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School

Mekteb-i Mahsusa

Special school

Group of schools: Other named school

Stored spellings: Mektebi Mahsusa; mektebi mahsusa

Note: The records do not say which school is meant

38 officials have Mekteb-i Mahsusa recorded as school. The annual entries of these officials, 909 in all, run from 1859 to 1911 (AH 1276 to 1329). The median of the 909 recorded monthly salaries is 570 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 1.1 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 52 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. The median number of unpaid years before the first salary is 2, and 76 per cent of the officials had at least one. The median first salary is 365 kuruş and the median highest salary 750 kuruş. The job titles held by most of them were Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti (24), Muhabere Memuru (18) and 2. Müdür (6). The place with the largest number of officials is Beirut (Beyrut), with 10.

Officials
38
Years on recordAH 1276 to 1329, 54 years with an entry
1859 to 1911
Median monthly salary1.08× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
570 kuruş
Places with officials
73

Schooling, first pay and careers

What the records say about the 38 officials with this school.

Years of schooling recorded
4.0 yearsmean 4.0; 38 officials with years; all schooling up to this school, not the years spent in it
Unpaid years before the first salary
2 yearsmedian (mülazemet) of 38 officials; 76% had one or more
First salary in the personnel record
365 kuruşmedian of 38 officials, monthly
First salary in the annual lists
365 kuruşmedian of the first year with a salary, 38 officials
Highest salary reached
750 kuruşmedian of 38 officials, monthly
Years with an annual entry
24 yearsmedian of the whole careers; a quarter have 30 or more

From the first work in the personnel record to the first year with a salary in the annual lists took a median of 2 years (38 officials). The figure is too high for officials who began before about 1868 (AH 1285), when the annual lists are thin: the years before their first listed year count in it. The unpaid years above are the better measure of the wait for a salary.

The job titles they reached

Shares of the 38 officials with a job title. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.

First job title

The title of the first year with a job title.

  1. Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications50%19 officials
  2. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)29%11 officials
  3. Posta Memurupostal official8%3 officials
  4. Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official3%1 official
  5. Merkez Memurucentral office official3%1 official

Held by most

Held in any year of the record.

  1. Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications63%24 officials
  2. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)47%18 officials
  3. 2. Müdürdirector of the second grade16%6 officials
  4. 3. Müdürdirector of the third grade16%6 officials
  5. Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications13%5 officials

Last job title

The title of the last year with a job title.

  1. Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications39%15 officials
  2. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)13%5 officials
  3. 2. Müdürdirector of the second grade11%4 officials
  4. 3. Müdürdirector of the third grade5%2 officials
  5. Başmemurchief official5%2 officials

The records give no place for this school.

All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 909 recorded monthly salaries is 570 kuruş, the mean 605 kuruş.
02004006008001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 692 kuruş in 1905/06Mekteb-i Mahsusa, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Mekteb-i Mahsusa
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1859/601500500500500500
1860/611750750750750500
1861/621750750750750600
1862/632750750625875500
1863/642750750625875500
1864/653750842663975625
1865/6639609127681,080650
1866/6731,000973.338601,100600
1867/687576661.71528800600
1868/6910528588.9362.5825600
1869/7012400596.42396845600
1870/7113400579.77400800600
1871/7215570565.53380760550
1872/7315570610.33417.5755550
1873/7416660632.5500760500
1874/7514750665.71517.5760535
1875/7614755702.86570790530
1876/7715600703550800575
1877/7814600625500750560
187815600663.33500800600
1878/7917600711.76500800600
1879/8017570581.18475600500
1880/8119570620450800500
1881/8222500582.27425750500
1882/8326500563.27400750500
1883/8429500543.62400800500
1884/8529500546.21400800500
1885/8629500565.34400800500
1886/8731500552.1400600500
1887/8832525584.38380725500
1888/8931500586.29380687.5500
1889/9032500547.5380681.25500
1890/9131500551.13380687.5500
1891/9232500554.22380706.25500
1892/9335600580.29400775500
1893/9436600603.33400770500
1894/9534625630.88400800500
1895/9631600637.1400800500
1896/9732540601.5400720500
1897/9831540603.32400720500
1898/9928540597.36400753.25500
1899/190024540628.08400802.5500
1900/0123540596.83416771500
1901/0217540573.35400720500
1902/0317540626.88400720500
1903/0413600619400810475
1904/0512592657.17483822.5450
1905/0610692666.6500787.5475
1906/074792754621925450
1907/082666666549783300
1908/092666666549783350
1909/1029509507751,125462.5
1910/1121,0501,0509251,175500
19111800800800800500

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.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary over the career
Officials of this schoolWhole collection
3%18%18%37%18%5%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

38 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries over the career. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (37%) are in the band 500 to 750 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Mekteb-i Mahsusa by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10013%3%
100 to 20000%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 400718%18%
400 to 500718%17%
500 to 7501437%23%
750 to 1,000718%5%
1,000 to 1,50025%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 909 recorded monthly salaries of this school is 570 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 1.08× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.8× and 1.55×. On average an official of this school was paid more than 52% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median1.08×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less52%0%25%50%75%100%

The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).

Jobs each year

28 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti, held by 24 officials.
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti24Muhabere Memuru182. Müdür63. Müdür6Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru5Posta Memuru5Merkez Memuru4Başmuhabere Memuru31863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official15 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

The same numbers as a table
Officials by job title and year, Mekteb-i Mahsusa
YearMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. MüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruPosta MemuruMerkez MemuruBaşmuhabere Memuru
1859/601
1860/611
1861/621
1862/632
1863/642
1864/6512
1865/6612
1866/6712
1867/68412
1868/6951211
1869/7072111
1870/7182111
1871/7292111
1872/739211
1873/74101111
1874/759111
1875/761011
1876/779211
1877/789111
18788211
1878/799211
1879/8010111
1880/8110311
1881/8210511
1882/83126111
1883/84118212
1884/85107312
1885/86107312
1886/87118212
1887/881082112
1888/89982122
1889/901082122
1890/91119212
1891/921282112
1892/93111011212
1893/9412921212
1894/9515432121
1895/9613432121
1896/9712423121
1897/981152312
1898/991052311
1899/190094221
1900/018333
1901/0253131
1902/03532111
1903/0441111
1904/0541111
1905/063211
1906/07111
1907/081
1908/091
1909/101
1910/111
19111

Where its officials served

All years
73 places with officials on record, 73 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) Other place
Beirut (Beyrut)BeyoğluÇanakkaleIstanbul (Dersaadet)Latakia (Lazkiye)Al-Faw (Fav)Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)DiyarbakırSuakin (Sevakin)Further places10 officials1 official

Who its officials were

Officials of this schoolWhole collection

Community

38 officials with it recorded. 2 other values not shown.

  1. Armenian Christian (Ermeni)37%14
  2. Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)21%8
  3. Latin Catholic (Latin)13%5
  4. Maronite Christian (Maruni)11%4
  5. Syriac Christian (Süryani)8%3
  6. Jewish (Musevi)5%2

Age at the first annual entry

38 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 1924%9
  3. 20 to 2455%21
  4. 25 to 2916%6
  5. 30 to 345%2
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over0%0

Province of birth

37 officials with it recorded. 4 other values not shown.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province27%10
  2. Beirut (Beyrut) province24%9
  3. Aleppo (Halep) province11%4
  4. Mosul (Musul) province8%3
  5. Ankara province5%2
  6. Aydın province5%2
  7. Mamuretülaziz province5%2
  8. Baghdad (Bağdat) province3%1

Schooling

38 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. The groups of the schools recorded for each official.

  1. Other named school100%38
  2. Higher or professional5%2

Languages

37 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish97%36
  2. French81%30
  3. Arabic46%17
  4. Italian30%11
  5. Greek (Rum)19%7
  6. English14%5
  7. Armenian8%3

Qualification

38 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

  1. No97%37
  2. Yes3%1

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1893/94 (AH 1311) with 36 officials. Years with an annual entry: 54.
0102030401863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132536 in 1893/94Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Mekteb-i Mahsusa
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1859/60 (AH 1276)111
1860/61 (AH 1277)101
1861/62 (AH 1278)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)212
1863/64 (AH 1280)202
1864/65 (AH 1281)313
1865/66 (AH 1282)303
1866/67 (AH 1283)303
1867/68 (AH 1284)747
1868/69 (AH 1285)10310
1869/70 (AH 1286)12212
1870/71 (AH 1287)13113
1871/72 (AH 1288)15215
1872/73 (AH 1289)15115
1873/74 (AH 1290)16016
1874/75 (AH 1291)14014
1875/76 (AH 1292)14014
1876/77 (AH 1293)15115
1877/78 (AH 1294)14114
1878 (AH 1295)15015
1878/79 (AH 1296)17017
1879/80 (AH 1297)17117
1880/81 (AH 1298)19119
1881/82 (AH 1299)22222
1882/83 (AH 1300)26426
1883/84 (AH 1301)29429
1884/85 (AH 1302)29029
1885/86 (AH 1303)29129
1886/87 (AH 1304)31131
1887/88 (AH 1305)32132
1888/89 (AH 1306)31131
1889/90 (AH 1307)32132
1890/91 (AH 1308)31131
1891/92 (AH 1309)32032
1892/93 (AH 1310)35135
1893/94 (AH 1311)36136
1894/95 (AH 1312)34034
1895/96 (AH 1313)31031
1896/97 (AH 1314)32032
1897/98 (AH 1315)31031
1898/99 (AH 1316)28028
1899/1900 (AH 1317)24024
1900/01 (AH 1318)23023
1901/02 (AH 1319)17017
1902/03 (AH 1320)17017
1903/04 (AH 1321)13013
1904/05 (AH 1322)12012
1905/06 (AH 1323)10010
1906/07 (AH 1324)404
1907/08 (AH 1325)202
1908/09 (AH 1326)202
1909/10 (AH 1327)202
1910/11 (AH 1328)202
1911 (AH 1329)101

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Places

Show the other 48 places
Places of Mekteb-i Mahsusa, the place with most officials first, continued
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Jounieh (Cunye)Mount Lebanon (Cebel-i Lübnan) province2151873 to 1898
Amarah (Amare)Basra province2111883 to 1894
Suakin (Sevakin)Hejaz (Hicaz) province2111880 to 1889
BasraBasra province2101874 to 1905
Ioannina (Yanya)Ioannina (Yanya) province2101865 to 1888
Aleppo (Halep)Aleppo (Halep) province291887 to 1895
MostarBosnia (Bosna) province291866 to 1877
Preveza (Preveze)Ioannina (Yanya) province291875 to 1885
KeşanEdirne province281886 to 1896
Damascus (Şam)Syria (Suriye) province271883 to 1889
Volos (Golos)Thessaly (Teselya) province231867 to 1878
Haifa (Hayfa)Beirut (Beyrut) province221882 to 1903
TarsusAdana province221869 to 1894
AyvalıkBalıkesir province1261868 to 1899
TarabyaIstanbul (Dersaadet) province1181884 to 1902
LubnanBeirut (Beyrut) province1121881 to 1893
Jerusalem (Kudüs)Jerusalem (Kudüs) province191896 to 1905
PezunBeirut (Beyrut) province191893 to 1902
BeşiktaşIstanbul (Dersaadet) province181887 to 1895
KadıköyIstanbul (Dersaadet) province181889 to 1901
SafedBeirut (Beyrut) province171892 to 1899
Tripoli (Trablusşam)Beirut (Beyrut) province171887 to 1894
Baakline (Baaklin)Beirut (Beyrut) province161869 to 1876
Alexandria (İskenderiye)Egypt (Mısır) province151893 to 1898
KuşadasıAydın province141872 to 1876
GeliboluEdirne province131862 to 1865
LenhoriThessaloniki (Selanik) province131900 to 1903
MürefteEdirne province131889 to 1892
Nicosia (Lefkoşa)Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province131904 to 1907
UrlaAydın province131898 to 1901
IlgınKonya province121880 to 1882
İskenderunAleppo (Halep) province121888 to 1890
Akdağmadeni (Akdağ)Ankara province111882/83
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)Edirne province111900/01
AntalyaKonya province111893/94
Bitola (Manastır)Bitola (Manastır) province111878
BurhaniyeHüdavendigâr province111904/05
Karbala (Kerbela)Baghdad (Bağdat) province111883/84
KavakTrabzon province111892/93
Kirkuk (Kerkük)Mosul (Musul) province111886/87
Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)Thessaly (Teselya) province111880/81
NablusBeirut (Beyrut) province111870/71
Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)Basra province111892/93
Nazareth (Nasıra)Beirut (Beyrut) province111888/89
Pristina (Priştine)Kosovo (Kosova) province111885/86
Samawah (Semave)Baghdad (Bağdat) province111871/72
SamsunTrabzon province111869/70
Shkodër (İşkodra)Shkodër (İşkodra) province111892/93

Ottoman officials recorded

38 officials, the one with most annual entries first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Mekteb-i Mahsusa
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
Nikola Efendi1859 to 190143Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Frederik Danderya Efendi1862 to 190340Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500 to 1,200Izmir (İzmir)
Luk Amasyan Efendi1867 to 190539Başmemurchief official570 to 980Amasya
Rodrigez Efendi1864 to 189936Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications240 to 720Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Avadis Şalcıyan Efendi1868 to 1902352. Müdürdirector of the second grade250 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Dikran Arakilyan Efendi1877 to 191135Pul Basmemuru160 to 1,300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osep Parladı Efendi1867 to 190134Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
John Vitali Efendi1867 to 190133Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications380 to 800Izmir (İzmir)
Vanis Efendi1867 to 1899332. Müdürdirector of the second grade400 to 1,000Damascus (Şam)
Aziz Efendi1868 to 189730Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official350 to 600Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)
Karabet Diyon Efendi1868 to 189930Tefrik Odasısorting room333 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Besim Efendi1882 to 191128Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)432 to 800Haifa (Hayfa)
Kostantin Efendi1872 to 189827Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications380 to 750Silivri
Simon Efendi1870 to 190027Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 1,100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Doryan Efendi1871 to 190627Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500 to 1,650Mosul (Musul)
Yovakimyan Efendi1869 to 190126Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications380 to 750Ankara
Habib Efendi1869 to 189425Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 600Sidon (Sayda)
Fransuva Efendi1879 to 190724Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications285 to 1,000Lubnan
Kayser Minir Efendi1882 to 190624Sandık Emaneticustody of the cash chest300 to 800Lubnan
Reşid Efendi1883 to 1907243. Müdürdirector of the third grade280 to 700Jaffa (Yafa)
Ohannes Murat Efendi1880 to 190323Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Alber Efendi1876 to 189722Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400 to 700Beirut (Beyrut)
Sason Efendi1883 to 190622Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official380 to 1,000Baghdad (Bağdat)
Selim Efendi1883 to 190421Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285 to 600Lubnan
Mıgırdıç Şinavder Efendi1871 to 189020Pul Kitabetistamp clerkship320 to 500Kemaliye (Eğin)
Show the other 13 officials
Officials of Mekteb-i Mahsusa, continued
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
Zenob Balyan Efendi1881 to 190120Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Dimitri Nikolaki Efendi1886 to 190519Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications380 to 500
Fikri Efendi1882 to 190318Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 475Kayseri
Pedrus Kandela Efendi1883 to 190418Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400 to 550Mosul (Musul)
Reşit Efendi1881 to 189918Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 500Lubnan
Yusuf Sabanlı Efendi1892 to 190614Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications300 to 750Mosul (Musul)
Nuh Efendi1893 to 190613Posta Memurupostal official250 to 400Latakia (Lazkiye)
Yanko Efendi1888 to 190111Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications300 to 825Aleppo (Halep)
Edmun Efendi1882 to 189510Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications350 to 400Aleppo (Halep)
Fethi Zağbi Efendi1885 to 189510Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications250 to 760Aleppo (Halep)
Fethullah Kemal Efendi1887 to 189810Posta Memurupostal official200 to 500Aleppo (Halep)
Salomon Efe1889 to 18934Mersule Memuruofficial for outgoing items50 to 75Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
Unnamed official (0067_0244; sayfa no:485)1890 to 190616Makine Memurumachine official140 to 500Harput

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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