Mustafa Lütfi Efendi
Born 1878 (AH 1295) · Tosya · Dated entries 1894 to 1909 (AH 1312 to 1326)
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d.137/213
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Lütfi Efendi was born in Tosya in 1878 (AH 1295). The father’s occupation was Esnaf. Schooling included Tosya Rüştiye Mektebi. [source]
Service began in Tosya in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 9 AH years, beginning with Ziraat Bankası Sandığı stajyeri. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Tosya and Çerkeş. [1]
Monthly pay went from 160 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319) to 250 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 250 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · Tosya
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 1878 (AH 1295)
Tosya
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Ziraat Bankası Sandığı stajyeri
Calculated age 17
3 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Tosya
Arazi-i emiriye, vakıf ve emlak yoklama görevlisi
160 kuruşCalculated age 24
4 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Tosya / Çerkeş
Within-year entry order unresolved
Arazi-i emiriye, vakıf ve emlak yoklama görevlisi
160 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Ziraat Bankası Sandık Kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 25
5 1903/04 (AH 1321) · 5 recorded years
Çerkeş
AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Ziraat Bankası Sandık Kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Ziraat Bankası Sandık Kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
6 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Çerkeş / Tosya
Within-year entry order unresolved
Ziraat Bankası Sandık Kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
Ziraat Bankası Sandık Kâtibi
Calculated age 31
3 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Emanet Aşar Kol Muharriri · Undated · 500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Emanet Aşar Kol Muharriri · Undated · 450 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Tapu İdaresi stajyeri · 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.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 160 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 13.0% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 21.5% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 250 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 22.1% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 22.1% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 250 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 22.6% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 250 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 22.2% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 250 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 22.7% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 24.4% | 1232 |
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 rateRanges 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
- Tosya33 other officialsHacı İdris Efendi born 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Tosya6 other officialsMehmet Şükrü Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)224 other officialsHacı Mehmet Arif Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 150 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'ne göre Tosyalı memurlar (1879-1909)
BETÜL MERVE HAMAMCI · 2022 · Pages 41, 42
BOA, DH.SAİD.d.137/213
Read the original source accounts · 15 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 12 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.