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İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (D)

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

İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (D) was born in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1870/71 (AH 1287); the father's occupation was "Gümülcine Telgrafhanesi çavuşu". At about 14, in 1883/84, İBRAHİM EDHEM (D) began work in Komotini, on a first salary of 0 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1883/84, with İBRAHİM EDHEM (D) as Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. In place of a title the lists give Azil (dismissal) for 1895/96.

The salary went from 20 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to 500 in 1892/93, the peak, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 13 years the salaries add up to 44,880 kuruş, 71 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1895/96.

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.

  1. Komotini (Gümülcine)

    Born 1870/71 (AH 1287); First work 1883/84 (AH 1301)

  2. Gümülcine Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1883 to 1896 (AH 1301 to 1313)

    Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı 1883 to 1896 (AH 1301 to 1313); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1895/96 (AH 1313)

    0 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313500 kuruşTahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This officialMedian, all officials

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 İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (D) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1883/84204000%
1884/85204000%
1885/861004004%
1886/871004004%
1887/881004005%
1888/8935040039%
1889/9035040040%
1890/9135040039%
1891/9235040039%
1892/9350040056%
1893/9450040055%
1894/9550040055%
1895/9650040055%

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 İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (D), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First workKomotini (Gümülcine)0first-salary field
1883 to 1896AH 1301 to 1313Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
19 entries
YearSalary
1883/840
1883/8420
1884/8520
1885/8620
1885/86100
1886/87100
1887/88100
1888/89100
1888/89350
1889/90350
1890/91350
1891/92350
1892/93350
1892/93500
1893/94500
1894/95500
1894/95180
1894/95
1895/96500
0 to 500
1895/96AH 1313Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Father's occupation
Gümülcine Telgrafhanesi çavuşu

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)

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 birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Komotini (Gümülcine), 59 have a recorded salary; İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (D) had the 21st highest salary of them.

The page of Komotini (Gümülcine), with the 64 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (D) had the 74th highest salary of them.

All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (D)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıGümülcine Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1883/84AH 1301Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıGümülcine Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1884/85AH 1302Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıGümülcine Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1885/86AH 1303Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıGümülcine Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1885/86AH 1303Belediye Kitabeti refikiGümülcine Belediyesi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1886/87AH 1304Belediye Kitabeti refikiGümülcine Belediyesi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1887/88AH 1305Belediye Kitabeti refikiGümülcine Belediyesi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1888/89AH 1306Belediye Kitabeti refikiGümülcine Belediyesi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1888/89AH 1306Belediye kâtibiGümülcine Belediyesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1889/90AH 1307Belediye kâtibiGümülcine Belediyesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1890/91AH 1308Belediye kâtibiGümülcine Belediyesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1891/92AH 1309Belediye kâtibiGümülcine Belediyesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1892/93AH 1310Belediye kâtibiGümülcine Belediyesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniGümülcine Ziraat Bankası Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniGümülcine Ziraat Bankası Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniGümülcine Ziraat Bankası Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur vekiliGümülcine Ziraat Bankası Şubesi180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1894/95AH 1312Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniGümülcine Ziraat Bankası Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
1895/96AH 1313AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265; 187 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 100/265.
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 İBRAHİM EDHEM EFENDİ (D) 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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