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MUSTAFA HİKMET EFENDİ

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 MUSTAFA HİKMET EFENDİ began in Akhisar in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Work began in Muş in 1896/97, at about 22. The annual lists begin in 1896/97, with MUSTAFA HİKMET as Bidayet Mahkemesi kalemi mülazımı in Muş. Alongside, the lists for 1896 to 1901 give a second post, in Bulanık as Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi.

The salary went from 225 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 300 in 1898/99, the peak, in Bulanık, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 9,000 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1900/01.

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 2 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1896/9712MuşBulanık
  1. Muş

    First work 1896/97 (AH 1314); 1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  2. Bulanık

    1896 to 1901 (AH 1314 to 1318)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi 1896 to 1899 (AH 1314 to 1316); Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi (İstifa) 1900/01 (AH 1318)

    225 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

    No annual entry for 1899/1900 (AH 1317).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318300 kuruşBidayet Mahkemesi kalemi mülazımıBidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318This 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 HİKMET EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/972254501,70017%
1897/982254001,80019%
1898/9930040090027%

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 HİKMET EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workMuş
1896/97AH 1314Bidayet Mahkemesi kalemi mülazımıMuş
1896 to 1899AH 1314 to 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1896/97225
1897/98225
1898/99225
1898/99300
Bulanık225 to 300
No annual entry: 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
1900/01AH 1318Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi (İstifa)Bulanık

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Birthplace
Akhisar

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Place
Muş

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 2 officials with entries in Bulanık in the same years, MUSTAFA HİKMET EFENDİ had the lowest salary.

All 10 officials with entries in Bulanık

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; MUSTAFA HİKMET EFENDİ had the 97th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUSTAFA HİKMET EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Bidayet Mahkemesi kalemi mülazımıMuşAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiBulanık225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiBulanık225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiBulanık225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi müstantık muaviniBulanık300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi (İstifa)BulanıkAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 HİKMET EFENDİ 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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