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Official

İsmail Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istib in 1878/79 (AH 1296). On record 1901 to 1907, 6 annual entries.

Life

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Istib in 1878/79 (AH 1296). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitola (Manastır), with 250 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.71 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Istib
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

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
1896/97 (AH 1314)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
250

Career

Career of İsmail Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)250first-salary field
1901 to 1907AH 1319 to 1324Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1901/02250
1902/03250
1903/04250
1904/05250
1905/06250
1906/07300
Bitola (Manastır)250 to 300
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324300 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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
1901/0225050040014%
1902/0325050038015%
1903/0425047535014%
1904/0525045035014%
1905/0625047533014%
1906/0730045030025%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstibBitolaIstanbul

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

41 officials in all. Officials recorded in Bitola (Manastır)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

Officials born in Istib

Full record

Annual entries (6)

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-150-295
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-150-295
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-150-295
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-150-295
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-150-295
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract120-150-295
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 (13)

Recorded values of İsmail Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİsmail Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1296Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceistibRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthkosovaRecovered 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)1314Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1896Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
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.
  • 5 annual entries of 6 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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