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İsmail Hakkı Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Work began in 1885/86, at about 13, on a first salary of 80 kuruş. Of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 5 per cent started at 13 or younger. The first annual entry, for 1885/86, names İsmail Hakkı as Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı, with no place. The lists give Infisal for 1909/10 instead of a title.

The salary went from 80 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to 700 in 1903/04, the peak, when 72 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 24 years the salaries add up to 115,680 kuruş, about what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Sazlıdere as worded, no place record

    1885 to 1910 (AH 1303 to 1327)

    Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı 1885 to 1910 (AH 1303 to 1327); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1909/10 (AH 1327)

    80 to 700 kuruş a month; entries in 25 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326700 kuruşTophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326This officialMedian, all officials

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of İsmail Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/86804004%
1886/87804003%
1887/88804003%
1888/89804004%
1889/90804004%
1890/91804004%
1891/92804003%
1892/93804003%
1893/9420040014%
1895/9635040038%
1896/9735045036%
1897/9847040055%
1898/9947040054%
1899/190051040063%
1900/0155040066%
1901/0260040066%
1902/0360040067%
1903/0470040572%
1904/0570040072%
1905/0670043070%
1906/0770045068%
1907/0870046066%
1908/0970040066%
1909/1070060056%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of İsmail Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First work80first-salary field
1885 to 1910AH 1303 to 1327Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı
33 entries
YearSalary
1885/8680
1886/8780
1887/8880
1888/8980
1889/9080
1890/9180
1891/9280
1892/9380
1892/93
1893/94
1893/94200
1894/95
1895/96200
1895/96350
1896/97350
1897/98350
1897/98470
1898/99470
1899/1900470
1899/1900510
1900/01510
1900/01550
1901/02550
1901/02600
1902/03600
1903/04600
1903/04700
1904/05700
1905/06700
1906/07700
1907/08700
1908/09700
1909/10700
80 to 700
1909/10AH 1327Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 295th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 54th highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1886/87AH 1304Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1887/88AH 1305Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1888/89AH 1306Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1889/90AH 1307Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1890/91AH 1308Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1891/92AH 1309Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1892/93AH 1310Tophane-i Amire Jurnal Kalemi mülazımı80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1892/93AH 1310Istabl-ı Amire İdare Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1893/94AH 1311Istabl-ı Amire İdare Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1893/94AH 1311Maaş kaydı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1894/95AH 1312Sazlıdere Çayır memuru refakatiSazlıdereAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1895/96AH 1313Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1895/96AH 1313Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1896/97AH 1314Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1897/98AH 1315Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1897/98AH 1315Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru470Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1898/99AH 1316Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru470Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1899/1900AH 1317Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru470Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1899/1900AH 1317Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru510Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1900/01AH 1318Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru510Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1900/01AH 1318Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1901/02AH 1319Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1901/02AH 1319Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1902/03AH 1320Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1903/04AH 1321Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1903/04AH 1321Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1904/05AH 1322Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1905/06AH 1323Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1906/07AH 1324Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1907/08AH 1325Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1908/09AH 1326Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1909/10AH 1327Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi memuru700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
1909/10AH 1327InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.921
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of İsmail Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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