Official
İbrahim Edhem Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Hersek in 1857/58 (AH 1274). On record 1878 to 1912, 12 annual entries.
Archive reference 58_0025; 47
Life#
İbrahim Edhem Efendi was born in Hersek in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.
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: Bosnian, with Tekellum; Serbian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Bosna in 1878 (AH 1295): Telgraf. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1878, shows Muhabere Memuru in Bosna, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Alanya (Alaiye), the salary going from 300 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bosna). In 1884/85 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Ereğli, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Alanya). In 1887/88 the record shows no title (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Ereğli). In 1910/11 the record shows Başmüdür in Hicaz, with 3,000 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1911 the record shows Başmüdür in Yemen, the salary going from 3,000 to 4,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Hicaz). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1880 and 1888 to 1910.
The highest salary, 4,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1911 as Başmüdür. 95 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 11 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 2,400 kuruş, is seen in 1910/11. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.68 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1911/12, when 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Birthplace
- Hersek
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Tuccar
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- Bosnian
- Tekellumspeaking
- Serbian
- Tekellumspeaking
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1878 (AH 1295)
- Place
- Bosna
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 21
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1878AH 1295 | Telgraffirst work | Bosna | 300first-salary field |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhabere Memuru | Bosna | 300 |
| No annual entry: 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297) | |||
| 1880 to 1884AH 1298 to 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Alanya (Alaiye) | 600 |
| 1884 to 1887AH 1302 to 1304 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Ereğli | 600 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | |||
| No annual entry: 1888 to 1910 (AH 1306 to 1327) | |||
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Başmüdür | Hicaz | 3,000 |
| 1911 to 1912AH 1329 to 1330 | Başmüdür | Yemen | 4,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 300 | 600 | 500 | 8% |
| 1880/81 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1881/82 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1882/83 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1883/84 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1884/85 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1885/86 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 58% |
| 1886/87 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 59% |
| 1910/11 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,500 | 92% |
| 1911 | 4,000 | 500 | 2,500 | 95% |
| 1911/12 | 4,000 | 900 | 89% |
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 and its place on the map.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Possible links: 4 entries in 1 work
- II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları: Ġbrahim Edhem EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; served in the place the work covers; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları: Ġbrahim Edhem EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; served in the place the work covers; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları: Ġbrahim Edhem EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; served in the place the work covers; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları: Ġbrahim Edhem EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; served in the place the work covers; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Süleyman Sırrı EfendiBosna, 1 shared year
- Hamza Bahaeddin EfendiHicaz, 1 shared year
- İsmail Rahmi EfendiBosna, 1 shared year
- Odi EfendiBosna, 1 shared year
Same school recorded
- Abdulkadir EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
- Ahmet Hayri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
- Ahmet Niyazi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
- Ali Rıza EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Hasan Tahsin EfendiHersek, born 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Beyovik Arif EfendiHersek, born 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Ahmet Azmi BeyHersek, born 1862/63 (AH 1279)
- Mustafa Mazhar EfendiHersek, born 1863/64 (AH 1280)
- Mehmet Mecdi EfendiHersek, born 1870/71 (AH 1287)
7 officials in all. Officials born in Hersek
Full record
Annual entries (12)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhabere Memuru | Bosna | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Alanya (Alaiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Alanya (Alaiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Alanya (Alaiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Alanya (Alaiye) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Ereğli | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Ereğli | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Başmuhabere Memuru | Ereğli | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 58_0025; 47 | |||
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Başmüdür | Hicaz | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Başmüdür | Yemen | 4,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
| 1911/12AH 1330 | Başmüdür | Yemen | 4,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 58_0025; 47 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (23)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | İbrahim Edhem Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1274 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | hersek | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Hersek | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Hersek | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Bosna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | bosna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Tuccar | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1295 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1878 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | bosna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Bosna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Bosna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Bosna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 21 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 300 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 8 annual entries of 12 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.