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Mustafa Tevfik 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 Tevfik Efendi began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). Mustafa Tevfik studied at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

At about 22, in 1885/86, Mustafa Tevfik began work in Jeddah (Cidde), on a first salary of 200 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1885/86, to 1887/88, every annual entry places Mustafa Tevfik in the same post, Rüsumat İdaresi Arziye Kâtibi, in Jeddah.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 200 kuruş a month in 1885/86, in Jeddah, when 13 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 7,200 kuruş, 50 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1887/88.

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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1885/8612MeccaJeddah
  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1863/64 (AH 1280)

  2. Jeddah (Cidde)

    First work 1885/86 (AH 1303); 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)

    Rüsumat İdaresi Arziye Kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 1305200 kuruşRüsumat İdaresi Arziye Kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 1305This 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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/86200400262.513%
1886/8720040035013%
1887/88200400257.514%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workJeddah (Cidde)200first-salary field
1885 to 1888AH 1303 to 1305Rüsumat İdaresi Arziye Kâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1885/86200
1886/87200
1886/87200
1887/88200
1887/88
Jeddah (Cidde)200

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 8 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde) in the same years, Mustafa Tevfik Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 52 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde)

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Efendi had the 449th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Efendi had the 87th highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Efendi had the 147th highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat İdaresi Arziye KâtibiJeddah (Cidde)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records307 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 16/229, s.229.
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat İdaresi Arziye KâtibiJeddah (Cidde)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records307 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 16/229, s.229.
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat İdaresi İskele KâtibiJeddah (Cidde)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records307 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 16/229, s.229.
1887/88AH 1305Rüsumat İdaresi İskele KâtibiJeddah (Cidde)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records307 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 16/229, s.229.
1887/88AH 1305Rüsumat İdaresi İskele Kâtibi (İstifa)Jeddah (Cidde)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 16/229, s.229.
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 Tevfik 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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