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Mustafa Hamdi Efendi

Born 1837/38 (AH 1253) · Konarı karyesi · Dated entries 1864 to 1886 (AH 1281 to 1303)

Languages Arabic, Italian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.37, s.146

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1864/65 (AH 1281): Şehbenderhane imamı, Malta, 1,000 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282): Şehbenderhane imamı, Malta, 1,500 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297): Şehbenderhane imamı, Malta, 1,140 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): Şehbenderhane imamı, Malta, 1,415 kuruşAH 1281AH 1303
Places and reading notes
  • Malta

4 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 5 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

These dated entries have no agreed map position. Their places remain in the account.

Stage 1 of 5 · Konarı karyesi

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.

5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1837/38 (AH 1253)

    Konarı karyesi

    Not yet located on the map: Konarı karyesi

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1864/65 (AH 1281)

    Malta Şehbenderhanesi / Malta

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Malta Şehbenderhanesi; Malta

    1. Malta Şehbenderhanesi

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 28

    2. Malta

      Şehbenderhane imamı

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 28

  3. 3

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Malta

    Not yet located on the map: Malta

    1. Şehbenderhane imamı

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 29

  4. 4

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Malta

    Not yet located on the map: Malta

    1. Şehbenderhane imamı

      1,140 kuruşCalculated age 44

  5. 5

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Malta

    Not yet located on the map: Malta

    1. Şehbenderhane imamı

      1,415 kuruşCalculated age 50

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1864/65 (AH 1281)1,000400125 to 3,00072.6%253
1865/66 (AH 1282)1,500400150 to 2,00083.8%341
1879/80 (AH 1297)1,140400180 to 1,80082.0%1534
1885/86 (AH 1303)1,415400150 to 1,50089.9%1787

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
07501,5001864/65AH 12811875/76AH 12921885/86AH 13031864/65 (AH 1281) · 1,000 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282) · 1,500 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 1,140 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 1,415 kuruş

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● 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 entries
  1. Malta4
    1864 to 1886 (AH 1281 to 1303)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Malta1,000 to 1,500

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 title
  1. 1864 to 1886 (AH 1281 to 1303)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; icazetname [1]

Schooling sıbyan mektebi; Kazdağlıoğlu Medresesi (Safranbolu) [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Konarı karyesi [source]
Birth year
1837/38 (AH 1253) [source]
Father’s occupation
mahalle imamı ve mektep hocası [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.37, s.146 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
Italian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
bir derece kitabet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]icazetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
sıbyan mektebi; Kazdağlıoğlu Medresesi (Safranbolu) [source]
Education level equivalent
11 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
28 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Malta Şehbenderhanesi [source]
First-salary field
1000 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1864/65 (AH 1281) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)

    AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 126, 127

    87 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.37, s.146

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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