İbrahim Ethem Efendi

Born 1841/42 (AH 1257) · Sivas · Dated entries 1854 to 1899 (AH 1271 to 1316)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference DH.SAİD.d.nr.00060,s.131-132

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The life

İbrahim Ethem Efendi was born in Sivas in 1841/42 (AH 1257). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Sivas Vilayeti tahrirat kalemi in 1854/55 (AH 1271). Service included Tahrirat kalemi stajyeri in Sivas (1854/55 (AH 1271)). Later posts included Vilayet meclisi başkâtibi in Sivas (1863/64 (AH 1280)), Orman ve maden müdürü in Adana (1894 to 1898 (AH 1312 to 1315)) and Vergi müdürü in Sivas (1898/99 (AH 1316)). Sivas appears most often, across 7 dated years.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 225 kuruş in 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 1,800 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,000 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Sivas · 1841/42 (AH 1257)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; medrese^[source]
First work: 1854/55 (AH 1271) · Sivas Vilayeti tahrirat kalemi^[source]
Age at first work: 15^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 225 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

12
Dated AH years: 3
Career place names: 4
Entries without a resolved year: 11
Salary years: 225 → 1,800
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 2,000
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 92.6%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 1898/99 (AH 1316); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1898/99 (AH 1316).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 10 · Sivas

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1
1841/42 (AH 1257)
Sivas
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1854/55 (AH 1271)
Sivas Vilayeti tahrirat kalemi / Sivas
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Sivas Vilayeti tahrirat kalemi
1. Sivas Vilayeti tahrirat kalemi
  First work as recorded
  Calculated age 14
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Sivas
  Tahrirat kalemi stajyeri
  225 kuruşCalculated age 14
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Sivas
1. Vilayet meclisi başkâtibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Sivas
1. Meclis-i idare başkâtibi
  900 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. Meclis-i Mebusan azası
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Sivas
1. İstinaf Mahkemesi Azası
  750 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Sivas
1. Nüfus nazırı
  1,000 kuruşCalculated age 44
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Sivas
1. Nüfus nazırı (ikinci kez)
  Calculated age 51
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1894/95 (AH 1312) · 4 recorded years
Adana
AH entries: 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Orman ve maden müdürü
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 55
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Orman ve maden müdürü (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 58
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
10
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Sivas
1. Vergi müdürü
  1,800 kuruşCalculated age 59
  Entry & evidence →[1]

4 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Divan-ı temyiz hukuk başkâtibi · Sivas · Undated · 830 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Mektupçu kalemi mümeyyizi · Sivas · Undated · 900 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Asli memuriyetine dönüş · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Nüfus nazırlığından ayrılma (İnfisal) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]

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Pay over time

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1854/55 (AH 1271)	225	400	100 to 5,000	27.3%	67
1863/64 (AH 1280)	500	475	125 to 3,000	50.2%	232
1870/71 (AH 1287)	900	400	150 to 2,000	75.8%	649
1876/77 (AH 1293)	1,500	420	150 to 2,000	86.1%	1102
1878/79 (AH 1296)	750	400	150 to 2,000	70.5%	1328
1883/84 (AH 1301)	1,000	400	150 to 1,400	82.3%	1720
1894/95 (AH 1312)	2,000	400	140 to 1,500	93.1%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	2,000	400	140 to 1,500	92.1%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	2,000	450	150 to 1,575	92.1%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	2,000	400	140 to 1,425	93.6%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	1,800	400	144 to 1,400	92.6%	1844

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Sivas7
1854 to 1899 (AH 1271 to 1316)
Adana4
1894 to 1898 (AH 1312 to 1315)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
1876/77 (AH 1293)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Sivas225 to 1,800
Adana2,000
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,500

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title

Orman ve maden müdürü4
1894 to 1898 (AH 1312 to 1315)
İstinaf Mahkemesi Azası1
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Meclis-i idare başkâtibi1
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Meclis-i Mebusan azası1
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Nüfus nazırı1
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Nüfus nazırı (ikinci kez)1
1890/91 (AH 1308)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Sivas398 other officialsHafız Ebubekir Rıfat Efendi born 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 250 kuruş
Sivas78 other officialsHüseyin Necmi Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
1854/55 (AH 1271)25 other officialsMehmed Tevfik Paşa first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 40,500 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; medrese^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Arabic · Arabi ilimleri okumuş^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları
NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 206, 207, 208
357 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00060,s.131-132; DH.SAİD.d.nr.00060,s.131-132

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