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Official

ibrahim Aski Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bursa in 1867/68 (AH 1284). On record 1896 to 1908, 6 annual entries.

Archive reference 0157_0179; 353

Life

ibrahim Aski Efendi was born in Bursa in 1867/68 (AH 1284). 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 Bursa in 1896/97 (AH 1314): Polis. The official was then about 29 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 29 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Polis in Bursa, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Küplü, the salary going from 300 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Polis in Bursa). In 1907/08 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Karahisar, the salary going from 250 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Küplü). No annual entry is recorded for 1897 to 1903.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Seyyar Memur. 56 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.65 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

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
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Place
Bursa
First job as worded
Polis
Age at first work (workbook field)
30
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of ibrahim Aski Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314Polisfirst workBursa300first-salary field
1896/97AH 1314Polis
Police (Polis)
Bursa300
No annual entry: 1897 to 1903 (AH 1315 to 1320)
1903 to 1907AH 1321 to 1324Nakliye Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1903/04250
1904/05250
1905/06250
1906/07250
Küplü250
1907/08AH 1325Seyyar MemurKarahisar400
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry01002003004001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324400 kuruşEntry of another institution
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 ibrahim Aski Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1896/9730050018%
1903/0425047530014%
1904/0525045030014%
1905/0625047530014%
1906/0725045030015%
1907/0840030050056%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
BursaKarahisarKüplü

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

23 officials in all. Officials recorded in Küplü

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

37 officials in all. Officials born in Bursa

Full record

Annual entries (6)

Annual entries of ibrahim Aski Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314PolisBursa300Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0157_0179; 353
1903/04AH 1321Nakliye MemuruKüplü250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0157_0179; 353
1904/05AH 1322Nakliye MemuruKüplü250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0157_0179; 353
1905/06AH 1323Nakliye MemuruKüplü250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0157_0179; 353
1906/07AH 1324Nakliye MemuruKüplü250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0157_0179; 353
1907/08AH 1325Seyyar MemurKarahisar400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0157_0179; 353
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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 (22)

Recorded values of ibrahim Aski Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameibrahim Aski EfendiLinked personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1284Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplacebursaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: district (kaza)BursaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: sancakBursaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: province (vilayet)HudavendigarCross-ministry personnel workbook
Province of birthhudavendigarRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year (AH)1314Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
First work: Gregorian year as stored1896Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeBursaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: district (kaza)BursaCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: sancakBursaCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: province (vilayet)BursaCross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedPolisLinked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Age at first work (workbook field)30Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)300Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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.
Linked personnel workbook
The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 3 annual entries of 6 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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