School
Latin Mektebi
Group of schools: Community school
Stored spellings: Latin Mektebi; latin mektebi
4 officials have Latin Mektebi recorded as school. The annual entries of these officials, 83 in all, run from 1864 to 1907 (AH 1281 to 1324). The median of the 83 recorded monthly salaries is 700 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The place with the largest number of officials is Mosul (Musul), with 3.
- Officials
- 4
- Years on recordAH 1281 to 1324, 38 years with an entry
- 1864 to 1907
- Median monthly salaryfrom 83 recorded salaries
- 700 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 17
Profile of the group: Community school
No source read describes Latin Mektebi by itself, so this is the profile of its group of schools.
Schools of the religious communities (millet) of the empire. A millet was a community defined by religion and church, not by language or descent.
What was taught
- French. In the first decades of the telegraph, Greeks, Armenians, Jews and Levantines were more likely than Turks to have learned French at school
History
Young non-Muslim graduates who sat the final examinations of their schools were picked by senior Ottoman officials for the telegraph offices.
Sources
- Davison, Roderic H. (1990). The advent of the electric telegraph in the Ottoman Empire. In Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774-1923, 133-165. Austin: University of Texas Press. Read in the Turkish translation by Durdu Mehmet Burak, OTAM 14 (2003), 347-386; pages are those of the translation.Pages or part: 377. Used for: what was taught.
- Kırmızı, Abdulhamit (2022). Identitäten quantifizieren. Nichtmuslime in der spätosmanischen Beamtenschaft. BIOS 35 (1), 31-48. Online copy (read 11 October 2026).Pages or part: 46. Used for: history.
- Ortaylı, İlber (2020). Millet (Osmanlılar'da millet sistemi). TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 30, 66-70. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 66-70. Used for: summary.
Schooling, first pay and careers
What the records say about the 4 officials with this school.
- Years of schooling recorded
- 4.0 to 7.0 yearsmean 6.3; 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1864/65 | 1 | 1,056 | 1,056 | 1,056 | 1,056 | 625 |
| 1865/66 | 1 | 1,056 | 1,056 | 1,056 | 1,056 | 650 |
| 1866/67 | 1 | 720 | 720 | 720 | 720 | 600 |
| 1873/74 | 1 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 500 |
| 1874/75 | 1 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 535 |
| 1875/76 | 1 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 530 |
| 1876/77 | 2 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 575 |
| 1877/78 | 2 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 560 |
| 1878 | 2 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 600 |
| 1878/79 | 2 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 600 |
| 1879/80 | 2 | 440 | 440 | 410 | 470 | 500 |
| 1880/81 | 2 | 515 | 515 | 447.5 | 582.5 | 500 |
| 1881/82 | 2 | 515 | 515 | 447.5 | 582.5 | 500 |
| 1882/83 | 2 | 515 | 515 | 447.5 | 582.5 | 500 |
| 1883/84 | 3 | 400 | 476.67 | 390 | 525 | 500 |
| 1884/85 | 2 | 565 | 565 | 472.5 | 657.5 | 500 |
| 1885/86 | 2 | 565 | 565 | 472.5 | 657.5 | 500 |
| 1886/87 | 2 | 625 | 625 | 562.5 | 687.5 | 500 |
| 1887/88 | 3 | 380 | 476.67 | 315 | 590 | 500 |
| 1888/89 | 3 | 380 | 543.33 | 315 | 690 | 500 |
| 1889/90 | 3 | 380 | 543.33 | 315 | 690 | 500 |
| 1890/91 | 3 | 700 | 766.67 | 650 | 850 | 500 |
| 1891/92 | 3 | 1,000 | 900 | 850 | 1,000 | 500 |
| 1892/93 | 3 | 1,000 | 1,033.33 | 950 | 1,100 | 500 |
| 1893/94 | 3 | 1,000 | 1,033.33 | 950 | 1,100 | 500 |
| 1894/95 | 3 | 1,000 | 1,033.33 | 950 | 1,100 | 500 |
| 1895/96 | 3 | 1,000 | 1,166.67 | 1,000 | 1,250 | 500 |
| 1896/97 | 3 | 900 | 990 | 810 | 1,125 | 500 |
| 1897/98 | 2 | 1,350 | 1,350 | 1,350 | 1,350 | 500 |
| 1898/99 | 2 | 1,175 | 1,175 | 1,087.5 | 1,262.5 | 500 |
| 1899/1900 | 3 | 900 | 900 | 600 | 1,200 | 500 |
| 1900/01 | 3 | 900 | 833.33 | 500 | 1,200 | 500 |
| 1901/02 | 3 | 900 | 850 | 525 | 1,200 | 500 |
| 1902/03 | 3 | 900 | 850 | 525 | 1,200 | 500 |
| 1903/04 | 2 | 537.5 | 537.5 | 356.25 | 718.75 | 475 |
| 1904/05 | 2 | 562.5 | 562.5 | 393.75 | 731.25 | 450 |
| 1905/06 | 1 | 650 | 650 | 650 | 650 | 475 |
| 1906/07 | 1 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 450 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mosul (Musul) | 3 | |
| Adana | 1 | |
| Aleppo (Halep) | 1 | |
| Baghdad (Bağdat) | 1 | |
| Beirut (Beyrut) | 1 | |
| Beyoğlu | 1 | |
| Diyarbakır | 1 | |
| Gaza (Gazze) | 1 | |
| Haifa (Hayfa) | 1 | |
| Ioannina (Yanya) | 1 |
Places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosul (Musul) | Mosul (Musul) province | 3 | 7 | 1864 to 1890 |
| Aleppo (Halep) | Aleppo (Halep) province | 1 | 22 | 1873 to 1894 |
| Baghdad (Bağdat) | Baghdad (Bağdat) province | 1 | 18 | 1876 to 1896 |
| Sefaköy | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 1 | 7 | 1891 to 1898 |
| Thessaloniki (Selanik) | Thessaloniki (Selanik) province | 1 | 7 | 1895 to 1903 |
| Vlorë (Avlonya) | Ioannina (Yanya) province | 1 | 6 | 1899 to 1905 |
| Beyoğlu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 1 | 5 | 1900 to 1905 |
| Khanaqin (Hanikin) | Baghdad (Bağdat) province | 1 | 2 | 1890 to 1892 |
| Adana | Adana province | 1 | 1 | 1894/95 |
| Beirut (Beyrut) | Beirut (Beyrut) province | 1 | 1 | 1900/01 |
| Diyarbakır | Diyarbakır province | 1 | 1 | 1883/84 |
| Gaza (Gazze) | Jerusalem (Kudüs) province | 1 | 1 | 1905/06 |
| Haifa (Hayfa) | Beirut (Beyrut) province | 1 | 1 | 1898/99 |
| Ioannina (Yanya) | Ioannina (Yanya) province | 1 | 1 | 1906/07 |
| Mount Athos (Aynaroz) | Thessaloniki (Selanik) province | 1 | 1 | 1890/91 |
| Sjenica (Seniçe) | Kosovo (Kosova) province | 1 | 1 | 1896/97 |
| Yeniköy | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 1 | 1 | 1899/1900 |
Ottoman officials recorded
4 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Main title | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| İskender Efendi | 1873 to 1903 | 31 | Posta Memurupostal official | 300 to 1,500 | Beirut (Beyrut) |
| Antuvan Latini Efendi | 1876 to 1897 | 22 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 380 to 1,000 | Baghdad (Bağdat) |
| Dençoylu Hayler Efendi | 1883 to 1907 | 20 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications | 250 to 1,350 | Trabzon |
| Alfons Mullery Ef | 1864 to 1905 | 10 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications | 100 to 1,056 | 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
- Latin 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)