İbrahim Edhem Efendi

İbrahim Edhem Efendi was born in Bosna in 1850/51 (AH 1267). The first salary was 100 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1872/73, with İbrahim Edhem as Sancak baytarı in Zvornik, where the entries run to 1878. At the same time, from 1878 to 1879, the lists also place İbrahim Edhem in Trikala (Tırhala) as Sancak baytarı. The lists have no entry for 1879 to 1886. İbrahim Edhem then moved to Aydın from 1887 to 1892. Alongside, the lists for 1891 to 1895 give a second post, in Konya as Vilayet baytar müfettişi. Alongside, the lists for 1894 to 1910 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Ankara Vilayeti ve Eskişehir Kazası baytar müfettişi. Alongside, the lists for 1897 to 1899 give a second post, in Bandırma as Muayene-i Hayvaniye memuru. The last posts were in Tekirdağ from 1905 to 1910. Few officials served in as many provinces; fewer than 4 per cent of the 6,605 officials with a place of service did.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1872/73 to a peak of 1,500 in 1891/92, in Konya, when 88 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 32 years the salaries add up to 446,400 kuruş, 2.8 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.