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İbrahim Ethem 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 Bihke Kasabası (Bosna) in 1857/58 (AH 1274), İbrahim Ethem Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). At about 15, in 1872/73, İbrahim Ethem began work. The annual lists begin in 1872/73, with İbrahim Ethem as Rüsûmat İdaresi mülazımı in Bihać (Bihke), where the entries run to 1874/75. Alongside, the lists for 1874 to 1890 give a second post, in a post with no place named as a customs official (Rüsumat Memuru). For 1878 to 1880 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1889 to 1892 give a second post, in Biga as Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1891 to 1893 give a second post, in Hersek as Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru. The lists have no entry for 1893 to 1895. The last post was in Bilecik in 1898/99.

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to 400 in 1895/96, the peak, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 350 kuruş. In all, 20 years of salary come to 61,080 kuruş, 61 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.

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.

All 10 stops
place of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1889/901891/921898/9917810BihaćBigaHersekBilecik

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Bileke), stop 3 (Maden), stop 4 (Eksilik), stop 5 (İmralı), stop 6 (Kemikli), stop 9 (Paşalimanı).

  1. Bihać (Bihke)

    1872 to 1875 (AH 1289 to 1291)

    Rüsûmat İdaresi mülazımı

    entries in 3 years

  2. Bileke as worded, no place record not on the map

    1874 to 1878 (AH 1291 to 1295)

    Rüsumat Memuru

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  3. Maden as worded, no place record not on the map

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Rüsûmat memuru (İnfisal)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Eksilik as worded, no place record not on the map

    1880 to 1890 (AH 1298 to 1307)

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297) before it.

    Rüsûmat kâtibi

    150 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

  5. İmralı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Rüsumat Memuru

    240 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Kemikli as worded, no place record not on the map

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Rüsumat Memuru

    entries in 1 year

  7. Biga

    1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309)

    Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  8. Hersek

    1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

    Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru

    300 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  9. Paşalimanı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312) before it.

    Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Merkez Memuriyeti kâtibi ve sandık emini 1895/96 (AH 1313); Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Merkez Memuriyeti kâtibi ve sandık emini (Açığa çıkarılma) 1897/98 (AH 1315)

    100 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1896/97 (AH 1314).

  10. Bilecik

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Düyûn-ı Umûmiye idaresi âşâr kâtibi

    350 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry01002003004001873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316400 kuruşRüsumat MemuruRüsûmat kâtibiDüyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 İbrahim Ethem Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/7520045028516%
1875/7620045030015%
1876/7720042030015%
1877/7820045030015%
187820045030014%
1880/8124040030018%
1881/8216040010%
1882/8319040012%
1883/8425040019%
1884/8525040019%
1885/8625040019%
1886/8725040020%
1887/8825040020%
1888/8925040021%
1889/9030040030029%
1890/9130040030028%
1891/9230040028%
1892/9335040038%
1895/9640040044%
1898/9935040035038%

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 İbrahim Ethem Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1872/73AH 1289First work
1872 to 1875AH 1289 to 1291Rüsûmat İdaresi mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1872/73
1873/74
1874/75
Bihać (Bihke)
1874 to 1878AH 1291 to 1295Rüsumat Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1874/75200
1874/75200
1875/76200
1876/77200
1877/78200
1878200
200
1878AH 1295Rüsûmat memuru (İnfisal)
No annual entry: 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
1880 to 1890AH 1298 to 1307Rüsûmat kâtibi
34 entries
YearSalary
1880/81160
1880/81160
1880/81
1881/82160
1881/82
1882/83160
1882/83
1882/83190
1882/83
1882/83150
1882/83
1882/83
1882/83190
1882/83
1882/83150
1883/84150
1883/84
1883/84250
1883/84150
1883/84
1883/84250
1884/85250
1884/85
1884/85250
1884/85
1884/85200
1885/86250
1885/86200
1886/87250
1887/88250
1888/89250
1888/89250
1889/90250
1889/90
160
1880/81AH 1298Rüsumat Memuru240
1888/89AH 1306Rüsumat Memuru
1889 to 1892AH 1307 to 1309Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1889/90300
1890/91300
1891/92300
Biga300
1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1891/92300
1892/93300
1892/93350
Hersek300 to 350
No annual entry: 1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312)
1895/96AH 1313Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Merkez Memuriyeti kâtibi ve sandık emini
3 entries
YearSalary
1895/96400
1895/96100
1895/96
400
No annual entry: 1896/97 (AH 1314)
1897/98AH 1315Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Merkez Memuriyeti kâtibi ve sandık emini (Açığa çıkarılma)
1898/99AH 1316Düyûn-ı Umûmiye idaresi âşâr kâtibiBilecik350

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Birthplace
Bihke Kasabası (Bosna)
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1872/73 (AH 1289)

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 6 officials with entries in Biga in the same years, 5 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 48 officials with entries in Biga

Same job title, same years

Of the 52 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru in the same years, İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 33rd highest salary.

All 117 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289), 115 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 89th highest salary of them.

All 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Ethem Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1872/73AH 1289Rüsûmat İdaresi mülazımıBihać (Bihke)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1873/74AH 1290Rüsûmat İdaresi mülazımıBihać (Bihke)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1874/75AH 1291Rüsumat MemuruBileke200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1874/75AH 1291Rüsûmat İdaresi mülazımıBihać (Bihke)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1874/75AH 1291Rüsumat MemuruMaden200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1875/76AH 1292Rüsumat MemuruMaden200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1876/77AH 1293Rüsumat MemuruMaden200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1877/78AH 1294Rüsumat MemuruMaden200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1878AH 1295Rüsumat MemuruMaden200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1878AH 1295Rüsûmat memuru (İnfisal)MadenAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1880/81AH 1298Rüsûmat kâtibiEksilik160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1880/81AH 1298Rüsûmat kâtibiEkinlik160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1880/81AH 1298Rüsumat Memuruİmralı240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1880/81AH 1298Rüsûmat kâtibiEkinlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1881/82AH 1299Rüsûmat kâtibiEksilik160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1881/82AH 1299Rüsûmat kâtibiEkinlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat kâtibiEksilik160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat kâtibi (İstifa)EksilikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat kâtibiÇak190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat kâtibi (İstifa)ÇakAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat memuru vekiliBigados150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat kâtibiEkinlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat kâtibi (İstifa)EkinlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat kâtibiÇan190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat kâtibi (İstifa)ÇanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat memuru vekiliBigarus150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1883/84AH 1301Rüsûmat memuru vekiliBigados150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1883/84AH 1301Rüsûmat memuru vekili (İnfisal)BigadosAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1883/84AH 1301Muvakkat rüsûmat memuruBigados250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1883/84AH 1301Rüsûmat memuru vekiliBigarus150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1883/84AH 1301Rüsûmat memuru vekili (İnfisal)BigarusAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1883/84AH 1301Geçici tevzi memuru250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1884/85AH 1302Muvakkat rüsûmat memuruBigados250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1884/85AH 1302Muvakkat rüsûmat memuru (İnfisal)BigadosAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1884/85AH 1302Geçici tevzi memuru250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1884/85AH 1302Geçici tevzi memuru (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1884/85AH 1302Rüsûmat Memuriyeti kâtibiMarmara200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1885/86AH 1303Rüsûmat kâtibiPaşalimanı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1885/86AH 1303Rüsûmat Memuriyeti kâtibiMarmara200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1886/87AH 1304Rüsûmat kâtibiPaşalimanı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1887/88AH 1305Rüsûmat kâtibiPaşalimanı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1888/89AH 1306Rüsûmat kâtibiPaşalimanı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1888/89AH 1306Rüsumat MemuruKemikliAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1888/89AH 1306Rüsûmat Memuriyeti kâtibiGeyikli250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1889/90AH 1307Rüsûmat Memuriyeti kâtibiGeyikli250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1889/90AH 1307Rüsûmat Memuriyeti kâtibi (İstifa)GeyikliAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1889/90AH 1307Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruBiga300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1890/91AH 1308Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruBiga300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1891/92AH 1309Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruHersek300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
1891/92AH 1309Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruBiga300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1892/93AH 1310Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruHersek300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1892/93AH 1310Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruHersek350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1895/96AH 1313Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Merkez Memuriyeti kâtibi ve sandık eminiPaşalimanı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1895/96AH 1313Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Merkez memuru vekiliPaşalimanı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1895/96AH 1313Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Merkez memuru vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)PaşalimanıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1897/98AH 1315Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Merkez Memuriyeti kâtibi ve sandık emini (Açığa çıkarılma)PaşalimanıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59; 285 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 56/59, s.59.
1898/99AH 1316Düyûn-ı Umûmiye idaresi âşâr kâtibiBilecik350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 56/59.
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 Ethem 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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