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Official

İbrahim Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kayseri in 1843/44 (AH 1259). On record 1881 to 1894, 13 annual entries. Death recorded 1896/97.

Life

İbrahim Hakkı Efendi was born in Kayseri in 1843/44 (AH 1259). 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 Kayseri in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 39 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 142 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 39 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Posta Memuru in Kayseri, with 142 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Posta Memuru in Ankara, with 285 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Kayseri).

The highest salary, 285 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1882/83 as Posta Memuru. 8 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 13 years with a salary the median is 285 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 143 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.98 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1893/94, when 16 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1896/97 (AH 1314): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1843/44 (AH 1259)
Birthplace
Kayseri
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Death recorded
1896/97 (AH 1314)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.

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
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Place
Kayseri
First salary field (kuruş a month)
142

Career

Career of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workKayseri142first-salary field
1881 to 1892AH 1299 to 1309Posta Memuru
11 entries
YearSalary
1881/82142
1882/83285
1883/84285
1884/85285
1885/86285
1886/87285
1887/88285
1888/89285
1889/90285
1890/91285
1891/92285
Kayseri142 to 285
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311Posta Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1892/93285
1893/94285
Ankara285
1896/97AH 1314Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 1310285 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 1310This 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
1881/821425003002%
1882/832855003568%
1883/842855003509%
1884/852855003259%
1885/862855003259%
1886/872855003259%
1887/882855004009%
1888/8928550038010%
1889/9028550038012%
1890/9128550038013%
1891/9228550035015%
1892/9328550035015%
1893/9428550035016%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KayseriAnkara

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

38 officials in all. Officials recorded in Kayseri

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

22 officials in all. Officials born in Kayseri

Full record

Annual entries (13)

Annual entries of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Posta MemuruKayseri142Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1882/83AH 1300Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1883/84AH 1301Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1884/85AH 1302Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1885/86AH 1303Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1886/87AH 1304Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1887/88AH 1305Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1888/89AH 1306Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1889/90AH 1307Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1890/91AH 1308Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1891/92AH 1309Posta MemuruKayseri285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1892/93AH 1310Posta MemuruAnkara285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
1893/94AH 1311Posta MemuruAnkara285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0099_0043; 83
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 (14)

Recorded values of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1259Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacekayseriRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthankaraRecovered 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
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1299Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1882Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placekayseriRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)142Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1314Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
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.
  • 13 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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