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Job title

Musillik

Musillik is the job title in 135 annual entries of 25 officials, from 1878 to 1909 (AH 1296 to 1326). The median of the 135 recorded monthly salaries is 200 kuruş. The entries name 30 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 2.

Officials
25
Annual entries1878 to 1909, AH 1296 to 1326
135
Year with most officials10 officials
1889/90
Median monthly salaryfrom 135 recorded salaries
200 kuruş
Places with officials
30

Stored spellings: Musillik; musillik

Note: No gloss: the meaning of 'Musillik' could not be confirmed. Kept apart from Mevsillik and Muvassil

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1889/90 (AH 1307) with 10 officials. Years with an annual entry: 30.
02468101882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132510 in 1889/90Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Musillik
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1878/79 (AH 1296)222
1879/80 (AH 1297)202
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)323
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)525
1885/86 (AH 1303)505
1886/87 (AH 1304)838
1887/88 (AH 1305)808
1888/89 (AH 1306)939
1889/90 (AH 1307)10110
1890/91 (AH 1308)808
1891/92 (AH 1309)818
1892/93 (AH 1310)626
1893/94 (AH 1311)717
1894/95 (AH 1312)505
1895/96 (AH 1313)303
1896/97 (AH 1314)535
1897/98 (AH 1315)515
1898/99 (AH 1316)404
1899/1900 (AH 1317)303
1900/01 (AH 1318)303
1901/02 (AH 1319)414
1902/03 (AH 1320)404
1903/04 (AH 1321)303
1904/05 (AH 1322)303
1905/06 (AH 1323)202
1906/07 (AH 1324)313
1907/08 (AH 1325)303
1908/09 (AH 1326)101

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 135 recorded monthly salaries is 200 kuruş, the mean 204 kuruş.
01002003004005001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 200 kuruş in 1897/98Musillik, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Musillik
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1878/792150150150150600
1879/802142142142142500
1881/821150150150150500
1882/833142144141146500
1883/842171171156.5185.5500
1884/855142225.2142200500
1885/865200236.8142200500
1886/878146202142200500
1887/888150204.25148200500
1888/899150201.78142200500
1889/9010150206.6142200500
1890/918150174.88142200500
1891/928175182.12148200500
1892/936200209.5162.5230500
1893/947200208.14175220500
1894/955200213.4200200500
1895/963200250200275500
1896/975200210200200500
1897/985200200200200500
1898/994200200187.5212.5500
1899/19003200183.33175200500
1900/013200216.67200225500
1901/024200200187.5212.5500
1902/034200200187.5212.5500
1903/043200200175225475
1904/053200200175225450
1905/062225225187.5262.5475
1906/073150200150225450
1907/083300316.67225400300
1908/091300300300300350

Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.

Places

Show the other 5 places
Places of Musillik, the place with most officials first, continued
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
GalataIstanbul (Dersaadet) province111896/97
Jeddah (Cidde)Hejaz (Hicaz) province111883/84
KurvelesIoannina (Yanya) province111889/90
TurbedereEdirne province111906/07
İneboluKastamonu province111882/83

Ottoman officials recorded

25 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Musillik
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Ali Efendi1896 to 190913200 to 300Kemaliye (Eğin)
MAHMUT CELALETTİN EFENDİ1893 to 190512200Gülşehir (Arapsun)
Osman Efendi1882 to 189210142 to 150Aleppo (Halep)
Halil Pertev Efendi1889 to 18989200Kafkasya
Hüseyin Sabri Efendi1886 to 18959140 to 150Bursa
Ahmet Efendi1884 to 18928142 to 200Beirut (Beyrut)
Hamit Hamdi Efendi1901 to 19087150Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Hanna Efendi1884 to 18917142Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Lütfü Efendi1888 to 18957200 to 325Bosna
Raşit Efendi1882 to 18907140 to 550İnebolu
Veliyüddin Efendi1897 to 19036150 to 200Konya
Hakkı Efendi1891 to 18965200 to 350Kırklareli
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1883 to 18885200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Efendi1886 to 18904142Rhodes (Rodos)
Mehmet Rıfat Efendi1888 to 18924140Trabzon
Mehmet Tahsin Efendi1888 to 18924142Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Naci Efendi1892 to 18942150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fahri Efendi1892 to 18942240Geyve
Kamil Efendi1881 to 18832150Elbasan (İlbasan)
Mahir Efendi1878 to 18802142 to 150Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
Mehmet Fevzi Efendi1878 to 18802142 to 150Kütahya
Yaver Yorgi Efendi1886 to 18882150Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Mustafa Esat Efendi1896/971200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279)1896 to 18993250Divriği
Unnamed official (0156_0133;263)1906 to 19082150 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.