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İbrahim Nihad Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

İbrahim Nihad Efendi was born in Gaziantep (Antep) in 1838/39 (AH 1254). Work began in 1853/54, at about 16, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1853/54, with İbrahim Nihad as 5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. For 1854 to 1870 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1853/54 to a peak of 1,600 in 1870/71, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 12 years of salary come to 212,400 kuruş, 3.5 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1879/80.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

  1. Gaziantep (Antep)

    Born 1838/39 (AH 1254)

  2. Place not recorded

    1853/54 (AH 1270)

    5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. 5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1870 to 1880 (AH 1287 to 1297)

    No annual entry for 1854 to 1870 (AH 1271 to 1286) before it.

    Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi

    1,200 to 1,600 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5002,0001853/54AH 12701855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961,600 kuruşMeclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001853/54AH 12701855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 1296This officialMedian, all officials

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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of İbrahim Nihad Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1853/541004007%
1870/711,60040087%
1871/721,600420.585%
1872/731,60045085%
1873/741,60040586%
1874/751,60045088%
1875/761,60045086%
1876/771,60042088%
1877/781,60045088%
18781,60045087%
1878/791,60040086%
1879/801,60040088%

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

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of İbrahim Nihad Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1853/54AH 1270First work100first-salary field
1853/54AH 12705. Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı100
No annual entry: 1854 to 1870 (AH 1271 to 1286)
1870 to 1880AH 1287 to 1297Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi
12 entries
YearSalary
1870/711,600
1871/721,600
1872/731,600
1873/741,600
1874/751,600
1875/761,600
1876/771,600
1877/781,600
18781,600
1878/791,600
1879/801,600
1879/801,200
1,600 to 1,200

Record

Personal

Born
1838/39 (AH 1254)

First work

Year
1853/54 (AH 1270)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same birthplace

Of the 59 officials born in Gaziantep (Antep), 55 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Nihad Efendi had the 14th highest salary of them.

The page of Gaziantep (Antep), with the 59 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 29 officials whose first annual entry is for 1853/54 (AH 1270), 25 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Nihad Efendi had the 12th highest salary of them.

All 29 officials whose first annual entry is for 1853/54 (AH 1270)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Nihad Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1853/54AH 12705. Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1870/71AH 1287Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1871/72AH 1288Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1872/73AH 1289Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1873/74AH 1290Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1874/75AH 1291Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1875/76AH 1292Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1876/77AH 1293Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1877/78AH 1294Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1878AH 1295Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1878/79AH 1296Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1879/80AH 1297Meclis Kalemi kâtib-i sânisi5. Ordu-yı Hümayun Meclis Kalemi1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
1879/80AH 12976. Şube Nüfus Kısmı memuruOrdu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi 6. Şube Nüfus Kısmı1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.; 222 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 118/49.
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of İbrahim Nihad Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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