Mustafa Asım Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Ohrid (Ohri) · Dated entries 1865 to 1886 (AH 1282 to 1303)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA., DH. SAİD d... / 15 – 429
The career, year by year
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The life
Mustafa Asım Efendi was born in Ohrid (Ohri). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Erbaa in 1865/66 (AH 1282). Dated career entries span 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1885/86 (AH 1303) across 8 AH years, from Erbaa to Trabzon, beginning with tahrir-i emlak kayıt memuru (sermessah unvanlı) and ending with entries for aşar muhasebe refik-i evveli (hesap devri). More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Erbaa, Terkos, Ruse (Rusçuk) and Trabzon. [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 750 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,500 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 6 · Erbaa
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.
1 First work as recorded
tahrir-i emlak kayıt memuru (sermessah unvanlı)
500 kuruş
2 tahrir-i emlak kayıt memuru (sermessah unvanlı)
500 kuruş
Continuing service as described
tahrir-i emlak kayıt memuru (sermessah unvanlı)
500 kuruş
Continuing service as described
3 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Erbaa / Terkos
Within-year entry order unresolved
tahrir-i emlak kayıt memuru (sermessah unvanlı)
500 kuruş
Continuing service as described
tahrir-i emlak vukuat katibi (İstifa)
Recorded service ending
4 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Ruse (Rusçuk)
umum hastahaneleri katibi
1,500 kuruş
5 1879/80 (AH 1297) · 2 recorded years
Trabzon
AH entries: 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
6 aşar nezareti muhasebe refik-i evveli (İnfisal)
Recorded service ending
aşar muhasebe refik-i evveli (hesap devri)
6 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.
- senet odası tapu senedi katibi · İstanbul (Evkaf-ı Hümayun hazinesi) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- tahrir-i emlak birinci daire vukuat katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- tahrir-i emlak birinci daire vukuat katibi (Görevin sona ermesi) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- umum hastahaneleri katibi (İnfisal) · Ruse (Rusçuk) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- aşar muhasebe refik-i evveli (hesap devri) (Görevin sona ermesi) · Trabzon · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Ohrid (Ohri) · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 53.2% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 500 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 55.0% | 399 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 500 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 52.5% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 500 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 52.6% | 505 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 1,500 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 86.1% | 1102 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 500 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 57.9% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 750 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 75.9% | 1448 |
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- Erbaa500
- Trabzon500 to 750
- Ruse (Rusçuk)1,500
- Terkos375
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
- Ohrid (Ohri)67 other officialsTEVFĠK EFENDĠ born 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Trabzon18 other officialsBekir Feyzi Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)111 other officialsMehmed Emin Efendi first annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 0 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid döneminde sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı Devleti'nde Ohri doğumlu memurlar
ÖMER ÖĞÜT · 2026 · Pages 119, 120
BOA., DH. SAİD d... / 15 – 429
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 8 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 13 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.