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Official

İsmail Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). On record 1891 to 1896, 5 annual entries.

Life

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 100 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhabere Memuru. 3 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when 3 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
6 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

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
1885/86 (AH 1303)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
50

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Devamsızlık / Mumaileyhin hamili bulunduğu günlerde vazifesine devam etmemekle beraber vuku‘ bulan ihtarata dahi itibar eylemediğinden bin üç yüz on dört senesi Muharremülharamının gurresinde 16 Haziran sene 1312 idareten azil edilmiştir.; Devamsızlık

Career

Career of İsmail Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)50first-salary field
1891 to 1896AH 1309 to 1313Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1891/9250
1892/93100
1893/94100
1894/95100
1895/96100
Istanbul (Dersaadet)50 to 100
Monthly salary, kuruş
0501001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313100 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This 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
1891/92505004000%
1892/931005004003%
1893/941005004003%
1894/951005004003%
1895/961005004003%

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

722 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (5)

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0102;197
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0102;197
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0102;197
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0102;197
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0102;197
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 (15)

Recorded values of İsmail Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİsmail Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1286Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered 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)6Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1303Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1886Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered 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
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık / Mumaileyhin hamili bulunduğu günlerde vazifesine devam etmemekle beraber vuku‘ bulan ihtarata dahi itibar eylemediğinden bin üç yüz on dört senesi Muharremülharamının gurresinde 16 Haziran sene 1312 idareten azil edilmiştir. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 5 annual entries of 5 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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