İbrahim Edhem Efendi
Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1878 to 1896 (AH 1296 to 1313)
Languages Armenian, Russian, Turkish
Archival references BOA. DH. SAİDd., 72/232; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 72/232, s. 462
The career, year by year
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The life
İbrahim Edhem Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The father’s occupation was Asâkir-i Şahane binbaşısı. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Travnik Sancağı Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Armenian, Russian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Travnik in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Dated career entries span 1878/79 (AH 1296) to 1895/96 (AH 1313) across 16 AH years, from Ulcinj (Ülgün) to Esparin, beginning with Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi and ending with entries for Nahiye Müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Ulcinj (Ülgün), Shijak (Şiyak), Peklin and Lezhë (Leş) and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 225 kuruş in 1878/79 (AH 1296) to 500 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307). [1]
Life and career
Follow 9 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 9 · Shkodër (İşkodra)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1861/62 (AH 1278)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
Birth
2 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Travnik
First work as recorded
Calculated age 15
3 1878/79 (AH 1296) · 2 recorded years
Ulcinj (Ülgün)
AH entries: 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 5 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Shijak (Şiyak) / Peklin
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Peklin
6 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 2 recorded years
Peklin
AH entries: 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Peklin
7 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Peklin / Lezhë (Leş)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Peklin
8 9 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 7 recorded years
Esparin
AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Esparin
Nahiye Müdürü
500 kuruşCalculated age 29
Nahiye müdürü (Azil)
Calculated age 35
7 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Nahiye Müdürü · Pazarcık · Undated · 468 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Nahiye müdürü (İnfisal) · Pazarcık · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Nahiye Müdürü · Tavşanlı · Undated · 480 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 17.6% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 225 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 15.1% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 240 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 18.1% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 18.1% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 17.4% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 17.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 18.1% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 44.7% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 45.8% | 1725 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 56.1% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 500 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 56.0% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 56.1% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 56.2% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 55.4% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.4% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.1% | 1981 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Esparin500
- Peklin240
- Lezhë (Leş)400
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Shkodër (İşkodra)310 other officialsAHMED SIRRI EFENDİ born 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 1,575 kuruş
- Shijak (Şiyak)3 other officialsRAMAZAN ZİHNİ EFENDİ 2 shared years; highest salary 350 kuruş
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)162 other officialsAbdülkadir Efendi first entry in Bandırma; highest salary 350 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şehâdetnâmesi; nahiye müdürlüğü intihâbnâmesi [1]
Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi; Travnik Sancağı Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları
AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 178, 179, 180, 181
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 72/232; 283 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 72/232, s. 462.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 16 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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