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Official

İbrahim Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Gjirokastër (Ergiri) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). On record 1876 to 1907, 29 annual entries.

Life

İbrahim Hakkı Efendi was born in Gjirokastër (Ergiri) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Greek (Rum), with Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Bosna in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhabere Memuru in Bosna, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pristina (Priştine), the salary going from 570 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bosna). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Skopje (Üsküp), the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pristina). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Skopje). In 1894/95 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1895/96 the record shows 2. Müdür in Sjenica (Seniçe), the salary going from 750 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki). In 1898/99 the record shows 2. Müdür in Prizren, with 720 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Sjenica). In 1905/06 the record shows Memur in Gjirokastër, the salary going from 720 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Prizren). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1880.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as 2. Müdür. 80 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 29 years with a salary the median is 570 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.59 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1856/57 (AH 1273)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

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

Greek (Rum)
Asinafamiliarity. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Place
Bosna
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

Career

Career of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workBosna500first-salary field
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1294Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1876/77500
1877/78400
Bosna500 to 400
No annual entry: 1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297)
1880 to 1887AH 1298 to 1304Muhabere Memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1880/81570
1881/82570
1882/83570
1883/84570
1884/85570
1885/86570
1886/87570
Bosna570
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruPristina (Priştine)380
1888 to 1891AH 1306 to 1308Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1888/89500
1889/90500
1890/91500
Skopje (Üsküp)500
1891 to 1894AH 1309 to 1311Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1891/92500
1892/93500
1893/94500
Ioannina (Yanya)500
1894/95AH 1312Seyyar MemurThessaloniki (Selanik)750
1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 13152. Müdür
3 entries
YearSalary
1895/96800
1896/97720
1897/98720
Sjenica (Seniçe)800 to 720
1898 to 1905AH 1316 to 13222. Müdür
7 entries
YearSalary
1898/99720
1899/1900720
1900/01720
1901/02720
1902/03720
1903/04720
1904/05720
Prizren720
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324Memur
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06600
1906/07600
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)600
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry02004006008001878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320800 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320This 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 İbrahim Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1876/77500582.541036%
1877/7840056041016%
1880/8157050040058%
1881/8257050040058%
1882/8357050040058%
1883/8457050040057%
1884/8557050040057%
1885/8657050040057%
1886/8757050040057%
1887/8838050040019%
1888/8950050040041%
1889/9050050040042%
1890/9150050040043%
1891/9250050040043%
1892/9350050040044%
1893/9450050040046%
1894/9575050060076%
1895/9680050080080%
1896/9772050076581%
1897/98720500778.581%
1898/9972050080080%
1899/190072050078379%
1900/0172050080077%
1901/0272050080077%
1902/0372050080077%
1903/0472047580077%
1904/0572045080077%
1905/0660047552067%
1906/0760045060065%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
GjirokastërBosnaPristinaSkopjeIoanninaThessalonikiSjenicaPrizren

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

131 officials in all. Officials recorded in Bosna

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

15 officials in all. Officials born in Gjirokastër (Ergiri)

Full record

Annual entries (29)

Annual entries of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruBosna500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruBosna400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruBosna570Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruBosna570Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruBosna570Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruBosna570Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruBosna570Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruBosna570Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruBosna570Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruPristina (Priştine)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1894/95AH 1312Seyyar MemurThessaloniki (Selanik)750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1895/96AH 13132. MüdürSjenica (Seniçe)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1896/97AH 13142. MüdürSjenica (Seniçe)720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1897/98AH 13152. MüdürSjenica (Seniçe)720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1898/99AH 13162. MüdürPrizren720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1899/1900AH 13172. MüdürPrizren720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1900/01AH 13182. MüdürPrizren720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1901/02AH 13192. MüdürPrizren720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1902/03AH 13202. MüdürPrizren720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1903/04AH 13212. MüdürPrizren720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1904/05AH 13222. MüdürPrizren720Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1905/06AH 1323MemurGjirokastër (Ergiri)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
1906/07AH 1324MemurGjirokastër (Ergiri)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0087;167
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 İbrahim Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1273Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceergiriRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthyanyaRecovered 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)1293Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1876Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeBosnaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered 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.
  • 28 annual entries of 29 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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