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Official

İsmail Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1878 (AH 1295). On record 1895 to 1906, 10 annual entries.

Life

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1878 (AH 1295). 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aleppo in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Posta Memuru in Mardin, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). No annual entry is recorded for 1904/05.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Posta Memuru. 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.92 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1878 (AH 1295)
Birthplace
Aleppo (Halep)
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

Arabic
Kitabetwriting
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1892/93 (AH 1310)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
işret / badema işret etmeyeceği (…) temine alındığından bin üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Rebiülevvelinin on beşinde 7 Mayıs sene 1321 dört yüz kuruş maaşla Mardin Telgraf ve Posta Memurluğuꞌna nakl; işretten dolayı; İşret
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1323

Career

Career of İsmail Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310First workAleppo (Halep)300first-salary field
1895 to 1904AH 1313 to 1321Muhabere Memuru
9 entries
YearSalary
1895/96300
1896/97300
1897/98300
1898/99300
1899/1900300
1900/01300
1901/02300
1902/03300
1903/04300
Aleppo (Halep)300
No annual entry: 1904/05 (AH 1322)
1905/06AH 1323Posta MemuruMardin400
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry01002003004001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This 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 İsmail Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1895/9630050040017%
1896/9730050040018%
1897/9830050040019%
1898/9930050040019%
1899/190030050040018%
1900/0130050040018%
1901/0230050040020%
1902/0330050038021%
1903/0430047535023%
1905/0640047540038%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
AleppoMardin

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

81 officials in all. Officials recorded in Aleppo (Halep)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

66 officials in all. Officials born in Aleppo (Halep)

Full record

Annual entries (10)

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruAleppo (Halep)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruAleppo (Halep)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruAleppo (Halep)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruAleppo (Halep)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruAleppo (Halep)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruAleppo (Halep)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruAleppo (Halep)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruAleppo (Halep)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruAleppo (Halep)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
1905/06AH 1323Posta MemuruMardin400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0143: 281
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)

Recorded values of İsmail Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİsmail Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1295Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacehalepRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthhalepRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationTelgraf MemuruRecovered 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)1310Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1892Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeHalepRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedişret / badema işret etmeyeceği (…) temine alındığından bin üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Rebiülevvelinin on beşinde 7 Mayıs sene 1321 dört yüz kuruş maaşla Mardin Telgraf ve Posta Memurluğuꞌna nakl used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedişretten dolayı other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedİşret other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1323Later 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.
  • 10 annual entries of 10 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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