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İbrahim Zihni 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

The life of İbrahim Zihni Efendi began in Balıkesir in 1852/53 (AH 1269). At about 16, in 1869/70, İbrahim Zihni began work. The annual lists begin in 1869/70, with İbrahim Zihni as Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1871 to 1873, 1874 to 1880 and 1883 to 1886.

The one salary in the lists is 400 kuruş a month, for 1887/88, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1887/88.

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.

  1. Balıkesir

    Born 1852/53 (AH 1269)

  2. Karesi as worded, no place record

    1869 to 1881 (AH 1286 to 1298)

    Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı 1869 to 1871 (AH 1286 to 1287); Tahrirat müdür muavini 1873/74 (AH 1290); Mektubi Kalemi Mumeyyizi 1880/81 (AH 1298)

    entries in 4 years

    No annual entry for 1871 to 1873 (AH 1288 to 1289) or 1874 to 1880 (AH 1291 to 1297).

  3. Balıkesir Rüşdiye Mektebi as worded, no place record

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    No annual entry for 1881/82 (AH 1299) before it.

    Rika muallimi (ilaveten)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Karesi as worded, no place record

    1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303) before it.

    Vilayet Matbaası muharriri

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry01002003004001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 1305400 kuruş

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 Zihni Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First work
1869 to 1871AH 1286 to 1287Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
2 entries
YearSalary
1869/70
1870/71
No annual entry: 1871 to 1873 (AH 1288 to 1289)
1873/74AH 1290Tahrirat müdür muavini
No annual entry: 1874 to 1880 (AH 1291 to 1297)
1880/81AH 1298Mektubi Kalemi Mumeyyizi
No annual entry: 1881/82 (AH 1299)
1882/83AH 1300Rika muallimi (ilaveten)
No annual entry: 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
1886 to 1888AH 1304 to 1305Vilayet Matbaası muharriri
2 entries
YearSalary
1886/87
1887/88400
400

Record

Personal

Born
1852/53 (AH 1269)
Birthplace
Balıkesir

First work

Year
1869/70 (AH 1286)

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 job title, same years

Of the 2 officials with the title Mektubi Kalemi Mumeyyizi in the same years, İbrahim Zihni Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 8 officials with the title Mektubi Kalemi Mumeyyizi

Same birthplace

Of the 106 officials born in Balıkesir, 14 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Zihni Efendi had the 9th highest salary of them.

The page of Balıkesir, with the 106 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Zihni Efendi had the 96th highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Zihni Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıKaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SA İD 42/247
1870/71AH 1287Meclis-i İdare mukayyidiKaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SA İD 42/247
1873/74AH 1290Tahrirat müdür muaviniKaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SA İD 42/247
1880/81AH 1298Mektubi Kalemi MumeyyiziKaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SA İD 42/247
1882/83AH 1300Rika muallimi (ilaveten)Balıkesir Rüşdiye MektebiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SA İD 42/247
1886/87AH 1304Vilayet Matbaası muharririKaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SA İD 42/247
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat müdür muaviniKaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SA İD 42/247
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 Zihni 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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