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Mustafa Fazıl Efendi

Born 1841/42 (AH 1257) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1862 to 1908 (AH 1279 to 1325)

Archival references BOA.DH.SAİD., No:134, s.415; BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.729

The career, year by year

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

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1KütahyaIstanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 10 · Kütahya

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1841/42 (AH 1257)

    Kütahya

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul, Atik Saray Birinci Alayı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Atik Saray Birinci Alayı

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 22

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded / İstanbul, Atik Saray Birinci Alayı / Rikâb-ı Hümâyun İkinci Sipahi Bölüğü

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; İstanbul, Atik Saray Birinci Alayı; Rikâb-ı Hümâyun İkinci Sipahi Bölüğü

      All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1864/65 (AH 1281)

      Place not recorded

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

        All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

      1. 5

        1865/66 (AH 1282)

        Place not recorded / Rikâb-ı Hümâyun İkinci Sipahi Bölüğü / Istabl-ı Âmire

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Rikâb-ı Hümâyun İkinci Sipahi Bölüğü; Istabl-ı Âmire

          All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1866/67 (AH 1283) · 6 recorded years

          Place not recorded / Istabl-ı Âmire

          AH entries: 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Istabl-ı Âmire

            All 17 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1883/84 (AH 1301) · 16 recorded years

            Place not recorded / Istabl-ı Âmire

            AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.

            Within-year entry order unresolved

            Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Istabl-ı Âmire

              All 45 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 3 recorded years

              Place not recorded

              AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.

              Within-year entry order unresolved

              Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1902/03 (AH 1320)

                Place not recorded / Istabl-ı Âmire

                Within-year entry order unresolved

                Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Istabl-ı Âmire

                  All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1907/08 (AH 1325)

                  Place not recorded

                  Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                  1. Vefat

                    Calculated age 68

                1 entry without a resolved year

                These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

                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

                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.

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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
                1865/66 (AH 1282)500400150 to 2,00053.2%341
                1866/67 (AH 1283)500400146 to 2,00055.0%399
                1867/68 (AH 1284)500458150 to 2,50052.5%435
                1868/69 (AH 1285)500475150 to 3,00052.6%505
                1869/70 (AH 1286)500400150 to 2,25055.1%609
                1870/71 (AH 1287)500400150 to 2,00054.9%649
                1871/72 (AH 1288)500420.5125 to 2,37554.4%712
                1883/84 (AH 1301)250400150 to 1,40019.6%1720
                1884/85 (AH 1302)250400150 to 1,50019.9%1748
                1885/86 (AH 1303)250400150 to 1,50019.6%1787
                1886/87 (AH 1304)250400150 to 1,50020.1%1725
                1887/88 (AH 1305)250400150 to 1,50020.9%1762
                1888/89 (AH 1306)350400135 to 1,50039.9%1797
                1889/90 (AH 1307)350400130 to 1,50040.1%1874
                1890/91 (AH 1308)350400125 to 1,50039.6%1896
                1891/92 (AH 1309)350400140 to 1,60039.2%1927
                1892/93 (AH 1310)350400135 to 1,50038.9%1935
                1893/94 (AH 1311)450400140 to 1,40052.4%1929
                1894/95 (AH 1312)500400140 to 1,50055.4%2004
                1895/96 (AH 1313)600400140 to 1,50064.9%1981
                1896/97 (AH 1314)600450150 to 1,57564.0%2119
                1897/98 (AH 1315)700400140 to 1,42576.0%1891
                1898/99 (AH 1316)800400144 to 1,40078.4%1844
                1899/1900 (AH 1317)800400140 to 1,44077.3%1821
                1900/01 (AH 1318)800400140 to 1,50077.7%1761
                1901/02 (AH 1319)900400150 to 1,52078.6%1666
                1902/03 (AH 1320)1,000400150 to 1,50081.9%1627

                Career patterns and pay

                Recorded pay over the career

                Kuruş · dated amounts

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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. Istabl-ı Âmire24
                  1865 to 1903 (AH 1282 to 1320)
                2. 1862 to 1864 (AH 1279 to 1280)
                3. İstanbul, Atik Saray Birinci Alayı2
                  1862 to 1864 (AH 1279 to 1280)
                4. Rikâb-ı Hümâyun İkinci Sipahi Bölüğü2
                  1863 to 1866 (AH 1280 to 1282)

                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. Istabl-ı Âmire250 to 1,000

                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. 1888 to 1903 (AH 1306 to 1320)
                2. 1865 to 1889 (AH 1282 to 1306)
                3. 1888 to 1903 (AH 1306 to 1320)
                4. 1883 to 1889 (AH 1301 to 1306)
                5. 1867 to 1872 (AH 1284 to 1288)
                6. 1863 to 1866 (AH 1280 to 1282)

                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

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                Education and personal record

                Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

                All personal fields and their sources

                Sources and evidence

                1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

                  MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 154, 155, 156

                  BOA.DH.SAİD., No:134, s.415

                2. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

                  ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 37, 38

                  BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.729

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                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 · 31 dated AH years

                Annual salary study and register readings

                The separate annual salary reference account has 84 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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