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İbrahim Edhem Efendi

Born 1852/53 (AH 1269) · Varna · Dated entries 1871 to 1891 (AH 1288 to 1308)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 57/337

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1VarnaAyvalıkİzmitAmasyaKomotini (Gümülcine)Bandırma
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Stage 1 of 16 · Varna

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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.

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  1. 1

    1852/53 (AH 1269)

    Varna

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Varna

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

    2. Tahrirat mukayyidliği refakati

      75 kuruşCalculated age 19

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Varna / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Varna

      Tahrirat mukayyidliği refakati

      75 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 20

  4. 4

    1873/74 (AH 1290) · 4 recorded years

    Varna

    AH entries: 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü ikinci mukayyidi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 21

    2. Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü sandık emini

      550 kuruşCalculated age 24

    All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Ayvalık / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Ayvalık

      Hacı Apostol Memlehası kâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 27

    2. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 27

  6. 6

    1879/80 (AH 1297) · 2 recorded years

    Kal'a-yı Sultaniye

    AH entries: 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kal'a-yı Sultaniye

    1. Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 28

    2. Rüsûm-ı Sitte sandık emini

      400 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  7. 7

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Kal'a-yı Sultaniye / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kal'a-yı Sultaniye; Location not recorded

    1. Kal'a-yı Sultaniye

      Rüsûm-ı Sitte sandık emini

      400 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Azil

      Calculated age 30

  8. 8

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    İzmit / Amasya

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. İzmit

      Rüsûm-ı Sitte Merkez Müdürlüğü duhan kâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 31

    2. Amasya

      Rüsum-ı Sitte Müdürü

      900 kuruşCalculated age 31

  9. 9

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Amasya / Kangırı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kangırı

    1. Amasya

      Rüsum-ı Sitte Müdürü

      900 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kangırı

      Kefzi Memlehası müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 32

  10. 10

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Kangırı / Place not recorded / Amasya

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kangırı; Location not recorded

    1. Kangırı

      Kefzi Memlehası müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

    2. Amasya

      Duyûn-ı Umûmiye müdürü

      900 kuruşCalculated age 33

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  11. 11

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Amasya / Komotini (Gümülcine)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Amasya

      Duyûn-ı Umûmiye müdürü

      900 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    2. Komotini (Gümülcine)

      Memleha memuru

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 34

  12. 12

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Komotini (Gümülcine) / Kal'a-yı Sultaniye

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kal'a-yı Sultaniye

    1. Komotini (Gümülcine)

      Memleha memuru

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kal'a-yı Sultaniye

      Duyûn-ı Umûmiye müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 35

  13. 13

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Kal'a-yı Sultaniye

    Not yet located on the map: Kal'a-yı Sultaniye

    1. Duyûn-ı Umûmiye müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

  14. 14

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Kal'a-yı Sultaniye / Cubul

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kal'a-yı Sultaniye; Cubul

    1. Kal'a-yı Sultaniye

      Duyûn-ı Umûmiye müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

    2. Cubul

      Memleha müdürü

      1,800 kuruşCalculated age 37

  15. 15

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Cubul / Bandırma

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Cubul

    1. Cubul

      Memleha müdürü

      1,800 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bandırma

      Duyûn-ı Umûmiye müdürü

      1,100 kuruşCalculated age 38

  16. 16

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Bandırma / Koçhisar

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Koçhisar

    1. Bandırma

      Duyûn-ı Umûmiye müdürü

      1,100 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

    2. Koçhisar

      Koçhisar Memlehası müdürü

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 39

1 entry 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

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Current collection salary comparison

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Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
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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.

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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
1871/72 (AH 1288)75420.5125 to 2,3754.4%712
1872/73 (AH 1289)75450140 to 2,3504.1%736
1873/74 (AH 1290)300405130 to 2,20032.6%805
1874/75 (AH 1291)320450150 to 1,80036.5%882
1875/76 (AH 1292)320450150 to 2,00035.6%976
1876/77 (AH 1293)550420150 to 2,00062.4%1102
1878/79 (AH 1296)600400150 to 2,00063.5%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)500400180 to 1,80057.9%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)400400160 to 1,50047.0%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)400400150 to 1,50046.6%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)900400150 to 1,40080.7%1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)1,000400150 to 1,40082.3%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)1,000400150 to 1,50080.7%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)1,200400150 to 1,50083.7%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)1,200400150 to 1,50084.0%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)1,000400150 to 1,50079.0%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)1,800400135 to 1,50092.2%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)1,800400130 to 1,50092.3%1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)2,000400125 to 1,50092.0%1896

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Kal'a-yı Sultaniye6
    1879 to 1889 (AH 1297 to 1306)
  2. 1871 to 1877 (AH 1288 to 1293)
  3. 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)
  4. 1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)
  5. Cubul2
    1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)
  6. Kangırı2
    1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)

The six most recorded places. 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. Kal'a-yı Sultaniye400 to 1,000
  2. Varna75 to 550
  5. Cubul1,800
  6. Kangırı1,000

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1884 to 1891 (AH 1302 to 1308)
  2. 1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)
  3. 1874 to 1877 (AH 1291 to 1293)
  4. 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
  5. 1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304)
  6. 1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)

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

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şehâdetnâme [1]

Schooling Sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
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Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 117, 118, 119

    BOA. DH. SAİDd., 57/337; 270 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 57/337.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 19 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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