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Official

Halil İbrahim Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Trabzon in 1887/88 (AH 1305). On record 1905 to 1907, 2 annual entries.

Archive reference 145-217-429

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Life

Halil İbrahim Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1887/88 (AH 1305) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was an accounts official (muhasebe memuru). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); Halil İbrahim also held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

Halil İbrahim began work in Beyoğlu in 1905/06, at about 17, with half a year without pay as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 100 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1905/06, places Halil İbrahim in Beyoğlu as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru). The last post was in Sivas in 1906/07.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1905/06 to 300 in 1906/07, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, when one in four paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1905/061906/07123TrabzonBeyoğluSivas

  1. Trabzon

    Born 1887/88 (AH 1305)

  2. Beyoğlu

    First work 1905/06 (AH 1323); 1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Muhabere Memuru

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Sivas

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Muhabere Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324300 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 Halil İbrahim Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1905/061004753302%
1906/0730045030025%

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 Halil İbrahim Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905/06AH 1323First workBeyoğlu100first-salary field
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu100
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruSivas300

Record

Personal

Born
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Birthplace
Trabzon
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Muhasebe Memuru

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0.5 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
Yes

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)
100

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 90 officials with entries in Beyoğlu in the same years, Halil İbrahim Efendi had the 65th highest salary.

All 460 officials with entries in Beyoğlu

Same job title, same years

Of the 832 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Halil İbrahim Efendi had the 495th 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; Halil İbrahim Efendi had the 2,211th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 66 officials born in Trabzon, Halil İbrahim Efendi had the 60th highest salary.

The page of Trabzon, with the 66 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 117 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), Halil İbrahim Efendi had the 41st highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Halil İbrahim Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract145-217-429
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruSivas300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract145-217-429
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 Halil İbrahim Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHalil İbrahim EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1305Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacetrabzonRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthtrabzonRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationMuhasebe MemuruRecovered 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)0.5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier 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: placebeyogluRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)100Recovered 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.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 1 annual entry 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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