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İbrahim Ethem 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

İbrahim Ethem Efendi was born in Ürgüp in 1838/39 (AH 1254); the father was a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Ürgüp in 1857/58, at about 19. The first annual entry, for 1857/58, places İbrahim Ethem in Ürgüp, the birthplace, as Tahrirat Odası hizmeti, where the entries run to 1859/60. For 1860 to 1874 the lists have no entry. The annual lists then follow İbrahim Ethem to Karacasu from 1874 to 1884. Alongside, the lists for 1883 to 1887 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Nahiye Muduru.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 900 kuruş a month in 1874/75, as Nahiye Muduru in Karacasu, when three in four paid officials earned less. Over 14 years pay ended below where it began, 360 kuruş against 900. In all, 14 years of salary come to 131,760 kuruş, 1.9 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1886/87.

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.

All 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1874/7512ÜrgüpKaracasu

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Karakuş).

  1. Ürgüp

    Born 1838/39 (AH 1254); First work 1857/58 (AH 1274); 1857 to 1860 (AH 1274 to 1276)

    Tahrirat Odası hizmeti

    entries in 3 years

  2. Karacasu

    1874 to 1884 (AH 1291 to 1301)

    No annual entry for 1860 to 1874 (AH 1277 to 1290) before it.

    Nahiye Muduru

    900 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

  3. Karakuş as worded, no place record not on the map

    1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)

    Nahiye Muduru 1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304); Nahiye müdürü (İnfisal) 1886/87 (AH 1304)

    360 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001,0001857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 1304900 kuruşNahiye Muduru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 1304This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same province

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 İbrahim Ethem Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/7590045069570075%
1875/7690045072090074%
1876/7790042063050075%
1877/7890045071050075%
1878900450695487.577%
1878/7990040062040075%
1879/8090040050040077%
1880/8190040042540080%
1881/8290040048040080%
1882/8390040040047580%
1883/8490040040040081%
1884/8536040048042%
1885/8636040040842%
1886/8736040048043%

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 İbrahim Ethem Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1857/58AH 1274First workÜrgüp
1857 to 1860AH 1274 to 1276Tahrirat Odası hizmeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1857/58
1858/59
1859/60
Ürgüp
No annual entry: 1860 to 1874 (AH 1277 to 1290)
1874 to 1884AH 1291 to 1301Nahiye Muduru
11 entries
YearSalary
1874/75900
1875/76900
1876/77900
1877/78900
1878900
1878/79900
1879/80900
1880/81900
1881/82900
1882/83900
1883/84900
Karacasu900
1883 to 1887AH 1301 to 1304Nahiye Muduru
4 entries
YearSalary
1883/84360
1884/85360
1885/86360
1886/87360
360
1886/87AH 1304Nahiye müdürü (İnfisal)

Record

Personal

Born
1838/39 (AH 1254)
Birthplace
Ürgüp
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Place
Ürgüp

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 place, same years

Of the 2 officials with entries in Ürgüp in the same years, İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the highest salary.

All 50 officials with entries in Ürgüp

Same job title, same years

Of the 71 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru in the same years, 66 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 42nd highest salary of them.

All 157 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 19th highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 36 officials whose first annual entry is for 1857/58 (AH 1274), 28 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 24th highest salary of them.

All 36 officials whose first annual entry is for 1857/58 (AH 1274)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Ethem Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1857/58AH 1274Tahrirat Odası hizmetiÜrgüpAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1858/59AH 1275Tahrirat Odası hizmetiÜrgüpAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1859/60AH 1276Tahrirat Odası hizmeti (İnfisal)ÜrgüpAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1874/75AH 1291Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1875/76AH 1292Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1876/77AH 1293Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1877/78AH 1294Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1878AH 1295Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1878/79AH 1296Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1879/80AH 1297Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1880/81AH 1298Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1881/82AH 1299Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1882/83AH 1300Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1883/84AH 1301Nahiye MuduruKaracasu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1883/84AH 1301Nahiye MuduruKarakuş360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1884/85AH 1302Nahiye MuduruKarakuş360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1885/86AH 1303Nahiye MuduruKarakuş360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1886/87AH 1304Nahiye MuduruKarakuş360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
1886/87AH 1304Nahiye müdürü (İnfisal)KarakuşAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records63 BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00010/00417.
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 İbrahim Ethem 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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