Mustafa Asım Efendi
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Varna · Dated entries 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)
Languages French
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Tripoli (Trablusşam)
- Chios (Sakız)
2 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mustafa Asım Efendi was born in Varna in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Schooling included Zirek Mekteb-i Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Hukuk-ı Şahane. The language repertoire included French. [source]
Dated career entries span 1899/1900 (AH 1317) to 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 2 AH years, beginning with Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Tripoli (Trablusşam) and Chios (Sakız). [1]
Monthly pay went from 1,200 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317) to 1,500 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,500 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318). [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 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 3 · Varna
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.
1 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Varna
Birth
2 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi
1,200 kuruşCalculated age 27
3 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Tripoli (Trablusşam) / Chios (Sakız)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi
1,200 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi (Nakil)
Calculated age 28
Recorded service ending
Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 28
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Dava vekili · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 1,200 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 87.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 89.9% | 1761 |
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- Tripoli (Trablusşam)1,200
- Chios (Sakız)1,500
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
- Varna90 other officialsMemduh Kemal Bey born 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Tripoli (Trablusşam)4 other officialsMustafa Hayri Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- 1899/1900 (AH 1317)143 other officialsBekir Efendi first annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 250 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye: aliyyülâlâ şehadetname; Hukuk: âlâ mezuniyet ruûsu [1]
Schooling Zirek Mekteb-i Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Hukuk-ı Şahane [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- French · Aşina [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- French
- Aşina [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye: aliyyülâlâ şehadetname; Hukuk: âlâ mezuniyet ruûsu [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Zirek Mekteb-i Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Hukuk-ı Şahane [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 14 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 170, 171
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287; 308 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 2 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 4 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.