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Official

İsmail Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Oryahovo (Rahova) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). On record 1885 to 1897, 12 annual entries. Death recorded 1897/98.

Life

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Oryahovo (Rahova) 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 Boyabat in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Giresun, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Samsun, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Giresun). In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Müdür in Tercan, the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Samsun).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as 3. Müdür. 46 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 12 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1897/98 (AH 1315): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Death recorded
1897/98 (AH 1315)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 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
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Place
Boyabat
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of İsmail Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First workBoyabat400first-salary field
1885 to 1891AH 1303 to 1308Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1885/86400
1886/87400
1887/88400
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
Trabzon400
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruGiresun380
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1892/93380
1893/94380
Samsun380
1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 13143. Müdür
3 entries
YearSalary
1894/95500
1895/96500
1896/97500
Tercan500
1897/98AH 1315Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314This 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 İsmail Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1885/8640050040027%
1886/8740050040027%
1887/8840050040027%
1888/8940050040027%
1889/9040050040027%
1890/9140050040028%
1891/9238050040024%
1892/9338050040024%
1893/9438050040025%
1894/9550050060046%
1895/9650050060047%
1896/9750050054049%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
OryahovoTercanBoyabatTrabzonGiresunSamsun

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

42 officials in all. Officials recorded in Trabzon

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

Officials born in Oryahovo (Rahova)

Full record

Annual entries (12)

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruTrabzon400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruGiresun380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruSamsun380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruSamsun380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1894/95AH 13123. MüdürTercan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürTercan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
1896/97AH 13143. MüdürTercan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0050; 97
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 (14)

Recorded values of İsmail Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİsmail Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1274Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacerahovaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthtunaRecovered 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)5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1298Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1881Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeBoyabadRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1315Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
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.
  • 12 annual entries of 12 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.