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Official

İbrahim Ethem Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1891 to 1893, 2 annual entries.

Life

İbrahim Ethem Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Müvezzi in Kartal, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Müvezzi in Erenköy, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Kartal).

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1891/92 as Müvezzi. 9 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 2 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 9 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 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
1891/92 (AH 1309)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

Career

Career of İbrahim Ethem Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)200first-salary field
1891/92AH 1309MüvezziKartal200
1892/93AH 1310MüvezziErenköy200
Monthly salary, kuruş
0501001502001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310200 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310This 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 Ethem Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1891/922005002009%
1892/932005002009%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulErenköyKartal

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

Officials recorded in Kartal

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 (2)

Annual entries of İbrahim Ethem Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309MüvezziKartal200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_22; 43
1892/93AH 1310MüvezziErenköy200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_22; 43
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)

Recorded values of İbrahim Ethem Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim Ethem EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1289Recovered 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
Father's occupationEsnafRecovered 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)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1309Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1892Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered 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.
  • 2 annual entries of 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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