İbrahim Edhem Efendi
Born 1870/71 (AH 1287) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1885 to 1904 (AH 1303 to 1321)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 85-214
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
İbrahim Edhem Efendi was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The father’s occupation was Dedeağaç Sancağı Bidayet Mahkemesi mübaşiri. Schooling included Dimetoka sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Didymoteicho (Dimetoka). Dated career entries span 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 1903/04 (AH 1321) across 9 AH years, from Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) to Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç), beginning with Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi and ending with entries for Dokuzuncu Daire piyade tahsildarı. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç), Firecik ve Dedeağaç, Fethiye (Meğri) and Dedeağaç merkez kazası. [1]
Monthly pay went from 100 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 300 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 7 · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Birth
2 1885/86 (AH 1303) · 5 recorded years
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi
100 kuruşCalculated age 16
Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 20
3 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) / Place not recorded / Firecik ve Dedeağaç / Fethiye (Meğri)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Firecik ve Dedeağaç
Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Nahiye kâtibi
240 kuruşCalculated age 21
4 Nahiye kâtibi
240 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Nahiye kâtibi (Nakil)
Calculated age 22
Recorded service ending
5 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
İstifa
Calculated age 32
6 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Dedeağaç merkez kazası / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dedeağaç merkez kazası; Location not recorded
Dedeağaç merkez kazası
Aşar Emaneti merkez kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 33
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 33
7 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
Dokuzuncu Daire piyade tahsildarı
Calculated age 34
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.
- Mahkeme kalemi stajyeri · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Muhasebe kalemi stajyeri · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Muhasebe kalemi hizmeti · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Year not recorded
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 100 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 4.8% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.1% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.9% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 21.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 400 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 46.2% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 400 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 45.4% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 240 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 20.7% | 1927 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.8% | 1627 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)100 to 400
- Dedeağaç merkez kazası300
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 titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)80 other officialsAhmed İrfan Efendi born 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)24 other officialsMehmed Remzi Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)180 other officialsMUHARREM ZÜHDÜ EFENDİ first entry in Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç); highest salary 780 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar
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BOA. DH. SAİDd. 85-214
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 21 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.