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Mustafa Hüdai Bey

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 Hüdai Bey was born in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292); the father's occupation was "Bahriye Tahsilat Komisyonu reisi". At about 20, in 1895/96, Mustafa Hüdai began work. The first annual entry, for 1895/96, names Mustafa Hüdai as Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi, with no place.

The salary went from 1,000 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to 2,250 in 1898/99, the peak, when 94 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 61,800 kuruş, 3.1 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.

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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292)

  2. Korfu as worded, no place record

    1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)

    Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi

    900 to 2,250 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01,0002,0003,0001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13162,250 kuruşHariciye Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This officialMedian, all officials

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 Hüdai Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1895/961,00040080%
1896/971,00045079%
1897/9890040081%
1898/992,25040094%

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 Hüdai Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First work
1895 to 1899AH 1313 to 1316Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi
8 entries
YearSalary
1895/96
1895/961,000
1896/971,000
1896/97900
1897/98900
1898/99900
1898/99
1898/992,250
2,250

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Father's occupation
Bahriye Tahsilat Komisyonu reisi

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hüdai Bey had the 114th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hüdai Bey had the 7th highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Hüdai Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarıKorfu1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarıKorfu1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarıKorfu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarıKorfu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarıKorfu900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançıları (Azil)KorfuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Gözleve şehbenderiGözleve2,250Affiliation 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 Hüdai Bey 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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