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Official

İbrahim Nadir Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Sivas in 1863/64 (AH 1280). On record 1884 to 1893, 9 annual entries.

Life

İbrahim Nadir Efendi was born in Sivas in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Sivas in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Muhabere Memuru in Malatya, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tokat, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Malatya). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pınarbaşı (Aziziye), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tokat).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1889/90 as Muhabere Memuru. 42 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 9 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.59 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 44 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Birthplace
Sivas
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives 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
Sivas
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of İbrahim Nadir Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First workSivas300first-salary field
1884 to 1887AH 1302 to 1304Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1884/85300
1885/86300
1886/87300
Malatya300
1887 to 1889AH 1305 to 1306Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1887/88400
1888/89400
Tokat400
1889 to 1893AH 1307 to 1310Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1889/90500
1890/91500
1891/92500
1892/93500
Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)500
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 1310500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 1310This 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 İbrahim Nadir Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1884/8530050040011%
1885/8630050040012%
1886/8730050040011%
1887/8840050040027%
1888/8940050040027%
1889/9050050040042%
1890/9150050040043%
1891/9250050040043%
1892/9350050040044%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
SivasPınarbaşıMalatyaTokat

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Named in scholarly works

No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

10 officials in all. Officials recorded in Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

94 officials in all. Officials born in Sivas

Full record

Annual entries (9)

Annual entries of İbrahim Nadir Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruMalatya300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0138; 271
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruMalatya300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0138; 271
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruMalatya300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0138; 271
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruTokat400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0138; 271
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruTokat400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0138; 271
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruPınarbaşı (Aziziye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0138; 271
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruPınarbaşı (Aziziye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0138; 271
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruPınarbaşı (Aziziye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0138; 271
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruPınarbaşı (Aziziye)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0138; 271
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 İbrahim Nadir Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim Nadir EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1280Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacesivasRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthsivasRecovered 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
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)4Recovered 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: placeSivasRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered 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.
  • 9 annual entries of 9 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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