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Mustafa Şerif Efendi

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 Şerif Efendi was born in Söke in 1884/85 (AH 1302); the father's occupation was "Yenipazar Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi müdürü". The personnel record dates the first work in Izmir (İzmir) to 1908/09, after the first annual entry. The annual lists begin in 1903/04, with Mustafa Şerif as Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsü in Bitola (Manastır), where the entries run to 1908/09. Alongside, the lists for 1908 to 1910 give a second post, in Izmir as Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı. At the same time, from 1909 to 1911, the lists also place Mustafa Şerif in Ödemiş as Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi muvakkat muhabere memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1911 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 400 kuruş a month in 1909/10, in Ödemiş, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 14,400 kuruş, 70 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1911.

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 6 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/091903/041908/091909/1012345SökeIzmirBitolaÖdemiş

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 6 (Kale-i Sultaniye).

  1. Söke

    Born 1884/85 (AH 1302)

  2. Izmir (İzmir)

    First work 1908/09 (AH 1326)

  3. Bitola (Manastır)

    1903 to 1909 (AH 1321 to 1326)

    Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsü

    entries in 6 years

  4. Izmir (İzmir)

    1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)

    Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı

    entries in 2 years

  5. Ödemiş

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)

    Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi muvakkat muhabere memuru

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  6. Kale-i Sultaniye as worded, no place record not on the map

    1911 (AH 1329)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329400 kuruşÜçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüPosta ve Telgraf Merkezi mülazımıPosta ve Telgraf Merkezi muvakkat muhabere memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Şerif Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1909/1040060060031%
1910/1140050080031%
191140060055026%

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 Şerif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1903 to 1909AH 1321 to 1326Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsü
7 entries
YearSalary
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09
1908/09
Bitola (Manastır)
1908/09AH 1326First workIzmir (İzmir)
1908 to 1910AH 1326 to 1327Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı
2 entries
YearSalary
1908/09
1909/10
Izmir (İzmir)
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1329Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi muvakkat muhabere memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1909/10300
1909/10400
1910/11400
1911400
Ödemiş300 to 400
1911AH 1329Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru400

Record

Personal

Born
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Birthplace
Söke
Father's occupation
Yenipazar Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi müdürü

First work

Year
1908/09 (AH 1326)

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 21 officials with entries in Bitola (Manastır) in the same years, 19 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şerif Efendi had the 13th highest salary of them.

All 91 officials with entries in Bitola (Manastır)

Same birthplace

Of the 15 officials born in Söke, Mustafa Şerif Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

The page of Söke, with the 15 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), 123 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şerif Efendi had the 43rd highest salary of them.

All 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Şerif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Askerî telgraf çavuşu (İnfisal)Bitola (Manastır)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi mülazımıIzmir (İzmir)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi mülazımıIzmir (İzmir)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi muvakkat muhabere memuruÖdemiş300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuruÖdemiş400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuruÖdemiş400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1911AH 1329Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuruÖdemiş400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1911AH 1329Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuruKale-i Sultaniye400Affiliation 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 Şerif Efendi 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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