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Official

Kadri İhsan Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). On record 1907 to 1909, 2 annual entries.

Life

Kadri İhsan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hafiz.

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 Istanbul in 1905/06 (AH 1323). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1907/08, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1907/08, shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 50 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Evrak Kalemi. 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 50 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when less than 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Hafiz

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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
1905/06 (AH 1323)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
50

Career

Career of Kadri İhsan Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905/06AH 1323First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)50first-salary field
1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326Evrak Kalemi
2 entries
YearSalary
1907/0850
1908/0950
Istanbul (Dersaadet)50
Monthly salary, kuruş
02040601907/08AH 13251908/09AH 132650 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Kadri İhsan Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1907/08503001%
1908/09503500%

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.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

256 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Kadri İhsan Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1907/08AH 1325Evrak KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract153-162-319
1908/09AH 1326Evrak KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract153-162-319
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 (15)

Recorded values of Kadri İhsan Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameKadri İhsan EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1307Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationhafizRecovered 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)2 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1323Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1905Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)50Recovered 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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.

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