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Mustafa Galip 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 Galip Efendi was born in Medina (Medine) in 1860/61 (AH 1277); the father's occupation was "Medine Arif Hikmet Bey Kütüphanesi sermücellidi". Work began in Medina in 1877/78, at about 16. Every annual entry from 1877/78 to 1889/90 places Mustafa Galip in the same post, Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, in Medina, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 35 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to a peak of 200 in 1889/90, in Medina, when 15 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 4,080 kuruş, 17 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307200 kuruşHazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, 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 Galip Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/8635400262.51%
1886/87354003501%
1887/8835400257.51%
1888/8935400287.51%
1889/9020040045015%

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 Galip Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1877/78AH 1294First workMedina (Medine)
1877 to 1890AH 1294 to 1307Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
19 entries
YearSalary
1877/78
1878
1878/79
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1885/86
1885/8635
1886/8735
1887/8835
1888/8935
1889/9035
1889/9085
1889/90
1889/90200
Medina (Medine)200

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Birthplace
Medina (Medine)
Father's occupation
Medine Arif Hikmet Bey Kütüphanesi sermücellidi

First work

Year
1877/78 (AH 1294)

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 37 officials with entries in Medina (Medine) in the same years, 35 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Galip Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.

All 59 officials with entries in Medina (Medine)

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Medina (Medine), 58 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Galip Efendi had the 42nd highest salary of them.

The page of Medina (Medine), with the 64 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Galip Efendi had the 140th highest salary of them.

All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Galip Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1878AH 1295Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1878/79AH 1296Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1879/80AH 1297Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1880/81AH 1298Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1881/82AH 1299Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1882/83AH 1300Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1883/84AH 1301Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1884/85AH 1302Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1885/86AH 1303Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1885/86AH 1303Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Medina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1885/86AH 1303Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mümeyyiziMedina (Medine)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1886/87AH 1304Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mümeyyiziMedina (Medine)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1887/88AH 1305Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mümeyyiziMedina (Medine)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1888/89AH 1306Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mümeyyiziMedina (Medine)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1889/90AH 1307Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi mümeyyiziMedina (Medine)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1889/90AH 1307Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi refik-i sâlis vekiliMedina (Medine)85Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1889/90AH 1307Hazine-i Divaniye Tahrirat Kalemi refik-i sâlis vekili (Nakil)Medina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
1889/90AH 1307Divan-ı hükümet tercümanıMedina (Medine)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records302 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 52/185 s.185.
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 Galip 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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