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Official

İbrahim Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Malatya in 1866/67 (AH 1283). On record 1893 to 1904, 11 annual entries.

Life

İbrahim Hakkı Efendi was born in Malatya in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Elazığ in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 27 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Keşan, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bolu, the salary going from 200 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Keşan). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çankırı, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bolu). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Çankırı, the salary going from 380 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çankırı).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as 3. Müdür. 67 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 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 220 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Malatya
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
7 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
1886/87 (AH 1304)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

Career

Career of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1886/87AH 1304First workElazığ200first-salary field
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruKeşan200
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruBolu380
1895 to 1900AH 1313 to 1317Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1895/96380
1896/97380
1897/98380
1898/99380
1899/1900380
Çankırı380
1900 to 1904AH 1318 to 13213. Müdür
4 entries
YearSalary
1900/01600
1901/02600
1902/03600
1903/04600
Çankırı600
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320600 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320This 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 Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1893/942005004009%
1894/9538050040026%
1895/9638050040026%
1896/9738050040028%
1897/9838050040029%
1898/9938050040028%
1899/190038050040027%
1900/0160050054067%
1901/0260050054067%
1902/0360050054067%
1903/0460047554067%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
MalatyaÇankırıElazığKeşanBolu

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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.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

11 officials in all. Officials recorded in Çankırı

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

21 officials in all. Officials born in Malatya

Full record

Annual entries (11)

Annual entries of İbrahim Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruKeşan200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruBolu380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruÇankırı380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruÇankırı380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruÇankırı380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruÇankırı380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruÇankırı380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürÇankırı600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1901/02AH 13193. MüdürÇankırı600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürÇankırı600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
1903/04AH 13213. MüdürÇankırı600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0102; 201
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 Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1283Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacemalatyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthelazigRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationEsnafRecovered 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)7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1304Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1887Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeElazigRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered 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.
  • 11 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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