İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (B)
Born 1866/67 (AH 1283) · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Dated entries 1881 to 1903 (AH 1299 to 1320)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 41/369
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (B) was born in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The father’s occupation was Gümülcine tahsildarı. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). Dated career entries span 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 1902/03 (AH 1320) across 12 AH years, from Komotini (Gümülcine) to Komotini (Gümülcine), beginning with Aşar İdaresi mülazımı and ending with entries for Tahsilat müfettişi. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Komotini (Gümülcine), Sultanyeri, Cuma and Smolyan (Ahiçelebi). [1]
Monthly pay went from 120 kuruş in 1891/92 (AH 1309) to 480 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319); the highest recorded monthly rate is 480 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318). [1]
Life and career
Follow 8 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 8 · Komotini (Gümülcine)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 1866/67 (AH 1283)
Komotini (Gümülcine)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
Aşar İdaresi mülazımı
Calculated age 16
3 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 5 recorded years
Komotini (Gümülcine)
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Komotini (Gümülcine) / Place not recorded / Sultanyeri
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 6 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Cuma / Smolyan (Ahiçelebi)
Within-year entry order unresolved
7 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Smolyan (Ahiçelebi) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
8 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Komotini (Gümülcine)
Tahsilat müfettişi
Calculated age 37
13 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Liva Muhasebesi mülazımı · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Müddeiumumi Muavinliği Kalemi mülazımı · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 120 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 7.1% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 120 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 7.4% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 120 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 7.0% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 28.5% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 27.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 26.4% | 2119 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 300 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 27.7% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 29.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 480 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 54.8% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 480 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 53.8% | 1666 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Komotini (Gümülcine)120 to 300
- Cuma300
- Sultanyeri200
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Komotini (Gümülcine)63 other officialsAron Kazez Efendi born 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Komotini (Gümülcine)38 other officialsAHMED HAMDİ EFENDİ 8 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- 1881/82 (AH 1299)187 other officialsAHMED KANİ EFENDİ first entry in Komotini (Gümülcine); highest salary 300 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Gümülcineli devlet adamları
ŞEHADET ORAN · 2025 · Pages 85, 86, 87
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 41/369; 185 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 41/369.
Read the original source accounts · 31 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 12 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 18 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.