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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 Medina (Medine) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). At about 18, in 1891/92, Mustafa Asım began work in Jeddah (Cidde), on a first salary of 120 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with Mustafa Asım as Cidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesi in Jeddah, where the entries run to 1895/96. Alongside, the lists for 1895/96 give a second post, in Sidon as Sayda Rüsumat Müdürlüğü tezkere kâtibi.

Pay rose from 120 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to a peak of 200 in 1895/96, in Sidon, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 8,160 kuruş, 34 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1895/96.

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
Further places, smaller scale1891/921895/96123MedinaJeddah
  1. Medina (Medine)

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Jeddah (Cidde)

    First work 1891/92 (AH 1309); 1891 to 1896 (AH 1309 to 1313)

    Cidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesi

    120 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  3. Sidon (Sayda)

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Sayda Rüsumat Müdürlüğü tezkere kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313200 kuruşCidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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
1891/921204003007%
1892/93120400252.57%
1893/94120400262.57%
1894/951204003257%
1895/9620040060014%

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 workJeddah (Cidde)120first-salary field
1891 to 1896AH 1309 to 1313Cidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesi
6 entries
YearSalary
1891/92120
1892/93120
1893/94120
1894/95120
1895/96120
1895/96
Jeddah (Cidde)120
1895/96AH 1313Sayda Rüsumat Müdürlüğü tezkere kâtibiSidon (Sayda)200

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Medina (Medine)

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 place, same years

Of the 15 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde) in the same years, Mustafa Asım Efendi had the 14th highest salary.

All 52 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde)

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Medina (Medine), 58 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Asım Efendi had the 42nd highest salary of them.

The page of Medina (Medine), with the 64 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 1309Cidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesiJeddah (Cidde)120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/497, s.497.
1892/93AH 1310Cidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesiJeddah (Cidde)120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/497, s.497.
1893/94AH 1311Cidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesiJeddah (Cidde)120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/497, s.497.
1894/95AH 1312Cidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesiJeddah (Cidde)120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/497, s.497.
1895/96AH 1313Cidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesiJeddah (Cidde)120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/497, s.497.
1895/96AH 1313Cidde Merkez Hastanesi sivil hademesi (İnfisal)Jeddah (Cidde)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/497, s.497.
1895/96AH 1313Sayda Rüsumat Müdürlüğü tezkere kâtibiSidon (Sayda)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/497, s.497.
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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