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Official

Hafız İbrahim Kazım Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Trabzon in 1861/62 (AH 1278). On record 1877 to 1910, 29 annual entries.

Life

Hafız İbrahim Kazım Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1861/62 (AH 1278). 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 Erzincan in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 15 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 1877/78, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bayburt, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bayburt). In 1891/92 the record shows 2. Müdür in Trabzon, the salary going from 500 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon). In 1909/10 the record shows 1. Müdür in Trabzon, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Trabzon). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1881 and 1903/04.

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as 1. Müdür. 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 29 years with a salary the median is 900 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.39 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Trabzon
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
1876/77 (AH 1293)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Görev ihmali / Mumaileyhin calib-i nazar-ı dikkat ve ehemmiyet olan su-i istimalat ve ihtilasatından dolayı bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Şevval'inin on sekizinde 4 Kânunusani sene 1318 eli işden çektirilmiş ve uhdesinde bulunan vilayet-i müşarunileyha Posta Müdürliği'ne üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Rebiülahirinin on yedisinde 31 Mayıs sene 1319 diğeri tayin olunmasına mebni mumaileyh dokuz yüz kuruş maaşla yalnız Telgraf Merkezi Müdüriyeti'nde ibka edildiği; Görev ihmali / Trabzon ile Torul arasında altı gün imtidad eden feriklikden dolayı tevbih edilmiş ve Trabzon Ecnebi Muvakkat Memuru Remzi Efendi'nin Rusya'ya ve memalik-i ecnebiyeye kabul ve keşide eylediği bazı telgraflara mükerrer numara vaz ile Mersulat defterine kayd itmeksizin ücüratını ihtilas ve mezkur telgrafnamelerden bir kısmına ait koçan ve jurnal ve kuyudatını tahrif ile ücürat-ı telgrafiyenin ketm ve ziyaına sebeb olark mumaileyhin de hilaf-ı usul ceryan eden ahvale vakıfe olduğu halde Remzi Efendi'yi tesahüble müsaade etmesinden dolayı 9 Kanunuevvel sene 1325 tarihinde eli işden çektirilmiş; Görev İhmali
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1322; 1323; 1324; 1325; 1326; 1327

Career

Career of Hafız İbrahim Kazım Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workErzincan400first-salary field
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruErzincan400
No annual entry: 1878 to 1881 (AH 1295 to 1298)
1881 to 1884AH 1299 to 1301Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1881/82400
1882/83400
1883/84400
Bayburt400
1884 to 1891AH 1302 to 1308Muhabere Memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1884/85400
1885/86400
1886/87400
1887/88500
1888/89500
1889/90500
1890/91500
Trabzon400 to 500
1891 to 1903AH 1309 to 13202. Müdür
12 entries
YearSalary
1891/92900
1892/93900
1893/94900
1894/951,000
1895/961,000
1896/97900
1897/98900
1898/99900
1899/1900900
1900/01900
1901/02900
1902/03900
Trabzon900
No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321)
1904 to 1909AH 1322 to 13262. Müdür
5 entries
YearSalary
1904/05900
1905/06900
1906/07900
1907/08900
1908/091,000
Trabzon900 to 1,000
1909/10AH 13271. MüdürTrabzon1,200
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13201,200 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320This 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 Hafız İbrahim Kazım Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1877/7840056041016%
1881/8240050040031%
1882/8340050040028%
1883/8440050040027%
1884/8540050040027%
1885/8640050040027%
1886/8740050040027%
1887/8850050040041%
1888/8950050040041%
1889/9050050040042%
1890/9150050040043%
1891/9290050080085%
1892/9390050080085%
1893/9490050080086%
1894/951,00050080087%
1895/961,00050080087%
1896/9790050076588%
1897/98900500778.588%
1898/9990050080087%
1899/190090050078385%
1900/0190050080085%
1901/0290050080085%
1902/0390050080084%
1904/0590045080084%
1905/0690047580583%
1906/0790045080082%
1907/0890030090082%
1908/091,00035080078%
1909/101,200462.51,20075%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
TrabzonErzincanBayburt

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

129 officials in all. Officials recorded in Trabzon

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

65 officials in all. Officials born in Trabzon

Full record

Annual entries (29)

Annual entries of Hafız İbrahim Kazım Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruErzincan400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruBayburt400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruBayburt400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruBayburt400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruTrabzon500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruTrabzon500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruTrabzon500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruTrabzon500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1891/92AH 13092. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1892/93AH 13102. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1893/94AH 13112. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1894/95AH 13122. MüdürTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1895/96AH 13132. MüdürTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1896/97AH 13142. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1897/98AH 13152. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1898/99AH 13162. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1899/1900AH 13172. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1900/01AH 13182. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1901/02AH 13192. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1902/03AH 13202. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1904/05AH 13222. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1905/06AH 13232. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1906/07AH 13242. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1907/08AH 13252. MüdürTrabzon900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1908/09AH 13262. MüdürTrabzon1,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
1909/10AH 13271. MüdürTrabzon1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract00049_0183; 359
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 (18)

Recorded values of Hafız İbrahim Kazım Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHafız İbrahim Kazım EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1278Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacetrabzonRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthtrabzonRecovered 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)1 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1293Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1876Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeErzincanRecovered 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
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedGörev ihmali / Mumaileyhin calib-i nazar-ı dikkat ve ehemmiyet olan su-i istimalat ve ihtilasatından dolayı bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Şevval'inin on sekizinde 4 Kânunusani sene 1318 eli işden çektirilmiş ve uhdesinde bulunan vilayet-i müşarunileyha Posta Müdürliği'ne üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Rebiülahirinin on yedisinde 31 Mayıs sene 1319 diğeri tayin olunmasına mebni mumaileyh dokuz yüz kuruş maaşla yalnız Telgraf Merkezi Müdüriyeti'nde ibka edildiği used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedGörev ihmali / Trabzon ile Torul arasında altı gün imtidad eden feriklikden dolayı tevbih edilmiş ve Trabzon Ecnebi Muvakkat Memuru Remzi Efendi'nin Rusya'ya ve memalik-i ecnebiyeye kabul ve keşide eylediği bazı telgraflara mükerrer numara vaz ile Mersulat defterine kayd itmeksizin ücüratını ihtilas ve mezkur telgrafnamelerden bir kısmına ait koçan ve jurnal ve kuyudatını tahrif ile ücürat-ı telgrafiyenin ketm ve ziyaına sebeb olark mumaileyhin de hilaf-ı usul ceryan eden ahvale vakıfe olduğu halde Remzi Efendi'yi tesahüble müsaade etmesinden dolayı 9 Kanunuevvel sene 1325 tarihinde eli işden çektirilmiş other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedGörev İhmali other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1322; 1323; 1324; 1325; 1326; 1327Later annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 25 annual entries of 29 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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