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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

İbrahim Ethem Efendi was born in Sivas in 1857/58 (AH 1274). Work began in 1877/78, at about 19. The first annual entry, for 1877/78, places İbrahim Ethem in Sivas, the birthplace, as Mektubi kalemi stajyeri, where the entries run to 1883/84. For 1878 to 1883 and 1884 to 1889 the lists have no entry. From 1889 to 1903 the annual entries place İbrahim Ethem in Istanbul.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1878 to 1,250 in 1902/03, the peak, in Istanbul, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1902/03.

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 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1889/9012SivasIstanbul
  1. Sivas

    Born 1857/58 (AH 1274); 1877 to 1884 (AH 1294 to 1301)

    Mektubi kalemi stajyeri 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295); Ticaret mahkemesi fahri azası 1883/84 (AH 1301)

    0 to 150 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1883 (AH 1296 to 1300).

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1889 to 1903 (AH 1307 to 1320)

    No annual entry for 1884 to 1889 (AH 1302 to 1306) before it.

    Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muavini

    548 to 1,250 kuruş a month; entries in 14 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201,250 kuruşMeskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muavini
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320This 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 İbrahim Ethem Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
18781504503959%
1883/8404004000%
1889/9054840050065%
1902/031,25040058087%

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)
1877/78AH 1294First work
1877 to 1878AH 1294 to 1295Mektubi kalemi stajyeri
2 entries
YearSalary
1877/78
1878150
Sivas150
No annual entry: 1878 to 1883 (AH 1296 to 1300)
1883/84AH 1301Ticaret mahkemesi fahri azasıSivas0
No annual entry: 1884 to 1889 (AH 1302 to 1306)
1889 to 1903AH 1307 to 1320Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muavini
14 entries
YearSalary
1889/90548
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/031,250
Istanbul (Dersaadet)548 to 1,250

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Birthplace
Sivas

First work

Year
1877/78 (AH 1294)

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 530 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 492 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 178th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 29th highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 31st highest salary of them.

All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Ethem Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294Mektubi kalemi stajyeriSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1878AH 1295Muhacirin komisyonu kitabeti refakatiSivas150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1883/84AH 1301Ticaret mahkemesi fahri azasıSivas0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1889/90AH 1307Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)548Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1890/91AH 1308Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1891/92AH 1309Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1892/93AH 1310Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1893/94AH 1311Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1894/95AH 1312Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1895/96AH 1313Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1896/97AH 1314Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1897/98AH 1315Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1898/99AH 1316Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1899/1900AH 1317Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1900/01AH 1318Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1901/02AH 1319Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
1902/03AH 1320Meskûkât-ı Şahane idaresi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records356 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00132,s.259
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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