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Mustafa Efendi

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Sivas · Dated entries 1868 to 1886 (AH 1285 to 1303)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference DH.SAİD.d.nr.00019,s.241

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1868/69 (AH 1285): muhasebe kalemi stajyeri, Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi1869/70 (AH 1286): Muhasebe Kalemi, Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi, 40 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287): Muhasebe Kalemi, Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi, 40 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288): Muhasebe Kalemi, Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi, 40 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289): Muhasebe Kalemi, Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi, 100 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289): Muhasebe Kalemi, Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi, 150 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296): vilayet merkez komisyonu başkâtibi, Sivas, 350 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296): vilayet merkez komisyonu başkâtibi, Sivas, 315 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297): vilayet merkez komisyonu başkâtibi, Sivas, 500 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299): sancak aşar idaresi başkâtibi, Sivas Sancağı Aşar İdaresi, 600 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302): merkez kaza aşar başkâtibi, Sivas merkez kazası, 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): aşar memuriyeti (İnfisal), SivasAH 1285AH 1303
Places and reading notes
  • Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi
  • Sivas
  • Sivas Sancağı Aşar İdaresi
  • Sivas merkez kazası

10 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 7 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.

1Sivas
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 7 · Sivas

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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.

3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Sivas

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Sivas / Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi

    1. Sivas

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 13

    2. Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi

      muhasebe kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 13

  3. 3

    1869/70 (AH 1286) · 4 recorded years

    Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi

    AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi

      40 kuruşCalculated age 14

    2. Muhasebe Kalemi

      40 kuruşCalculated age 15

      Continuing service as described

    3. Muhasebe Kalemi

      40 kuruşCalculated age 16

      Continuing service as described

    4. Muhasebe Kalemi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 17

    5. Muhasebe Kalemi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 17

  4. 4

    1878/79 (AH 1296) · 2 recorded years

    Sivas

    AH entries: 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. vilayet merkez komisyonu başkâtibi

      350 kuruşCalculated age 24

    2. vilayet merkez komisyonu başkâtibi

      315 kuruşCalculated age 24

    3. vilayet merkez komisyonu başkâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 25

  5. 5

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Sivas Sancağı Aşar İdaresi

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas Sancağı Aşar İdaresi

    1. sancak aşar idaresi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 27

  6. 6

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Sivas merkez kazası

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas merkez kazası

    1. merkez kaza aşar başkâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 30

  7. 7

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Sivas

    1. aşar memuriyeti (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 31

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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.

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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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1869/70 (AH 1286)40400150 to 2,2502.5%609
1870/71 (AH 1287)40400150 to 2,0001.5%649
1871/72 (AH 1288)40420.5125 to 2,3752.7%712
1872/73 (AH 1289)150450140 to 2,35010.8%736
1878/79 (AH 1296)350400150 to 2,00040.0%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)500400180 to 1,80057.9%1534
1881/82 (AH 1299)600400150 to 1,50067.9%1489
1884/85 (AH 1302)400400150 to 1,50045.1%1748

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03006001869/70AH 12861877/78AH 12941884/85AH 13021869/70 (AH 1286) · 40 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · 40 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · 40 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · 100 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · 150 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 350 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 315 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 500 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 600 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 400 kuruş

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● 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 entries
  1. Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi5
    1868 to 1873 (AH 1285 to 1289)
  2. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
  3. Sivas merkez kazası1
    1884/85 (AH 1302)
  4. Sivas Sancağı Aşar İdaresi1
    1881/82 (AH 1299)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Sivas Muhasebe Kalemi40 to 150
  2. Sivas315 to 500
  3. Sivas merkez kazası400
  4. Sivas Sancağı Aşar İdaresi600

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
  1. 1869 to 1873 (AH 1286 to 1289)
  2. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)
  4. 1868/69 (AH 1285)
  5. 1881/82 (AH 1299)

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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Sivas Rüştiyesi; medrese [source]

Qualification bir miktar Arabî, Farisî ilimler ve hesap [1]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1855/56 (AH 1272) [source]
Father’s occupation
askerî yüzbaşı [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00019,s.241 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Sivas Rüştiyesi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
bir miktar Arabî, Farisî ilimler ve hesap [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas [source]
First work year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 337, 338

    532 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00019,s.241; DH.SAİD.d.nr.00019,s.241

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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