Official
Mehmet İbrahim Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1880 to 1904, 24 annual entries.
Archive reference 110_123; 243
Life#
Mehmet İbrahim Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
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 Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 8 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 1880/81, the official was about 8 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Fabrika Memuru in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Fabrika Memuru. 80 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 24 years with a salary the median is 330 kuruş a month, with 19 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.81 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
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
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1880 to 1904AH 1298 to 1321 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 to 800 |
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 | 50 | 500 | 300 | 0% |
| 1881/82 | 60 | 500 | 375 | 0% |
| 1882/83 | 70 | 500 | 375 | 0% |
| 1883/84 | 80 | 500 | 425 | 0% |
| 1884/85 | 100 | 500 | 425 | 0% |
| 1885/86 | 120 | 500 | 400 | 0% |
| 1886/87 | 160 | 500 | 450 | 3% |
| 1887/88 | 200 | 500 | 450 | 4% |
| 1888/89 | 220 | 500 | 450 | 7% |
| 1889/90 | 260 | 500 | 450 | 12% |
| 1890/91 | 300 | 500 | 450 | 15% |
| 1891/92 | 320 | 500 | 450 | 22% |
| 1892/93 | 340 | 500 | 500 | 22% |
| 1893/94 | 360 | 500 | 500 | 25% |
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 420 | 500 | 500 | 42% |
| 1896/97 | 450 | 500 | 500 | 44% |
| 1897/98 | 460 | 500 | 500 | 46% |
| 1898/99 | 600 | 500 | 504 | 72% |
| 1899/1900 | 600 | 500 | 554 | 70% |
| 1900/01 | 600 | 500 | 554 | 67% |
| 1901/02 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 67% |
| 1902/03 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 67% |
| 1903/04 | 800 | 475 | 630 | 80% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mehmet Celalettin EfendiIstanbul, 24 shared years
- Abdullah EfendiIstanbul, 24 shared years
- Huseyin Husnu EfendiIstanbul, 24 shared years
- Cemal EfendiIstanbul, 24 shared years
- Hasib Sami EfendiIstanbul, 24 shared years
1,286 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Ahmet EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Ahmet Muhtar EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Ali Rıza EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Ali Rıza EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Zühdü EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Abdülvahap EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Abdürrahim Haşim EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ahmet EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ahmet Fuat EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (24)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 60 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 70 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 160 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 220 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 260 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 320 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 340 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 360 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 420 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 460 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Fabrika Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 110_123; 243 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet İbrahim Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Sibyan Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1298 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1881 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 50 | Recovered 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.
- 24 annual entries of 24 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.