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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

Mustafa Asım Efendi was born in Varna in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The annual lists begin in 1899/1900, with Mustafa Asım as Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi in Tripoli (Trablusşam). At the same time, from 1900/01, the lists also place Mustafa Asım in Chios (Sakız) as Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi.

Pay rose from 1,200 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to a peak of 1,500 in 1900/01, in Chios, when nine in ten paid officials earned less. 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.

All 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1899/19001900/01123VarnaTripoliChios

  1. Varna

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Tripoli (Trablusşam)

    1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)

    Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi

    1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Chios (Sakız)

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi

    1,500 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
05001,0001,5001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181,500 kuruşTicaret Mahkemesi Reisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318This 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
1899/19001,20040050087%
1900/011,50040080089%

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)
1899 to 1901AH 1317 to 1318Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi
3 entries
YearSalary
1899/19001,200
1900/011,200
1900/01
Tripoli (Trablusşam)1,200
1900/01AH 1318Ticaret Mahkemesi ReisiChios (Sakız)1,500

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Varna

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 5 officials with entries in Tripoli (Trablusşam) in the same years, 4 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Asım Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.

All 31 officials with entries in Tripoli (Trablusşam)

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Varna, 89 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Asım Efendi had the 20th highest salary of them.

The page of Varna, with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317), 126 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Asım Efendi had the 8th highest salary of them.

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Asım Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1899/1900AH 1317Ticaret Mahkemesi ReisiTripoli (Trablusşam)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287; 308 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287.
1900/01AH 1318Ticaret Mahkemesi ReisiTripoli (Trablusşam)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287; 308 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287.
1900/01AH 1318Ticaret Mahkemesi Reisi (Nakil)Tripoli (Trablusşam)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287; 308 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287.
1900/01AH 1318Ticaret Mahkemesi ReisiChios (Sakız)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287; 308 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/287.
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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