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Official

İsmail Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Rusya in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1901 to 1907, 6 annual entries.

Life

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Rusya in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

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: Bulgarian, with Kitabet; Russian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Strumica (Ustrumca) in 1901/02 (AH 1319). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhabere Memuru in Papulo, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Strumica, with 50 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Papulo). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 50 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Strumica).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 50 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 37.97 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Birthplace
Rusya
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Memur

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

Bulgarian
Kitabetwriting
Russian
Kitabetwriting
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1901/02 (AH 1319)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
50

Career

Career of İsmail Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1901/02AH 1319First workStrumica (Ustrumca)50first-salary field
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruPapulo50
1902 to 1906AH 1320 to 1323Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1902/0350
1903/0450
1904/0550
1905/0650
Strumica (Ustrumca)50
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruDiyarbakır250
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324250 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 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 İsmail Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1901/02505004000%
1902/03505003800%
1903/04504753500%
1904/05504503500%
1905/06504753300%
1906/0725045030015%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
StrumicaDiyarbakırPapulo

Not drawn. No position recorded: Rusya.

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

16 officials in all. Officials recorded in Strumica (Ustrumca)

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

Officials born in Rusya

Full record

Annual entries (6)

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruPapulo50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract154-13-21
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruStrumica (Ustrumca)50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract154-13-21
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruStrumica (Ustrumca)50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract154-13-21
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruStrumica (Ustrumca)50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract154-13-21
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruStrumica (Ustrumca)50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract154-13-21
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruDiyarbakır250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract154-13-21
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 (13)

Recorded values of İsmail Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİsmail Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1297Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacerusyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationmemurRecovered 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
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1319Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1901Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeUstrumcaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)50Recovered 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.

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