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Official

İbrahim Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). On record 1895 to 1899, 4 annual entries.

Life

İbrahim Hakkı Efendi was born in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sidirokastro (Demirhisar), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sidirokastro).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Muhabere Memuru. 48 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.72 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First workThessaloniki (Selanik)400first-salary field
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1895/96400
1896/97400
Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)400
1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1897/98380
1898/99500
Thessaloniki (Selanik)380 to 500
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1895/9640050040030%
1896/9740050040032%
1897/9838050040029%
1898/9950050040048%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
LarissaThessalonikiSidirokastro

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

73 officials in all. Officials recorded in Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

23 officials in all. Officials born in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)

Full record

Annual entries (4)

Annual entries of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruSidirokastro (Demirhisar)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0159; 315
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruSidirokastro (Demirhisar)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0159; 315
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0159; 315
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0159; 315
What the sources named in this table are
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.

Sources and original values (13)

Recorded values of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1296Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birthplaceyenisehir2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthselanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1312Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1894Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeSelanikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Personnel attributes extract
The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 4 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.