Official
İsmail Hakkı Bey
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Mytilene (Midilli) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). On record 1887 to 1904, 17 annual entries.
Archive reference 50_28; 53
Life#
İsmail Hakkı Bey was born in Mytilene (Midilli) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Mytilene in 1884/85 (AH 1302): Meclis idare Kalemi. The official was then about 27 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 30 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Meclis Kitabeti in Mytilene, with 600 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Mevrude Basmemuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Kitabeti in Mytilene). In 1890/91 the record shows Pul Basmemuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Mevrude Basmemuru in Istanbul). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 975 kuruş a month (before: Pul Basmemuru in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 975 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Pul Basmemuru. 87 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 17 years with a salary the median is 900 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1890/91. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.57 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 84 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Birthplace
- Mytilene (Midilli)
- 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)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
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
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Place
- Mytilene (Midilli)
- First job as worded
- Meclis idare Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 28
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 600
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 600
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Devamsızlık / bidayeten ve temdiden ve mükerreren istihsal eylediği mezuniyet müddetini aylarca tecavüz ettirdiği hâlde memuriyeti başına avdet etmediğinden üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Şabanının dokuzunda 6 Teşrinevvel sene 1320 müstafi nazarıyla bakılarak açığa çıkarıldığı Şube-i mezkurenin 19 Zilhicce sene 1324 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir.; Devamsızlık
Notes from the record
- Merit and competence grade (recorded code)
- 1
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Meclis idare Kalemifirst work | Mytilene (Midilli) | 600first-salary field |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Meclis Kitabeti | Mytilene (Midilli) | 600 |
| 1888 to 1890AH 1306 to 1307 | Mevrude Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 |
| 1890 to 1895AH 1308 to 1312 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 to 975 |
| 1895 to 1904AH 1313 to 1321 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 975 to 900 |
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88 | 600 | 500 | 58% | |
| 1888/89 | 400 | 500 | 27% | |
| 1889/90 | 400 | 500 | 27% | |
| 1890/91 | 900 | 500 | 84% | |
| 1891/92 | 900 | 500 | 85% | |
| 1892/93 | 900 | 500 | 85% | |
| 1893/94 | 900 | 500 | 86% | |
| 1894/95 | 975 | 500 | 87% | |
| 1895/96 | 975 | 500 | 250 | 87% |
| 1896/97 | 877 | 500 | 245 | 87% |
| 1897/98 | 877 | 500 | 275 | 88% |
| 1898/99 | 877 | 500 | 262.5 | 87% |
| 1899/1900 | 900 | 500 | 300 | 85% |
| 1900/01 | 900 | 500 | 300 | 85% |
| 1901/02 | 900 | 500 | 340 | 85% |
| 1902/03 | 900 | 500 | 350 | 84% |
| 1903/04 | 900 | 475 | 350 | 84% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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
- Mehmet İsmail EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Osman Nuri EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Sarafim Saryan EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiIstanbul, 16 shared years
- Ahmet Rauf BeyIstanbul, 16 shared years
1,166 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdurrahman Akif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Ahmed Talat EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Ahmet Hilmi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Ahmet Şefik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- İsmail Hakı BeyMytilene (Midilli), born 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Mehmet Nuri EfendiMytilene (Midilli), born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
- İbrahim Ali EfendiMytilene (Midilli), born 1851/52 (AH 1268)
- Unnamed official (0087_0096, sayfa no:189)Mytilene (Midilli), born 1863/64 (AH 1280)
- İbrahim EfendiMytilene (Midilli), born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
11 officials in all. Officials born in Mytilene (Midilli)
Full record
Annual entries (17)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Meclis Kitabeti | Mytilene (Midilli) | 600 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 50_28; 53 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Mevrude Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Mevrude Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Pul Basmemuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 975 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 975 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 877 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 877 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 877 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 50_28; 53 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (25)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | İsmail Hakkı Bey | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1274 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | midilli | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Midilli | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Midilli | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Cezairi bahri sefid | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | cezairi bahri sefid | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1302 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1885 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Midilli | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Midilli | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Midilli | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Cezairi bahri sefid | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Meclis idare Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 28 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 600 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 600 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık / bidayeten ve temdiden ve mükerreren istihsal eylediği mezuniyet müddetini aylarca tecavüz ettirdiği hâlde memuriyeti başına avdet etmediğinden üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Şabanının dokuzunda 6 Teşrinevvel sene 1320 müstafi nazarıyla bakılarak açığa çıkarıldığı Şube-i mezkurenin 19 Zilhicce sene 1324 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir. used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Devamsızlık other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Other recorded values | ||
| Merit and competence grade (recorded code) | 1 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 16 annual entries of 17 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.