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İsmail Hakkı 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

Born in Gelibolu, İsmail Hakkı Efendi was the child of a tomb keeper (türbedar). From the first annual entry, for 1903/04 (AH 1321), to 1905/06, every annual entry places İsmail Hakkı in the same post, Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru, in Edirne.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to a peak of 350 in 1905/06, in Edirne, when 36 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 9,000 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323350 kuruşTelgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of İsmail Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/0430040550029%
1904/051004005004%
1905/0635043045036%

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

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 İsmail Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1903 to 1906AH 1321 to 1323Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1903/04300
1904/05100
1905/06350
Edirne300 to 350

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Gelibolu
Father's occupation
Türbedar

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 place, same years

Of the 25 officials with entries in Edirne in the same years, 24 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 22nd highest salary of them.

All 164 officials with entries in Edirne

Same birthplace

Of the 127 officials born in Gelibolu, 118 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 76th highest salary of them.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 127 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), 123 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

All 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruEdirne300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 118/177
1904/05AH 1322Merkez muhabere memurluğu vekiliEdirne100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 118/177
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf ve Posta baş memuruEdirne350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 118/177
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 İsmail Hakkı 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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