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

The life of İbrahim Ethem Efendi began in Sivas in 1858/59 (AH 1275). İbrahim Ethem had a first salary of 300 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1888/89, names İbrahim Ethem as muhabere memuru (asaleten), with no place, with a rise to communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in 1892/93. For 1889 to 1892 and 1893 to 1896 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Elbistan in 1898/99.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to a peak of 500 in 1898/99, in Elbistan, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

Key numbers

Lifetime earnings4 years with a salary; 92 per cent of the pay of an official on the median salary: 18,120 kuruş
Pay standingof the officials paid in the same years, mean of 4 years: Bottom 40%
Pay standing locallyof those paid in Aleppo (Halep) province, mean of 1 year: Bottom 48%
Average salarya month (4,530 a year); median 380: 378 kuruş
Highest salarya month, in 1898/99: 500 kuruş
Years on record1888 to 1899, 4 with an entry: 11
Placesof the annual entries; 1 job title held: 1
First salary in the annual listsa month, in 1888/89: 250 kuruş
Salary growth a year2 rises, 0 cuts: 7.2%
Salary at first worka month, first-salary field of the record: 300 kuruş
Standing of the last salaryof the officials paid in 1898/99: Above 55%

Salaries are nominal monthly kuruş of the recorded years only; nothing is known about a year without an annual entry.

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 5 stops

birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Diyarbakır telgrafhanesi), stop 3 (Süleymaniye telgraf ve posta merkezi), stop 4 (Süleymaniye telgraf posta merkezi).

Sivas
Born 1858/59 (AH 1275)
Diyarbakır telgrafhanesi as worded, no place record not on the map
1888/89 (AH 1306)
muhabere memuru (asaleten)
250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Süleymaniye telgraf ve posta merkezi as worded, no place record not on the map
1892/93 (AH 1310)
No annual entry for 1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309) before it.
Muhabere Memuru
380 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Süleymaniye telgraf posta merkezi as worded, no place record not on the map
1896/97 (AH 1314)
No annual entry for 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313) before it.
telgraf posta merkezi memuru
380 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Elbistan
1898/99 (AH 1316)
No annual entry for 1897/98 (AH 1315) before it.
telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü
500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry

Salary against the medians of the same year

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
Year	Salary	Median, all officials	Median, same title	Median, same province	Paid less
1888/89	250	400			21%
1892/93	380	400	400		43%
1896/97	380	450			40%
1898/99	500	400		500	55%

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
Years	Title	Place	Salary (kuruş a month)
	First work		300first-salary field
1888/89AH 1306	muhabere memuru (asaleten)		250
No annual entry: 1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309)
1892/93AH 1310	Muhabere Memuru		380
No annual entry: 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314	telgraf posta merkezi memuru		380
No annual entry: 1897/98 (AH 1315)
1898/99AH 1316	telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü	Elbistan	500

Record

Personal

Born: 1858/59 (AH 1275)
Birthplace: Sivas

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 51 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 31st highest salary.

Ali Galip Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Bekir Sami Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,800 kuruş
Mehmed Sezai Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
Parsih Jürenyan Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,200 kuruş

All 232 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 102nd highest salary of them.

Aram Kiragos Olyan Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 500 kuruş
Bekir Sıtkı Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Hasan Hüsnü Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 250 kuruş
İshak Sabri Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 600 kuruş
Muhittin Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 500 kuruş

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 52nd highest salary of them.

Mehmet Ġrfan Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 300 kuruş
Hüseyin Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 20 kuruş
Mehmed Naci Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 300 kuruş
Mehmet Muharrem Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); no salary recorded
Hasan Tahsin Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 855 kuruş

All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Ethem Efendi
Year	Title	Place	Kuruş a month	Institution	Source	Archive reference
1888/89AH 1306	muhabere memuru (asaleten)	Diyarbakır telgrafhanesi	250	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	365 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00054,s.271
1892/93AH 1310	Muhabere Memuru	Süleymaniye telgraf ve posta merkezi	380	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	365 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00054,s.271
1896/97AH 1314	telgraf posta merkezi memuru	Süleymaniye telgraf posta merkezi	380	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	365 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00054,s.271
1898/99AH 1316	telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü	Elbistan	500	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	DH.SAİD.d.nr.00054,s.271

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
Field	Recorded value	Source