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Süleyman Mustafa 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

The life of Süleyman Mustafa Efendi began in Ürgüp. Süleyman Mustafa began work in Ürgüp in 1876/77 (AH 1293), on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1876/77, with Süleyman Mustafa as Telgraf merkezi muvassılı in Ürgüp, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1880/81. Alongside, the lists for 1880 to 1892 give a second post, in Konya as Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1891/92 give a second post, in Kırşehir as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1876/77 to 500 in 1891/92, the peak, in Kırşehir, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 17 years of salary come to 54,600 kuruş, 65 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1891/92.

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
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1880/811891/92123ÜrgüpKonyaKırşehir
  1. Ürgüp

    First work 1876/77 (AH 1293); 1876 to 1881 (AH 1293 to 1298)

    Telgraf merkezi muvassılı

    142 to 150 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  2. Konya

    1880 to 1892 (AH 1298 to 1309)

    Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 12 years

  3. Kırşehir

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309500 kuruşTelgraf merkezi muvassılıTelgraf merkezi muhabere memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309This 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 Süleyman Mustafa Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/771504203709%
1877/781504502759%
18781504502409%
1878/79150400200.57%
1879/801504003007%
1880/8130040030028%
1881/8230040030028%
1882/8330040030027%
1883/8430040040028%
1884/8530040035028%
1885/8630040035027%
1886/8730040036028%
1887/8830040036028%
1888/8930040039029%
1889/9030040033029%
1890/9130040035028%
1891/9250040042556%

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 Süleyman Mustafa Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workÜrgüp150first-salary field
1876 to 1881AH 1293 to 1298Telgraf merkezi muvassılı
7 entries
YearSalary
1876/77150
1877/78150
1878150
1878/79150
1879/80150
1879/80142
1880/81142
Ürgüp150 to 142
1880 to 1892AH 1298 to 1309Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru
12 entries
YearSalary
1880/81300
1881/82300
1882/83300
1883/84300
1884/85300
1885/86300
1886/87300
1887/88300
1888/89300
1889/90300
1890/91300
1891/92300
Konya300
1891/92AH 1309Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruKırşehir500

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Ürgüp

First work

Year
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Place
Ürgüp

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 Konya in the same years, Süleyman Mustafa Efendi had the 20th highest salary.

All 84 officials with entries in Konya

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Mustafa Efendi had the 34th highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293), 168 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Mustafa Efendi had the 97th highest salary of them.

All 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Mustafa Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Telgraf merkezi muvassılıÜrgüp150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1877/78AH 1294Telgraf merkezi muvassılıÜrgüp150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1878AH 1295Telgraf merkezi muvassılıÜrgüp150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1878/79AH 1296Telgraf merkezi muvassılıÜrgüp150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1879/80AH 1297Telgraf merkezi muvassılıÜrgüp150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1879/80AH 1297Telgraf merkezi muvassılıÜrgüp142Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1880/81AH 1298Telgraf merkezi muvassılıÜrgüp142Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1880/81AH 1298Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1881/82AH 1299Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1882/83AH 1300Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1883/84AH 1301Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1884/85AH 1302Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1885/86AH 1303Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1886/87AH 1304Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1887/88AH 1305Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1888/89AH 1306Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1889/90AH 1307Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1890/91AH 1308Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1891/92AH 1309Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
1891/92AH 1309Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruKırşehir500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 4400044.
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 Süleyman Mustafa 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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