Mustafa Tevfik Efendi
Born 1850/51 (AH 1267) · Kale-i Sultani · Dated entries 1864 to 1897 (AH 1281 to 1314)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00010/00263
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Tevfik Efendi was born in Kale-i Sultani in 1850/51 (AH 1267). The father’s occupation was Biga sancağı nüfus nazırı. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Kale-i Sultani Rüştiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Biga sancağı in 1864/65 (AH 1281). Dated career entries span 1864/65 (AH 1281) to 1896/97 (AH 1314) across 15 AH years, from Biga sancağı to Dedeağaç sancağı, beginning with Biga sancağı tahrirat kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Dedeağaç sancağı tahrirat müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Biga sancağı, Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti, Aydın vilayeti and Gelibolu sancağı and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1,350 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,500 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298). [1]
Life and career
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These dated entries have no agreed map position. Their places remain in the account.
Stage 1 of 12 · Kale-i Sultani
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.
12 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1850/51 (AH 1267)
Kale-i Sultani
Not yet located on the map: Kale-i Sultani
Birth
2 1864/65 (AH 1281)
Biga sancağı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Biga sancağı
First work as recorded
Calculated age 14
Biga sancağı tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 14
3 1865/66 (AH 1282) · 2 recorded years
Biga sancağı
AH entries: 1282, 1283. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Biga sancağı
4 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Biga sancağı / Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Biga sancağı; Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti
5 1868/69 (AH 1285) · 3 recorded years
Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti
AH entries: 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti
6 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti; Location not recorded
7 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
8 1875/76 (AH 1292) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded / Aydın vilayeti
AH entries: 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Aydın vilayeti
9 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Biga sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Biga sancağı
10 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Biga sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Biga sancağı
11 1894/95 (AH 1312) · 2 recorded years
Gelibolu sancağı
AH entries: 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Gelibolu sancağı
12 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Dedeağaç sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Dedeağaç sancağı
Dedeağaç sancağı tahrirat müdürü
1,350 kuruşCalculated age 47
14 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Vilayet mektupçu kalemi ikinci müsveddidi · Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti · Undated · 1,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Vilayet mektupçu kalemi birinci müsveddidi · Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti · Undated · 1,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Bahriye Nezareti evrak müdürü · Undated · 1,700 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 200 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 15.6% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 200 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 17.3% | 399 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 550 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 63.4% | 649 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 1,000 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 76.5% | 805 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 1,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 77.1% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 1,200 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 82.4% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 1,330 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 85.3% | 1160 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 1,500 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 90.0% | 1448 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 1,250 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 86.4% | 2004 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,350 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 87.1% | 2119 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Biga sancağı200 to 1,500
- Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid vilayeti550
- Aydın vilayeti1,000
- Dedeağaç sancağı1,350
- Gelibolu sancağı1,250
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 titleThe 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
- 1864/65 (AH 1281)72 other officialsMustafa Efendi first annual entry 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 350 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Bigalı devlet adamları
AHMET TUNCEL · 2019 · Pages 57, 58, 59
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00010/00263.; 65 BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00010/00263.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 16 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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