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Official

İbrahim Ethem Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Vize in 1878/79 (AH 1296). On record 1902 to 1907, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 114_141; 277

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Life

İbrahim Ethem Efendi was born in Vize in 1878/79 (AH 1296), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); İbrahim Ethem also held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

At about 17, in 1896/97, İbrahim Ethem began work in Vize, with six unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1902/03, with İbrahim Ethem as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Ioannina (Yanya). The last posts were in Kastoria in 1903/04 and Damascus (Şam) in 1906/07. The lists have no entry for 1904 to 1906.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1902/03 to 270 in 1906/07, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Damascus, when 23 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 9,240 kuruş, 54 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final 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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1902/031903/041906/071234VizeIoanninaKastoriaDamascus

  1. Vize

    Born 1878/79 (AH 1296); First work 1896/97 (AH 1314)

  2. Ioannina (Yanya)

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Muhabere Memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Kastoria (Kesriye)

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Muhabere Memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Damascus (Şam)

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    No annual entry for 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323) before it.

    Muhabere Memuru

    270 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324270 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 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 İbrahim Ethem Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1902/0325050038015%
1903/0425047535014%
1906/0727045030023%

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 İbrahim Ethem Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workVize250first-salary field
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)250
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruKastoria (Kesriye)250
No annual entry: 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruDamascus (Şam)270

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Vize
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
6 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
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Place
Vize
First salary field (kuruş a month)
250

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 24 officials with entries in Ioannina (Yanya) in the same years, İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 23rd highest salary.

All 208 officials with entries in Ioannina (Yanya)

Same job title, same years

Of the 1,269 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 1,015th 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; İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 2,540th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 3 officials born in Vize, İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the lowest salary.

The page of Vize, with the 3 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 168 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), İbrahim Ethem Efendi had the 104th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of İbrahim Ethem Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract114_141; 277
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruKastoria (Kesriye)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract114_141; 277
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruDamascus (Şam)270Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract114_141; 277
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 (13)

Recorded values of İbrahim Ethem Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİbrahim Ethem EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1296Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacevizeRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthedirneRecovered 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)6Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1314Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1896Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeVizeRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered 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.
  • 2 annual entries of 3 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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