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Official

İbrahim Eşref Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Pljevlja (Taşlıca) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1905 to 1907, 2 annual entries.

Archive reference 149-150-295

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Life

İbrahim Eşref Efendi was born in Pljevlja (Taşlıca) in 1877/78 (AH 1294) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).

Work began in Istanbul in 1905/06, at about 28, paid from the start, on 300 kuruş a month. Both annual entries, for 1905/06 and 1906/07, place İbrahim Eşref in Istanbul in the control office (Kontrol Kalemi).

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1905/06 to a peak of 400 in 1906/07, in the Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.

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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1905/0612PljevljaIstanbul

  1. Pljevlja (Taşlıca)

    Born 1877/78 (AH 1294)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1905/06 (AH 1323); 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)

    Kontrol Kalemi

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324400 kuruşKontrol Kalemi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 Eşref Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1905/0630047530023%
1906/0740045032039%

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 Eşref Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905/06AH 1323First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)300first-salary field
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324Kontrol Kalemi
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06300
1906/07400
Istanbul (Dersaadet)300 to 400

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

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
1905/06 (AH 1323)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

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 518 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, İbrahim Eşref Efendi had the 281st highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 31 officials with the title Kontrol Kalemi in the same years, İbrahim Eşref Efendi had the 10th highest salary.

All 104 officials with the title Kontrol Kalemi

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Eşref Efendi had the 1,725th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 3 officials born in Pljevlja (Taşlıca), İbrahim Eşref Efendi had the lowest salary.

The page of Pljevlja (Taşlıca), with the 3 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 117 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), İbrahim Eşref Efendi had the 20th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of İbrahim Eşref Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323Kontrol KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract149-150-295
1906/07AH 1324Kontrol KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract149-150-295
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 Eşref Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim Eşref EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1294Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacetaslicaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthkosovaRecovered 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)1323Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1905Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered 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.
  • 1 annual entry 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.

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