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İsmail Hakkı Bey

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

The life of İsmail Hakkı Bey began in Pristina (Priştine) in 1874/75 (AH 1291); the father's occupation was "Süvari yüzbaşısı". The first annual entry, for 1911, places İsmail Hakkı in Van as Van valisi. At the same time, from 1911/12, the lists also place İsmail Hakkı in a post with no place named as Van valisi (Azil). The last post was in Diyarbakır in 1912/13. Van, about 1,950 km from Pristina, was the post farthest from the birthplace; fewer than 4 per cent of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from home.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 12,500 kuruş a month in 1911, in Van, when 98 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 360,000 kuruş, 10.7 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1912/13.

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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
Further places, smaller scale19111912/13124VanDiyarbakır

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

  1. Pristina (Priştine)

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Van

    1911 to 1912 (AH 1329 to 1330)

    Van valisi

    7,500 to 12,500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1911/12 (AH 1330)

    Van valisi (Azil)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Diyarbakır

    1912/13 (AH 1331)

    Diyarbakır valisi

    10,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
05,00010,00015,0001911AH 13291911/12AH 13301912/13AH 133112,500 kuruşVan valisiVan valisi (Azil)Diyarbakır valisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
5001,0002,0005,00010,00020,0001911AH 13291911/12AH 13301912/13AH 1331This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, 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 İsmail Hakkı Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
191112,50060098%
1911/127,5001,00096%
1912/1310,0001,2002,00098%

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 Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1911 to 1912AH 1329 to 1330Van valisi
2 entries
YearSalary
191112,500
1911/127,500
Van12,500 to 7,500
1911/12AH 1330Van valisi (Azil)
1912/13AH 1331Diyarbakır valisiDiyarbakır10,000

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Father's occupation
Süvari yüzbaşısı

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 Van in the same years, İsmail Hakkı Bey had the highest salary.

All 56 officials with entries in Van

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Pristina (Priştine), 84 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Bey had the highest salary of them.

The page of Pristina (Priştine), with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 55 officials whose first annual entry is for 1911 (AH 1329), 44 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Bey had the highest salary of them.

All 55 officials whose first annual entry is for 1911 (AH 1329)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1911AH 1329Van valisiVan12,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 186-18
1911/12AH 1330Van valisi (Azil)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 186-18
1911/12AH 1330Van vali vekiliVan7,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 186-18
1912/13AH 1331Diyarbakır valisiDiyarbakır10,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 186-18
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 Bey 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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