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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

İbrahim Ethem Efendi

Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Sungurlu · Dated entries 1886 to 1892 (AH 1304 to 1309)

Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH. SAID 125/179

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1886/87 (AH 1304): Rüştiye ikinci müdür yardımcısı, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 380 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305): Rüştiye ikinci müdür yardımcısı, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 380 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305): Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 200 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306): Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 200 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307): Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 200 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308): Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 200 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309): Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 200 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309): Matematik öğretmeni, İstanbul, Unkapanı Rüştiyesi, 200 kuruşAH 1304AH 1309
Places and reading notes
  • Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  • İstanbul, Unkapanı Rüştiyesi

6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 4 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1SungurluIstanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Sungurlu

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

  1. 1

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Sungurlu

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 20

    2. Rüştiye ikinci müdür yardımcısı

      380 kuruşCalculated age 20

  3. 3

    1887/88 (AH 1305) · 4 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Rüştiye ikinci müdür yardımcısı

      380 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

    2. Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni

      200 kuruşCalculated age 21

    3. Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni

      200 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    4. Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni

      200 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    5. Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni

      200 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul, Unkapanı Rüştiyesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Unkapanı Rüştiyesi

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Rüştiye ikinci dereceden matematik öğretmeni

      200 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

    2. İstanbul, Unkapanı Rüştiyesi

      Matematik öğretmeni

      200 kuruşCalculated age 25

2 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

View the yearly values
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1886/87 (AH 1304)380400150 to 1,50044.3%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)380400150 to 1,50042.5%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)200400135 to 1,50015.4%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)200400130 to 1,50015.3%1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)200400125 to 1,50015.7%1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)200400140 to 1,60014.9%1927

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01903801886/87AH 13041889/90AH 13071891/92AH 13091886/87 (AH 1304) · 380 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 380 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 200 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 200 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 200 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · 200 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · 200 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · 200 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1886 to 1892 (AH 1304 to 1309)
  2. İstanbul, Unkapanı Rüştiyesi1
    1891/92 (AH 1309)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. İstanbul, Unkapanı Rüştiyesi200

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)
  2. 1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)
  3. 1891/92 (AH 1309)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Çiçekpazarı Rüştiyesinden orta derecede diploma [1]

Schooling Taşşilte sıbyan mektebi; Yahya Tevfik Efendi Medresesi; Çiçekpazarı Rüştiyesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sungurlu [source]
Birth year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Father’s occupation
Sungurlu Rüştiyesi kapıcısı [source]
Archive references
DH. SAID 125/179 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
bilir [source]
French
bilir [source]
Persian
bilir [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Çiçekpazarı Rüştiyesinden orta derecede diploma [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Taşşilte sıbyan mektebi; Yahya Tevfik Efendi Medresesi; Çiçekpazarı Rüştiyesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
380 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Çorumlu devlet memurları (1879-1909)

    HAYRETTİN ÖRS · 2019 · Pages 95, 96

    DH. SAID 125/179

Read the original source accounts · 10 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 8 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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