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Mustafa Lütfi 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

The life of Mustafa Lütfi Efendi began in Ürgüp in 1874/75 (AH 1291); the father's occupation was "Konkır nahiye müdürü". At about 16, in 1889/90, Mustafa Lütfi began work, on a first salary of 67.5 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1889/90, names Mustafa Lütfi as Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibi vekili, with no place. Alongside, the lists for 1891/92 give a second post, in Haymana as Kaza tahrirat kâtibi vekili.

Pay rose from 67.5 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to a peak of 274 in 1896/97, when one in four paid officials earned less. Over eight years the salaries add up to 16,908 kuruş, 43 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.

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 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1891/9213ÜrgüpHaymana

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Günyüzü).

  1. Ürgüp

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Günyüzü as worded, no place record not on the map

    1889 to 1897 (AH 1307 to 1314)

    Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibi vekili

    67.5 to 274 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  3. Haymana

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Kaza tahrirat kâtibi vekili

    136 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
01002003001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314274 kuruşNahiye müdürlüğü kâtibi vekili
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This 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 Lütfi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1889/9067.54003%
1890/9167.54003%
1891/9220040014%
1892/9320040015%
1893/9420040014%
1894/9520040015%
1895/9620040014%
1896/9727445025%

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 Lütfi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1889/90AH 1307First work67.5first-salary field
1889 to 1897AH 1307 to 1314Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibi vekili
10 entries
YearSalary
1889/9067.5
1890/9167.5
1890/91
1891/92200
1892/93200
1893/94200
1894/95200
1895/96200
1895/96
1896/97274
67.5 to 274
1891/92AH 1309Kaza tahrirat kâtibi vekili
2 entries
YearSalary
1891/92136
1891/92
Haymana136

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Birthplace
Ürgüp
Father's occupation
Konkır nahiye müdürü

First work

Year
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 4 officials with entries in Haymana in the same years, Mustafa Lütfi Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 17 officials with entries in Haymana

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Lütfi Efendi had the 79th highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Lütfi Efendi had the 140th highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Lütfi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibi vekiliGünyüzü67.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibi vekiliGünyüzü67.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibi vekili (İstifa)GünyüzüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Kaza tahrirat kâtibi vekiliHaymana136Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Kaza tahrirat kâtibi vekili (İnfisal)HaymanaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibiKaraşar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibiKaraşar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibiKaraşar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibiKaraşar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibiKaraşar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Nahiye müdürlüğü kâtibi (İstifa)KaraşarAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Kaza tahrirat kâtibiMecidiye274Affiliation 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 Lütfi 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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