1893 |
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 1 | 6 | 1889 to 1903 |
| Kırklareli | Edirne province | 1 | 5 | 1897 to 1902 |
| Rhodes (Rodos) | Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province | 1 | 4 | 1877 to 1880 |
| Samsun | Trabzon province | 1 | 1 | 1880/81 |
Ottoman officials recorded
2 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Main title | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Nuri Efendi | 1877 to 1894 | 18 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 380 to 500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Mazhar Bey | 1889 to 1903 | 11 | Mevrude Memuruofficial for incoming items | 100 to 900 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.
How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.
Subjects
- Bahriye Mektebi
- Ottoman education (Osmanlı eğitim tarihi)
- Ottoman schools (Osmanlı mektepleri)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)