Official
İbrahim Basri Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). On record 1890 to 1904, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0008; 13
Life#
İbrahim Basri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 196 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1895/96.
The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 75 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 13 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 22.51 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
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
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Edepsizlik / Mumaileyh vazife-i memuriyeti başında iken görülen su-i ahlak neticesi maddeten ve maslahaten istihdamına mani olduğundan bin üç yüz on üç senesi Rebiülahirinin üçünde 11 Eylül sene 1311 azledildiği; Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin salifü'z-zikr maddeten ve maslahaten mani‘-i istihdamı olan su-i ahlak maddesi Dersaadet Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memurlarından Osman hakkında ef‘al-i fahişede bulunduğu iddiasıyla maznunun-aleyh bulunmasına mütedair olarak ol babda icra kılınan tahkikat-ı istintakıye neticesinde fiil-i mezkuru irtikap eylediğine dair bir gûna delil hasıl olamadığından; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1890 to 1892AH 1308 to 1309 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 to 100 |
| 1892 to 1895AH 1310 to 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 196 to 220 |
| No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313) | |||
| 1896 to 1904AH 1314 to 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 to 700 |
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 | 50 | 500 | 500 | 0% |
| 1891/92 | 100 | 500 | 550 | 3% |
| 1892/93 | 196 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1893/94 | 220 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1894/95 | 220 | 500 | 400 | 12% |
| 1896/97 | 350 | 500 | 400 | 26% |
| 1897/98 | 350 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1898/99 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 47% |
| 1901/02 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1902/03 | 700 | 500 | 380 | 75% |
| 1903/04 | 700 | 475 | 350 | 75% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mehmet Kadri EfendiIstanbul, 13 shared years
- Mehmet Münip EfendiIstanbul, 13 shared years
- Hacı Mahmut Ziya EfendiIstanbul, 13 shared years
- Mehmet Kadri EfendiIstanbul, 13 shared years
- Yusuf Ziya EfendiIstanbul, 13 shared years
1,113 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abbas Rüştü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Abdullah Zühtü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Abdurrahman Sezai EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Ahmet HamiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Ahmet Nuri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Bahaattin EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Cevdet EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Ahmet Hulusi EfendiIstanbul, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Başmüdür Kitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 196 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 220 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 220 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0008; 13 |
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 (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | İbrahim Basri Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1288 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | telgraf memuru | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1305 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1888 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 50 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Edepsizlik / Mumaileyh vazife-i memuriyeti başında iken görülen su-i ahlak neticesi maddeten ve maslahaten istihdamına mani olduğundan bin üç yüz on üç senesi Rebiülahirinin üçünde 11 Eylül sene 1311 azledildiği used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin salifü'z-zikr maddeten ve maslahaten mani‘-i istihdamı olan su-i ahlak maddesi Dersaadet Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memurlarından Osman hakkında ef‘al-i fahişede bulunduğu iddiasıyla maznunun-aleyh bulunmasına mütedair olarak ol babda icra kılınan tahkikat-ı istintakıye neticesinde fiil-i mezkuru irtikap eylediğine dair bir gûna delil hasıl olamadığından other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1314; 1315; 1316; 1317; 1318; 1319; 1320; 1321 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 13 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.