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Mustafa Kamil 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 Kamil Efendi was born in Safranbolu in 1846/47 (AH 1263). The personnel record dates the first work in Istanbul to 1894/95, after the first annual entry, on a first salary of 500 kuruş. Of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 1 per cent started at 48 or older. The annual lists begin in 1867/68, with Mustafa Kamil as askerlik (kura) and no place named. For 1870 to 1894 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Istanbul in 1894/95.

The one salary in the lists is 500 kuruş a month, for 1894/95, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1894/95.

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 5 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1894/951894/95125SafranboluIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Place not recorded).

  1. Safranbolu

    Born 1846/47 (AH 1263)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1894/95 (AH 1312)

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    askerlik (kura)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Place not recorded not on the map

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    No annual entry for 1868/69 (AH 1285) before it.

    redif sınıfına nakil (bedel-i nakdi)

    entries in 1 year

  5. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    No annual entry for 1870 to 1894 (AH 1287 to 1311) before it.

    Harem-i Hümayun Masraf Nezareti veznedarı

    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
no entryno entry02004006001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312500 kuruş

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 Kamil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1867/68AH 1284askerlik (kura)
No annual entry: 1868/69 (AH 1285)
1869/70AH 1286redif sınıfına nakil (bedel-i nakdi)
No annual entry: 1870 to 1894 (AH 1287 to 1311)
1894/95AH 1312First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)500first-salary field
1894/95AH 1312Harem-i Hümayun Masraf Nezareti veznedarıIstanbul (Dersaadet)500

Record

Personal

Born
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Birthplace
Safranbolu

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)

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 213 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 206 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Kamil Efendi had the 151st highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 89 officials born in Safranbolu, 71 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Kamil Efendi had the 29th highest salary of them.

The page of Safranbolu, with the 89 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284), 83 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Kamil Efendi had the 59th highest salary of them.

  • MEHMED BEYfirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 500 kuruş
  • Süleyman Sırrı Efendifirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 600 kuruş
  • Beşare Efendifirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 865 kuruş
  • David Efendifirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 977 kuruş
  • Ömer Efendifirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 400 kuruş

All 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Kamil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1867/68AH 1284askerlik (kura)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records90 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.133, s.31
1869/70AH 1286redif sınıfına nakil (bedel-i nakdi)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records90 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.133, s.31
1894/95AH 1312Harem-i Hümayun Masraf Nezareti veznedarıIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records90 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.133, s.31
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 Kamil 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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