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İbrahim Ethem 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

Born in Ürgüp, Dere Mahallesi in 1844/45 (AH 1260), İbrahim Ethem Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). İbrahim Ethem began work in Ürgüp in 1862/63, at about 18. The first annual entry, for 1862/63, places İbrahim Ethem in Ürgüp as Tahrirat ve mal kalemleri mülazımı. Next came Darende in 1872/73. The lists have no entry for 1864 to 1872 and 1873 to 1887. The last entries, from 1887 to 1890, name İbrahim Ethem as Kaymakam vekili, with no place.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 1,300 kuruş a month in 1872/73, as a district governor (Kaymakam) in Darende, when 82 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 37,470 kuruş, 1.9 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.

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 4 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1872/7313ÜrgüpDarende

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

  1. Ürgüp

    First work 1862/63 (AH 1279); 1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Tahrirat ve mal kalemleri mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Halit Paşa dairesi mühürdarı

    entries in 1 year

  3. Darende

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    No annual entry for 1864 to 1872 (AH 1281 to 1288) before it.

    Kaymakam

    1,300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Arabson as worded, no place record not on the map

    1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)

    No annual entry for 1873 to 1887 (AH 1290 to 1304) before it.

    Kaymakam vekili

    607.5 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061,300 kuruşKaymakam vekili
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 1306This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Ethem Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1872/731,3004501,80040082%
1887/88607.540070%
1888/89607.540072%
1889/90607.540072%

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 Ethem Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1862/63AH 1279First workÜrgüp
1862/63AH 1279Tahrirat ve mal kalemleri mülazımıÜrgüp
1863/64AH 1280Halit Paşa dairesi mühürdarı
No annual entry: 1864 to 1872 (AH 1281 to 1288)
1872/73AH 1289KaymakamDarende1,300
No annual entry: 1873 to 1887 (AH 1290 to 1304)
1887 to 1890AH 1305 to 1307Kaymakam vekili
4 entries
YearSalary
1887/88607.5
1888/89607.5
1889/90607.5
1889/90
607.5

Record

Personal

Born
1844/45 (AH 1260)
Birthplace
Ürgüp, Dere Mahallesi
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Place
Ürgüp

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 2 officials with entries in Ürgüp in the same years, İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the highest salary.

All 50 officials with entries in Ürgüp

Same job title, same years

Of the 31 officials with the title Kaymakam in the same years, 26 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 24th highest salary of them.

All 265 officials with the title Kaymakam

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279), 68 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 34th highest salary of them.

All 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Ethem Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1862/63AH 1279Tahrirat ve mal kalemleri mülazımıÜrgüpAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records85 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00173.
1863/64AH 1280Halit Paşa dairesi mühürdarıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records85 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00173.
1872/73AH 1289KaymakamDarende1,300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00173.
1887/88AH 1305Kaymakam vekiliArabson607.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00173.
1888/89AH 1306Kaymakam vekiliArabson607.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00173.
1889/90AH 1307Kaymakam vekiliArabson607.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00173.
1889/90AH 1307Kaymakam vekili (İnfisal)ArabsonAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00173.
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 Ethem 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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