ismail Hakki Efendi

ismail Hakki Efendi was born in Balıkesir in 1826/27 (AH 1242). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Balıkesir in 1847/48 (AH 1264): Tapu Kalemi. The official was then about 21 years old. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1848/49, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1848/49, shows Tapu Kitabeti in Balıkesir, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1870/71 the record shows Arazi Kalemi in Bitola (Manastır), the salary going from 750 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Tapu Kitabeti in Balıkesir). In 1876/77 the record shows Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Samsun, the salary going from 1,000 to 950 kuruş a month (before: Arazi Kalemi in Bitola). In 1878 the record shows Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Ankara, with 950 kuruş a month (before: Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Samsun). In 1880/81 the record shows Arazi Kalemi in Komotini (Gümülcine), the salary going from 950 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Ankara). In 1886/87 the record shows Arazi Kalemi in Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç), with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Arazi Kalemi in Komotini). In 1888/89 the record shows Arazi Kalemi in Kırklareli, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Arazi Kalemi in Alexandroupoli). In 1889/90 the record shows Arazi Kalemi in Komotini, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Arazi Kalemi in Kırklareli). The title field holds the status word Vefat for 1891/92.

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Arazi Kalemi. 87 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 44 years with a salary the median is 850 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1865/66. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.59 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1890/91, when 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1891/92 (AH 1309): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.