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Darulmuallim Mektebi

Group of schools: Higher or professional

Stored spellings: Darulmuallim Mektebi; darulmuallim mektebi

4 officials have Darulmuallim Mektebi recorded as school. The annual entries of these officials, 29 in all, run from 1893 to 1909 (AH 1311 to 1326). The median of the 29 recorded monthly salaries is 200 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 2.

Officials
4
Years on recordAH 1311 to 1326, 16 years with an entry
1893 to 1909
Median monthly salaryfrom 29 recorded salaries
200 kuruş
Places with officials
7

Profile of the group: Higher or professional

No source read describes Darulmuallim 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 4 officials with this school.

Years of schooling recorded
9.0 yearsmean 9.0; 4 officials with years; all schooling up to this school, not the years spent in it

The records give no place for this school.

All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 29 recorded monthly salaries is 200 kuruş, the mean 217 kuruş.
01002003004001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326320 kuruş in 1908/09Darulmuallim Mektebi, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Darulmuallim Mektebi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1893/941200200200200500
1894/951200200200200500
1895/961200200200200500
1896/971285285285285500
1897/982192.5192.5146.25238.75500
1898/992192.5192.5146.25238.75500
1899/19002192.5192.5146.25238.75500
1900/012250250175325500
1901/023150200100275500
1902/033150246.67100345500
1903/043150246.67100345475
1904/05210010075125450
1905/062185185117.5252.5475
1906/072225225177.5272.5450
1907/081320320320320300
1908/091320320320320350

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

All years
7 places with officials on record, 7 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)EdirneIoannina (Yanya)Jaffa (Yafa)Pristina (Priştine)Skopje (Üsküp)Thessaloniki (Selanik)2 officials1 official

Places

Places of Darulmuallim Mektebi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province2141897 to 1907
Jaffa (Yafa)Jerusalem (Kudüs) province141905 to 1909
Pristina (Priştine)Kosovo (Kosova) province141896 to 1900
Skopje (Üsküp)Kosovo (Kosova) province131893 to 1896
Thessaloniki (Selanik)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province121902 to 1904
EdirneEdirne province111901/02
Ioannina (Yanya)Ioannina (Yanya) province111900/01

Ottoman officials recorded

4 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Darulmuallim Mektebi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1893 to 190411Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200 to 540Prevadi
İbrahim Zeki Efendi1897 to 19058Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)100 to 150Varna
AHMET REFİK EFENDİ1901 to 19076Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)50 to 130Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Abdülcemil Efendi1905 to 19094Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320Siirt

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.

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