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İbrahim Edhem Bey

Born 1839/40 (AH 1255) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1846 to 1893 (AH 1263 to 1310)

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1005

The career, year by year

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1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

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  1. 1

    1839/40 (AH 1255)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1846/47 (AH 1263)

    Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 8

    2. Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun hıdemalığı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 8

  3. 3

    1847/48 (AH 1264) · 18 recorded years

    Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun

    AH entries: 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun

    1. Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun hıdemalığı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 9

      Continuing service as described

    2. Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun hıdemalığı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    All 18 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun / Hazîne-i Hümâyun

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun; Hazîne-i Hümâyun

    1. Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun

      Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun hıdemalığı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

    2. Hazîne-i Hümâyun

      Hazîne-i Hümâyun beşinci kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 27

  5. 5

    1866/67 (AH 1283) · 28 recorded years

    Hazîne-i Hümâyun

    AH entries: 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hazîne-i Hümâyun

    1. Hazîne-i Hümâyun beşinci kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

    2. Hazîne-i Hümâyun başkâtibi

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 55

    All 34 recorded entries in this stage →

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1846/47 (AH 1263)10030030 to 10,00014.3%22
1847/48 (AH 1264)100400100 to 10,0009.4%33
1848/49 (AH 1265)10030050 to 3,50012.5%33
1849/50 (AH 1266)10035050 to 10,00012.9%32
1850/51 (AH 1267)100400100 to 10,0008.8%35
1851/52 (AH 1268)10050050 to 3,00012.5%41
1852/53 (AH 1269)100400100 to 5,0008.5%48
1853/54 (AH 1270)100400100 to 3,0007.9%64
1854/55 (AH 1271)100400100 to 5,0006.1%67
1855/56 (AH 1272)100400100 to 5,0007.8%65
1856/57 (AH 1273)100400100 to 5,0006.7%76
1857/58 (AH 1274)100400100 to 3,0006.3%96
1858/59 (AH 1275)100500150 to 5,0004.8%105
1859/60 (AH 1276)100500150 to 3,3502.7%111
1860/61 (AH 1277)100500150 to 3,0005.3%134
1861/62 (AH 1278)100500150 to 3,0005.6%161
1862/63 (AH 1279)100400140 to 3,0004.1%197
1863/64 (AH 1280)100475125 to 3,0005.6%232
1864/65 (AH 1281)100400125 to 3,0005.2%253
1865/66 (AH 1282)250400150 to 2,00022.7%341
1866/67 (AH 1283)250400146 to 2,00023.9%399
1867/68 (AH 1284)208.5458150 to 2,50020.5%435
1868/69 (AH 1285)208.5475150 to 3,00019.4%505
1869/70 (AH 1286)208.5400150 to 2,25021.9%609
1870/71 (AH 1287)208.5400150 to 2,00020.7%649
1871/72 (AH 1288)208.5420.5125 to 2,37520.4%712
1872/73 (AH 1289)208.5450140 to 2,35020.7%736
1873/74 (AH 1290)292405130 to 2,20032.5%805
1874/75 (AH 1291)625450150 to 1,80066.3%882
1875/76 (AH 1292)625450150 to 2,00066.5%976
1876/77 (AH 1293)1,042420150 to 2,00081.2%1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)1,042450150 to 1,80081.1%1160
1878 (AH 1295)1,400450150 to 2,00086.0%1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)1,400400150 to 2,00083.9%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)1,400400180 to 1,80086.2%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)1,400400160 to 1,50088.9%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)1,400400150 to 1,50088.5%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)1,400400150 to 1,40088.9%1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)1,400400150 to 1,40089.3%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)1,400400150 to 1,50088.3%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)1,400400150 to 1,50088.5%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)1,400400150 to 1,50087.8%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)1,400400150 to 1,50087.3%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)1,400400135 to 1,50087.9%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)1,400400130 to 1,50088.6%1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)1,400400125 to 1,50087.3%1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)1,400400140 to 1,60086.8%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)2,500400135 to 1,50095.2%1935

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Hazîne-i Hümâyun29
    1865 to 1893 (AH 1282 to 1310)
  2. Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun20
    1846 to 1866 (AH 1263 to 1282)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Hazîne-i Hümâyun208.5 to 2,500
  2. Hazîne-i Enderun-ı Hümâyun100

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1846 to 1866 (AH 1263 to 1282)
  2. 1876 to 1893 (AH 1293 to 1310)
  3. 1865 to 1874 (AH 1282 to 1290)
  4. 1874 to 1877 (AH 1291 to 1293)
  5. 1873 to 1875 (AH 1290 to 1291)
  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

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Education and personal record

Honours and other personal details

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Sources and evidence

  1. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 143, 144

    BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1005

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 48 dated AH years

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