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Mustafa Tevfik 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 Tevfik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1865/66 (AH 1282); the father was an imam. Work began in Istanbul in 1891/92, at about 26. The first annual entry, for 1891/92, places Mustafa Tevfik in Istanbul, the birthplace, as Telgraf mülazımı. The lists have no entry for 1892 to 1894. The annual lists then follow Mustafa Tevfik to a post with no place named from 1894 to 1899. Alongside, the lists for 1898 to 1904 give a second post, in Ankara as Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1903/04 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhasebe memuru.

Pay rose from 750 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 1,000 in 1903/04, when 81 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1903/04.

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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1898/9913IstanbulAnkara

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi), stop 4 (Ab kazası).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1865/66 (AH 1282); First work 1891/92 (AH 1309); 1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Telgraf mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  2. Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1894 to 1899 (AH 1312 to 1316)

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311) before it.

    Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    475 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  3. Ankara

    1898 to 1904 (AH 1316 to 1321)

    Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  4. Ab kazası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhasebe memuru

    1,000 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
no entry05001,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211,000 kuruşTelgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruTelgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This 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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/9575040074%
1895/9675040074%
1896/9775045073%
1897/9867540074%
1898/9947540054%
1899/190040040040044%
1900/0140040050045%
1901/0240040050043%
1902/0340040050044%
1903/041,00040581%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1891/92AH 1309Telgraf mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
No annual entry: 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)
1894 to 1899AH 1312 to 1316Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1894/95750
1895/96750
1896/97750
1896/97675
1897/98675
1898/99475
750 to 475
1898 to 1904AH 1316 to 1321Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1898/99400
1899/1900400
1900/01400
1901/02400
1902/03400
1903/04400
Ankara400
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhasebe memuru1,000

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Father's occupation
İmam

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 25 officials with entries in Ankara in the same years, 24 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Efendi had the 14th highest salary of them.

All 119 officials with entries in Ankara

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Efendi had the 204th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 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 Tevfik Efendi had the 21st 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 Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Telgraf mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1894/95AH 1312Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruYemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1895/96AH 1313Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruYemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruYemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruYemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi675Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1897/98AH 1315Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruYemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi675Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1898/99AH 1316Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruKal'a-i Sultani475Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1898/99AH 1316Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1899/1900AH 1317Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1900/01AH 1318Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1901/02AH 1319Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1902/03AH 1320Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records96 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhasebe memuruAb kazası1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, nr.67, s.237
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 Tevfik 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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