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İbrahim Hakkı 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 Hakkı Efendi was born in Şırzı/Şirzo (Esertepe) karyesi, Şâdi nahiyesi in 1831/32 (AH 1247). The first salary was 750 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1868/69, with İbrahim Hakkı as İstanbul müderrisliği İbtidâ-i Hâric derecesi and no place named. For 1869 to 1875 the lists have no entry. Next came Istanbul in 1875/76. The lists have no entry for 1876 to 1888. Alongside, the lists for 1888 to 1892 give a second post, in Istanbul as hadis dersi okutmak (I. Abdülhamid Evkafı medresesi).

Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1868/69 to a peak of 6,000 in 1891/92, in Istanbul, when 98 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 95,400 kuruş, 3.7 times what an official on the median salary earned, a level reached by fewer than 8 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. The final annual entry is for 1891/92.

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.

All 5 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1875/761888/89135BatumiIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Place not recorded).

  1. Batumi (Batum)

    First work here

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    İstanbul müderrisliği İbtidâ-i Hâric derecesi

    50 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    No annual entry for 1869 to 1875 (AH 1286 to 1291) before it.

    Buhârî-i Şerîf kırâatı

    95 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Place not recorded not on the map

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    No annual entry for 1876 to 1888 (AH 1293 to 1305) before it.

    toplam maaş

    1,615 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1888 to 1892 (AH 1306 to 1309)

    hadis dersi okutmak (I. Abdülhamid Evkafı medresesi) 1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307); Meclis-i İdâre-i Emvâl-i Eytâm fahri azası (Nakil) 1891/92 (AH 1309)

    190 to 6,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1890/91 (AH 1308).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry02,0004,0006,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13086,000 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0005,00010,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 1308This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1868/69504751%
1875/76954505204%
1888/891,61540091%
1889/9019040050014%
1891/926,000400537.598%

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 Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workBatumi (Batum)750first-salary field
1868/69AH 1285İstanbul müderrisliği İbtidâ-i Hâric derecesi
2 entries
YearSalary
1868/69
1868/6950
50
No annual entry: 1869 to 1875 (AH 1286 to 1291)
1875/76AH 1292Buhârî-i Şerîf kırâatıIstanbul (Dersaadet)95
No annual entry: 1876 to 1888 (AH 1293 to 1305)
1888/89AH 1306toplam maaş1,615
1888 to 1890AH 1306 to 1307hadis dersi okutmak (I. Abdülhamid Evkafı medresesi)
2 entries
YearSalary
1888/89200
1889/90190
Istanbul (Dersaadet)200 to 190
No annual entry: 1890/91 (AH 1308)
1891/92AH 1309Meclis-i İdâre-i Emvâl-i Eytâm fahri azası (Nakil)
2 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1891/926,000
Istanbul (Dersaadet)6,000

Record

Personal

Born
1831/32 (AH 1247)
Birthplace
Şırzı/Şirzo (Esertepe) karyesi, Şâdi nahiyesi

First work

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 place, same years

Of the 315 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 299 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Hakkı Efendi had the 36th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285), 99 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Hakkı Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

All 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1868/69AH 1285İstanbul müderrisliği İbtidâ-i Hâric derecesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records56 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 42/455.
1868/69AH 1285ilmiye maaşı50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records56 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 42/455.
1875/76AH 1292Buhârî-i Şerîf kırâatıIstanbul (Dersaadet)95Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records56 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 42/455.
1888/89AH 1306toplam maaş1,615Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records56 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 42/455.
1888/89AH 1306hadis dersi okutmak (I. Abdülhamid Evkafı medresesi)Istanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records56 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 42/455.
1889/90AH 1307Meclis-i Mesâlih-i Talebe azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records56 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 42/455.
1891/92AH 1309Meclis-i İdâre-i Emvâl-i Eytâm fahri azası (Nakil)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records56 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 42/455.
1891/92AH 1309Meşihat-i İslâmiyye MüsteşarıIstanbul (Dersaadet)6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records56 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 42/455.
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 Hakkı 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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