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Official

İsmail Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1892 to 1894, 2 annual entries. Death recorded 1894/95.

Archive reference 0065_0059; 115

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Life

Born in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289), İsmail Hakkı Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).

İsmail Hakkı began work in Istanbul in 1890/91, at about 18, with two unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 75 kuruş. Both annual entries, for 1892/93 and 1893/94, place İsmail Hakkı in Istanbul, the birthplace, as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru).

Pay rose from 75 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 130 in 1893/94, as Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, when 5 per cent of paid officials earned less. After the last annual entry, for 1893/94, the list of 1894/95 (AH 1312) gives the status word Vefat (death).

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001501892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311130 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311This 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
1892/93755004002%
1893/941305004005%

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

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Career of İsmail Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)75first-salary field
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1892/9375
1893/94130
Istanbul (Dersaadet)75 to 130
1894/95AH 1312Death recorded

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Death recorded
1894/95 (AH 1312)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

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
1890/91 (AH 1308)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
75

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 567 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 553rd highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 900 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 897th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 2,998th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 1,789th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 189 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 184th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)75Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0059; 115
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)130Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0059; 115
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 İsmail Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİsmail Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1289Recovered 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
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)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1308Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1891Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)75Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1312Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
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.
  • 2 annual entries of 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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

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