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Official

İbrahim Sırrı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Çanakkale in 1862/63 (AH 1279). On record 1878 to 1893, 15 annual entries.

Life

İbrahim Sırrı Efendi was born in Çanakkale in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 Çanakkale in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878/79, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Muhabere Memuru in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, with 385 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Svilengrad).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878/79 as Muhabere Memuru. 18 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 15 years with a salary the median is 385 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 15 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Birthplace
Çanakkale
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Yuzbasi

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
1876/77 (AH 1293)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of İbrahim Sırrı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workÇanakkale400first-salary field
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1878/79400
1879/80385
Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)400 to 385
1880 to 1893AH 1298 to 1310Muhabere Memuru
13 entries
YearSalary
1880/81385
1881/82385
1882/83385
1883/84385
1884/85385
1885/86385
1886/87385
1887/88385
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
1891/92400
1892/93400
Çanakkale385 to 400
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 1310400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 1310This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of İbrahim Sırrı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1878/7940060042018%
1879/8038550038034%
1880/8138550040033%
1881/8238550040031%
1882/8338550040028%
1883/8438550040027%
1884/8538550040027%
1885/8638550040027%
1886/8738550040027%
1887/8838550040027%
1888/8940050040027%
1889/9040050040027%
1890/9140050040028%
1891/9240050040029%
1892/9340050040029%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
ÇanakkaleSvilengrad

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

25 officials in all. Officials recorded in Çanakkale

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

18 officials in all. Officials born in Çanakkale

Full record

Annual entries (15)

Annual entries of İbrahim Sırrı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruSvilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruSvilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)385Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale385Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale385Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale385Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale385Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale385Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale385Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale385Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale385Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruÇanakkale400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract27_124; 245
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 (14)

Recorded values of İbrahim Sırrı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim Sırrı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1279Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacecanakkaleRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthbigaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationYuzbasiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)3Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1293Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1876Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeCanakkaleRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
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.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 15 annual entries of 15 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.