Mustafa Rakım Efendi

Born 1833/34 (AH 1249) · Bursa · Dated entries 1853 to 1902 (AH 1270 to 1319)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference 107/180; 357

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The life

Mustafa Rakım Efendi was born in Bursa in 1833/34 (AH 1249), within the İslam community. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti in 1853/54 (AH 1270). Dated career entries span 1853/54 (AH 1270) to 1901/02 (AH 1319) across 25 AH years, from Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti to Edirne vilâyeti, beginning with evkaf ve ahiren tahrîrat kalemi (mülazemet) and ending with entries for Infisal. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti, vilâyet-i mezkûre, Tuna vilâyeti and Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Kütahya sancağı and 4 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1858/59 (AH 1275) to 500 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,250 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Bursa · 1833/34 (AH 1249)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; medrese^[source]
First work: 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti^[source]
Age at first work: 21^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 5^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

25
Dated AH years: 8
Career place names: 22
Salary years: 500 → 500
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 2,250
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 59.8%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1858/59 (AH 1275) to 1884/85 (AH 1302); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1884/85 (AH 1302).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 16 · Bursa

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1
1833/34 (AH 1249)
Bursa
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 21
  Personal record & evidence →
2. evkaf ve ahiren tahrîrat kalemi (mülazemet)
  Calculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1858/59 (AH 1275)
vilâyet-i mezkûre / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: vilâyet-i mezkûre; Location not recorded
1. vilâyet-i mezkûre
  tahrir-i emlak ve nüfus me’muriyeti refakati
  400 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  tahrir-i emlak komisyon kitâbeti
  500 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1859/60 (AH 1276) · 3 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1276, 1277, 1278. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. tahrir-i emlak komisyon kitâbeti
  500 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. tahrir-i emlak komisyon kitâbeti
  670 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1865/66 (AH 1282) · 3 recorded years
Tuna vilâyeti
AH entries: 1282, 1283, 1284. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tuna vilâyeti
1. emlak baş kitâbeti
  2,250 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Infisal
  Calculated age 35
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Kütahya sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Kütahya sancağı
1. seyyar tahrir fırkası refakat kitâbeti
  500 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Kütahya sancağı / liva-yı mezbur
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Kütahya sancağı; liva-yı mezbur
1. Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Kütahya sancağı
  seyyar tahrir fırkası refakat kitâbeti
  500 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. liva-yı mezbur
  mülga cinayet mahkemesi baş kitâbeti
  650 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1870/71 (AH 1287)
liva-yı mezbur
Not yet located on the map: liva-yı mezbur
1. mülga cinayet mahkemesi baş kitâbeti
  650 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Place not recorded / liva-yı mezbur / vilâyet-i mezkûre
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; liva-yı mezbur; vilâyet-i mezkûre
1. Place not recorded
  tahrir-i emlak komisyon kitâbeti
  800 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. vilâyet-i mezkûre
  divan (Okunamadı)
  380 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
10
1872/73 (AH 1289) · 4 recorded years
vilâyet-i mezkûre
AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: vilâyet-i mezkûre
1. divan (Okunamadı)
  380 kuruşCalculated age 40
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. divan (Okunamadı)
  380 kuruşCalculated age 43
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1878 (AH 1295)
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı
1. muhâkeme-i cinayet baş kitâbeti
  710 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı / liva-yı mezbur
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı; liva-yı mezbur
1. Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı
  muhâkeme-i cinayet baş kitâbeti
  710 kuruşCalculated age 47
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. liva-yı mezbur
  muhâkeme-i bidâyet baş kitâbeti
  600 kuruşCalculated age 47
  Entry & evidence →[1]
13
1879/80 (AH 1297) · 4 recorded years
liva-yı mezbur
AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: liva-yı mezbur
1. muhâkeme-i bidâyet baş kitâbeti
  600 kuruşCalculated age 48
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Infisal
  Calculated age 51
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
14
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Dersaâdet sekizinci daire dahilinde
Not yet located on the map: Dersaâdet sekizinci daire dahilinde
1. birinci tahrir-i nüfus yoklama kalemi me’muriyeti
  Calculated age 52
  Entry & evidence →[1]
15
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Edirne vilâyeti
Not yet located on the map: Edirne vilâyeti
1. nüfus nezareti baş kitâbeti
  500 kuruşCalculated age 53
  Entry & evidence →[1]
16
1901/02 (AH 1319)
Edirne vilâyeti
Not yet located on the map: Edirne vilâyeti
1. Infisal
  Calculated age 70
  Entry & evidence →[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

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1858/59 (AH 1275)	500	500	150 to 5,000	46.2%	105
1859/60 (AH 1276)	500	500	150 to 3,350	48.2%	111
1860/61 (AH 1277)	500	500	150 to 3,000	47.4%	134
1861/62 (AH 1278)	750	500	150 to 3,000	60.6%	161
1865/66 (AH 1282)	2,250	400	150 to 2,000	90.3%	341
1866/67 (AH 1283)	2,250	400	146 to 2,000	91.7%	399
1867/68 (AH 1284)	1,912.5	458	150 to 2,500	86.2%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	500	475	150 to 3,000	52.6%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	650	400	150 to 2,250	67.1%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	650	400	150 to 2,000	67.9%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	800	420.5	125 to 2,375	71.9%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	380	450	140 to 2,350	40.3%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	380	405	130 to 2,200	42.4%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	350	450	150 to 1,800	38.0%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	380	450	150 to 2,000	39.8%	976
1878 (AH 1295)	710	450	150 to 2,000	71.0%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	710	400	150 to 2,000	70.2%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	600	400	180 to 1,800	65.7%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	600	400	160 to 1,500	68.2%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	600	400	150 to 1,500	67.9%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	600	400	150 to 1,400	67.4%	1655
1884/85 (AH 1302)	500	400	150 to 1,500	59.8%	1748

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

liva-yı mezbur8
1869 to 1883 (AH 1286 to 1300)
vilâyet-i mezkûre6
1858 to 1876 (AH 1275 to 1292)
Tuna vilâyeti3
1865 to 1868 (AH 1282 to 1284)
Edirne vilâyeti2
1884 to 1902 (AH 1302 to 1319)
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Kütahya sancağı2
1868 to 1870 (AH 1285 to 1286)
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı2
1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

liva-yı mezbur600 to 650
vilâyet-i mezkûre350 to 400
Tuna vilâyeti1,912.5 to 2,250
Edirne vilâyeti500
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Kütahya sancağı500
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı710

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 title

divan (Okunamadı)5
1871 to 1876 (AH 1288 to 1292)
muhâkeme-i bidâyet baş kitâbeti5
1878 to 1883 (AH 1296 to 1300)
tahrir-i emlak komisyon kitâbeti5
1858 to 1872 (AH 1275 to 1288)
Infisal4
1867 to 1902 (AH 1284 to 1319)
emlak baş kitâbeti3
1865 to 1868 (AH 1282 to 1284)
mülga cinayet mahkemesi baş kitâbeti3
1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)

The 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

Bursa301 other officialsİstepan Efendi born 1833/34 (AH 1249); highest salary 800 kuruş
1853/54 (AH 1270)28 other officialsDerviş Efendi first annual entry 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 750 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; medrese^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · kitâbet eylediği^[source]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 1 (recorded code)^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 338,339,340,341
107/180; 357

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