Mustafa Behçet Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Silistra (Silistre) · Dated entries 1886 to 1897 (AH 1304 to 1314)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 105/25
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Behçet Efendi was born in Silistra (Silistre) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Schooling included Medrese; Rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Istanbul (Dersaadet). Dated career entries span 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 1896/97 (AH 1314) across 11 AH years, from Paşalimanı to Bandırma, beginning with Düyun-ı Umumiye memuriyeti kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Paşalimanı and Bandırma. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 700 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 700 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314). [1]
Life and career
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.
Stage 1 of 5 · Silistra (Silistre)
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Silistra (Silistre)
Birth
2 1886/87 (AH 1304) · 3 recorded years
Paşalimanı
AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Paşalimanı
Düyun-ı Umumiye memuriyeti kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 27
Düyun-ı Umumiye memuriyeti kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
3 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Paşalimanı / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Paşalimanı; Location not recorded
Paşalimanı
Düyun-ı Umumiye memuriyeti kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Düyun-ı Umumiye idaresi kâtib-i sanisi
250 kuruşCalculated age 30
4 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Düyun-ı Umumiye idaresi kâtib-i sanisi
250 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
istifa (İnfisal)
Calculated age 31
5 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 6 recorded years
Bandırma
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez müdüriyeti muhasebe refik-i sanisi
350 kuruşCalculated age 32
Düyun-ı Umumiye baş kâtibi
700 kuruşCalculated age 37
2 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- mülazım (mülazemet) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Year not recorded
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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.2% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 29.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 300 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 250 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 21.5% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 39.2% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 56.2% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 55.4% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.4% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 700 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 71.5% | 2119 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Bandırma350 to 700
- Paşalimanı300
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 titleThe 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
- Silistra (Silistre)53 other officialsMehmet Kâşif Efendi born 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Bandırma21 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)175 other officialsMevlüd Rasih Efendi (H.1277) first annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 3,200 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları
KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 66
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 105/25; 212 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 105/25.; BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 105/25
Read the original source accounts · 17 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 16 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.