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Mustafa Asım Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

The life of Mustafa Asım Efendi began in Hersek in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the father's occupation was "Terzi". Mustafa Asım began work in 1891/92, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with Mustafa Asım as Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and no place named.

The salary went from 130 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to 200 in 1899/1900, the peak, when 15 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 5,520 kuruş, 38 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1900/01.

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.

  1. Hersek

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Sındırgı as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1901 (AH 1309 to 1318)

    Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı 1891/92 (AH 1309); Birinci Kol Ağnam Tadat memuru 1893 to 1901 (AH 1311 to 1318)

    130 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

    No annual entry for 1892/93 (AH 1310).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001502001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318200 kuruşBirinci Kol Ağnam Tadat memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318This officialMedian, all officials

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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mustafa Asım Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/981304008%
1898/991304008%
1899/190020040015%

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 Mustafa Asım Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First work
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
No annual entry: 1892/93 (AH 1310)
1893 to 1901AH 1311 to 1318Birinci Kol Ağnam Tadat memuru
15 entries
YearSalary
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1895/96
1895/96
1896/97
1896/97
1897/98
1897/98130
1898/99130
1899/1900130
1899/1900200
1899/1900
1899/1900
1900/01

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Birthplace
Hersek
Father's occupation
Terzi

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 birthplace

Of the 23 officials born in Hersek, 22 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Asım Efendi had the 20th highest salary of them.

The page of Hersek, with the 23 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Asım Efendi had the 128th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Asım Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıSındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Birinci Kol Ağnam Tadat memuruSındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Afyon ve Köprü Keşif muharririSındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Afyon ve Köprü Keşif muharririSındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Afyon ve Köprü Keşif muharriri (Görevin sona ermesi)SındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Birinci Kol Ağnam Tadat memuruSındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Afyon ve Köprü Keşif muharririSındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Merkez Kaza Ağnam kâtibiSındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Birinci Kol Ağnam muharririSındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Belediye kâtibi ve sandık eminiSındırgı130Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Belediye kâtibi ve sandık eminiSındırgı130Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Belediye kâtibi ve sandık eminiSındırgı130Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Ziraat Bankası Şubesi tahsildarıSındırgı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Belediye kâtibi ve sandık emini (İstifa)SındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Ziraat Bankası Şubesi tahsildarı (İstifa)SındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Kapı kâtibiSındırgıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Mustafa Asım Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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