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Mustafa Rasim Efendi

Born 1863/64 (AH 1280) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1891 to 1900 (AH 1309 to 1317)

Languages French, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.957

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1891/92 (AH 1309): Sermühendislik muavini, Edirne, 650 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310): Sermühendislik muavini, Edirne, 650 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310): Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu mühendisi, Edirne, 1,000 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317): Vefat, place unspecifiedAH 1309AH 1317
Places and reading notes
  • Edirne

3 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 4 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.

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

Stage 1 of 4 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

  1. 1

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Edirne

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 29

    2. Sermühendislik muavini

      650 kuruşCalculated age 29

  3. 3

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Edirne

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Sermühendislik muavini

      650 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu mühendisi

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 30

  4. 4

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Vefat

      Calculated age 37

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
1891/92 (AH 1309)650400140 to 1,60071.6%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)1,000400135 to 1,50080.8%1935

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
05001,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101891/92 (AH 1309) · 650 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 650 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 1,000 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. 1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

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. Edirne650 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. 1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)
  2. 1892/93 (AH 1310)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Hendese-i Mülkiye şehadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Sultan Selim İbtidai Mektebi; Çankırı Rüşdiye Mektebi; Hendese-i Mülkiye Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

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

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]
Father’s occupation
Çankırı sancağı eski tahsildarı [source]
Archive references
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.957 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Hendese-i Mülkiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sultan Selim İbtidai Mektebi; Çankırı Rüşdiye Mektebi; Hendese-i Mülkiye Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
29 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Edirne [source]
First-salary field
650 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1891/92 (AH 1309) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 124

    BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.957

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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 · 3 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 4 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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