İbrahim Efendi
Born 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka) · Dated entries 1894 to 1900 (AH 1312 to 1317)
Languages Bulgarian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. 185/243
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Mihaliç
- Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü
- Alaylı
- Akçakoca (Akçaşehir)
6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
İbrahim Efendi was born in Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Schooling included Palanka Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Bulgarian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 6 AH years, beginning with Gümrük stajyeri. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Mihaliç, Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü and Alaylı and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313) to 400 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 7 · Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)
How to read this map
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.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1869/70 (AH 1286)
Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 26
Gümrük stajyeri
Calculated age 26
3 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Mihaliç
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mihaliç
Gümrük stajyeri
Calculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Mihaliç
Gümrük merkez memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 27
4 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Mihaliç
Not yet located on the map: Mihaliç
Gümrük merkez memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
5 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Mihaliç / Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mihaliç; Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü
Mihaliç
Gümrük merkez memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü
Gümrük şubesi memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 29
6 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü
Not yet located on the map: Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü
Gümrük şubesi memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
7 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü / Alaylı / Akçakoca (Akçaşehir)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü; Alaylı
Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü
Gümrük şubesi memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
Alaylı
Gümrük memuru
Calculated age 31
Gümrük memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 31
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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
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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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 27.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 26.4% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 28.1% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 300 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 27.7% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 44.1% | 1821 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Ekinlik Gümrük Şubesi, Bandırma Müdürlüğü300
- Mihaliç300
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 titleThe 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
- Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)5 other officialsRecep Efendi born 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 125 kuruş
- Istanbul254 other officialsSaid Paşa 2 shared years; highest salary 85,000 kuruş
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)224 other officialsMehmet Bey first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Bulgarian
- Aşina [source]
- Rum (as recorded)
- Aşina [source]
- Turkish
- Kitâbet [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Palanka Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi; medrese [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 26 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstanbul [source]
- First work year
- 1894/95 (AH 1312) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 1.1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kosova doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları (1834-1889)
DÖNDÜ DOĞAN · 2025 · Pages 127, 128
BOA. DH. SAİD. 185/243; 454 BOA. DH. SAİD. 185/243.; 455 BOA. DH. SAİD. 185/243.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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