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Mustafa Şatır 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 Şatır Efendi was born in Ürgüp in 1845 (AH 1261); the father was a tradesman (esnaf). At about 23, in 1868/69, Mustafa Şatır began work in Samsun. The annual lists begin in 1868/69, with Mustafa Şatır as Telgrafhane mülazımı in Samsun. The lists have no entry for 1869 to 1873. Mustafa Şatır then moved to İnebolu in 1873/74. Alongside, the lists for 1873 to 1877 give a second post, in Şebinkarahisar as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru). Alongside, the lists for 1876 to 1884 give a second post, in Giresun as Muhabere Memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1883 to 1887 give a second post, in Trabzon as Sermuhabere memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1886/87 give a second post, in Görele as Sermuhabere memuru. Six places in all, a number reached by fewer than 8 per cent of the 6,605 officials with a place of service.

Pay rose from 285 kuruş a month in 1873/74 to a peak of 475 in 1886/87, in Görele, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1886/87.

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 7 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1868/691873/741873/741876/771883/841886/871234567ÜrgüpSamsunİneboluŞebinkarahisarGiresunTrabzon
  1. Ürgüp

    Born 1845 (AH 1261)

  2. Samsun

    First work 1868/69 (AH 1285); 1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Telgrafhane mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  3. İnebolu

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    No annual entry for 1869 to 1873 (AH 1286 to 1289) before it.

    Muhabere Memuru

    285 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    1873 to 1877 (AH 1290 to 1293)

    Muhabere Memuru

    285 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  5. Giresun

    1876 to 1884 (AH 1293 to 1301)

    Muhabere Memuru

    380 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  6. Trabzon

    1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)

    Sermuhabere memuru

    380 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  7. Görele

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Sermuhabere memuru

    475 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
no entry02004006001868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304475 kuruşMuhabere MemuruSermuhabere memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Şatır Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1873/7428540540040029%
1874/7535045040040038%
1875/7635045040036036%
1876/7740042050038543%
1877/7840045050040043%
187840045045030042%
1878/7940040040036144%
1879/8040040047540044%
1880/8138040040038044%
1881/8238040040035044%
1882/8338040040035045%
1883/8438040040039044%
1884/8538040042543%
1885/8638040050043%
1886/8747540040056%

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 Şatır Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1868/69AH 1285First workSamsun
1868/69AH 1285Telgrafhane mülazımıSamsun
No annual entry: 1869 to 1873 (AH 1286 to 1289)
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere Memuruİnebolu285
1873 to 1877AH 1290 to 1293Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1873/74285
1874/75285
1874/75350
1875/76350
1876/77350
1876/77400
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)285 to 400
1876 to 1884AH 1293 to 1301Muhabere Memuru
10 entries
YearSalary
1876/77400
1877/78400
1878400
1878/79400
1879/80400
1879/80380
1880/81380
1881/82380
1882/83380
1883/84380
Giresun400 to 380
1883 to 1887AH 1301 to 1304Sermuhabere memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1883/84380
1884/85380
1885/86380
1886/87380
Trabzon380
1886/87AH 1304Sermuhabere memuruGörele475

Record

Personal

Born
1845 (AH 1261)
Birthplace
Ürgüp
Father's occupation
Esnaf

First work

Year
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Place
Samsun

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 post (job title and place), same years

Of the 2 officials who held Muhabere Memuru in Giresun in the same years, Mustafa Şatır Efendi had the lowest salary.

Same place, same years

Of the 23 officials with entries in Giresun in the same years, 22 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şatır Efendi had the 13th highest salary of them.

All 58 officials with entries in Giresun

Same job title, same years

Of the 67 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mustafa Şatır Efendi had the 61st highest salary.

All 232 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şatır Efendi had the 45th highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285), 99 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şatır Efendi had the 72nd highest salary of them.

All 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Şatır Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1868/69AH 1285Telgrafhane mülazımıSamsunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere Memuruİnebolu285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere MemuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruGiresun400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruGiresun400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruGiresun400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruGiresun400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruGiresun400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruGiresun380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruGiresun380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruGiresun380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruGiresun380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruGiresun380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1883/84AH 1301Sermuhabere memuruTrabzon380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1884/85AH 1302Sermuhabere memuruTrabzon380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1885/86AH 1303Sermuhabere memuruTrabzon380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1886/87AH 1304Sermuhabere memuruTrabzon380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records104 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
1886/87AH 1304Sermuhabere memuruGörele475Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00058/00081.
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 Şatır 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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