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İbrahim Edhem Efendi (Hacı)

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

The life of İbrahim Edhem Efendi (Hacı) began in Seddülbahir; the father's occupation was "Bahriye yüzbaşı". The personnel record dates the first work in Eceabat to 1900/01 (AH 1318), after the first annual entry, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1868/69, with İbrahim Edhem (Hacı) as Askerlik (çavuş) and no place named. For 1873 to 1881 and 1890 to 1900 the lists have no entry. Next came Eceabat in 1900/01. The lists have no entry for 1901 to 1903. From 1903 to 1908 the annual entries place İbrahim Edhem (Hacı) in Gelibolu. Few careers in the lists are as long; fewer than 5 per cent of the 8,239 officials have entries spanning 41 years or more.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to a peak of 400 in 1907/08, in Gelibolu, when 40 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 18,000 kuruş, 71 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

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.

All 5 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1900/01145EceabatGelibolu

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Eceabat

    First work 1900/01 (AH 1318)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1868 to 1873 (AH 1285 to 1289)

    Askerlik (çavuş)

    entries in 5 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1881 to 1890 (AH 1299 to 1307)

    No annual entry for 1873 to 1881 (AH 1290 to 1298) before it.

    Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)

    entries in 9 years

  4. Eceabat

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    No annual entry for 1890 to 1900 (AH 1308 to 1317) before it.

    Bidayet Mahkemesi azası

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Gelibolu

    1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325)

    No annual entry for 1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320) before it.

    Sandık emini

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

    No annual entry for 1906/07 (AH 1324).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry01002003004001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325400 kuruşAskerlik (çavuş)Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Sandık emini
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 İbrahim Edhem Efendi (Hacı) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/0120040045015%
1903/0430040550029%
1904/0530040050029%
1905/0630043045029%
1907/0840046050040%

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 İbrahim Edhem Efendi (Hacı), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1868 to 1873AH 1285 to 1289Askerlik (çavuş)
6 entries
YearSalary
1868/69
1869/70
1870/71
1871/72
1872/73
1872/73
No annual entry: 1873 to 1881 (AH 1290 to 1298)
1881 to 1890AH 1299 to 1307Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)
10 entries
YearSalary
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1888/89
1889/90
1889/90
No annual entry: 1890 to 1900 (AH 1308 to 1317)
1900/01AH 1318First workEceabat200first-salary field
1900/01AH 1318Bidayet Mahkemesi azasıEceabat200
No annual entry: 1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320)
1903 to 1906AH 1321 to 1323Sandık emini
4 entries
YearSalary
1903/04300
1904/05300
1905/06300
1905/06
Gelibolu300
No annual entry: 1906/07 (AH 1324)
1907/08AH 1325Sandık eminiGelibolu400

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Seddülbahir
Father's occupation
Bahriye yüzbaşı

First work

Year
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Place
Eceabat

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 place, same years

Of the 18 officials with entries in Gelibolu in the same years, İbrahim Edhem Efendi (Hacı) had the 8th highest salary.

All 84 officials with entries in Gelibolu

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285), 99 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Edhem Efendi (Hacı) had the 74th highest salary of them.

All 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Edhem Efendi (Hacı)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1868/69AH 1285Askerlik (çavuş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1869/70AH 1286Askerlik (çavuş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1870/71AH 1287Askerlik (çavuş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1871/72AH 1288Askerlik (çavuş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1872/73AH 1289Askerlik (çavuş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1872/73AH 1289Askerlik (çavuş) (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1881/82AH 1299Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1882/83AH 1300Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1883/84AH 1301Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1884/85AH 1302Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1885/86AH 1303Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1886/87AH 1304Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1887/88AH 1305Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1888/89AH 1306Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1889/90AH 1307Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1889/90AH 1307Askerlik (tekrar silahaltı) (Görevin sona ermesi)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1900/01AH 1318Bidayet Mahkemesi azasıEceabat200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1903/04AH 1321Sandık eminiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1904/05AH 1322Sandık eminiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1905/06AH 1323Sandık eminiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1905/06AH 1323Sandık emini (istifa) (İnfisal)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
1907/08AH 1325Sandık eminiGelibolu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 169/75
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 İbrahim Edhem Efendi (Hacı) 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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