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Mustafa Efendi (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf)

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

Mustafa Efendi (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf) was born in Safranbolu in 1824/25 (AH 1240). At about 49, in 1874/75, Mustafa (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf) began work in Safranbolu, on a first salary of 310 kuruş. Few began so late; 41 of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known started at 49 or older. Every annual entry from 1874/75 to 1879/80 places Mustafa (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf) in the same post, Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânî, in Safranbolu, the birthplace.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 310 kuruş a month in 1874/75, in Safranbolu, when 36 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 26,040 kuruş, 71 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1879/80.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 1297310 kuruşRüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânî
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 1297This 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 Mustafa Efendi (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/7531045050036%
1875/76310450427.535%
1876/7731042047537%
1877/7831045035536%
187831045030037%
1878/7931040030038%
1879/8031040037537%

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 Mustafa Efendi (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First workSafranbolu310first-salary field
1874 to 1880AH 1291 to 1297Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânî
8 entries
YearSalary
1874/75310
1875/76310
1876/77310
1877/78310
1878310
1878/79310
1879/80310
1879/80240
Safranbolu310 to 240

Record

Personal

Born
1824/25 (AH 1240)
Birthplace
Safranbolu

First work

Year
1874/75 (AH 1291)

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 8 officials with entries in Safranbolu in the same years, Mustafa Efendi (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf) had the 4th highest salary.

All 31 officials with entries in Safranbolu

Same birthplace

Of the 89 officials born in Safranbolu, 71 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf) had the 48th highest salary of them.

The page of Safranbolu, with the 89 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), 130 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf) had the 102nd highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Efendi (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânîSafranbolu310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records86 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.126, s.110
1875/76AH 1292Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânîSafranbolu310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records86 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.126, s.110
1876/77AH 1293Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânîSafranbolu310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records86 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.126, s.110
1877/78AH 1294Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânîSafranbolu310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records86 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.126, s.110
1878AH 1295Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânîSafranbolu310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records86 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.126, s.110
1878/79AH 1296Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânîSafranbolu310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records86 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.126, s.110
1879/80AH 1297Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânîSafranbolu310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records86 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.126, s.110
1879/80AH 1297Rüşdiye mektebi muallim-i sânîSafranbolu240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records86 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.126, s.110
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 Mustafa Efendi (Meser o ğlu demekle marûf) 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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