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Official

İbrahim Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bilecik in 1880/81 (AH 1298). On record 1903 to 1906, 3 annual entries.

Life

İbrahim Efendi was born in Bilecik in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Bilecik in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 250 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Birthplace
Bilecik
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Telgraf Memuru

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
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
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Place
Bilecik
First salary field (kuruş a month)
250

Career

Career of İbrahim Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First workBilecik250first-salary field
1903 to 1906AH 1321 to 1323Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1903/04250
1904/05250
1905/06250
Thessaloniki (Selanik)250
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323250 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1903/0425047535014%
1904/0525045035014%
1905/0625047533014%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
BilecikThessaloniki

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

101 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

12 officials in all. Officials born in Bilecik

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of İbrahim Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-89-173
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-89-173
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-89-173
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 Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1298Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacebilecikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthhudavendigarRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationtelgraf memuruRecovered 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)5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1316Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1898Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placebilecikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
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.
  • 3 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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