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Mustafa Necmeddin Bey

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 Necmeddin Bey began in Taif in 1878/79 (AH 1296); the father's occupation was "Harameyn tercümanı". At about 19, in 1898/99, Mustafa Necmeddin began work in Istanbul. The annual lists begin in 1898/99, with Mustafa Necmeddin as Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı in Istanbul, where the entries run to 1908/09. Alongside, the lists for 1907 to 1909 give a second post, in Gümüşhane as Gümüşhane Sancağı tahrirat müdürü. The farthest post, Istanbul, lay about 2,450 km from Taif, and fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from the birthplace.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to a peak of 900 in 1907/08, in Gümüşhane, when three in four paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 810 kuruş. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
Further places, smaller scale1898/991907/08123IstanbulGümüşhane
  1. Taif

    Born 1878/79 (AH 1296)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1898/99 (AH 1316); 1898 to 1909 (AH 1316 to 1326)

    Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı

    200 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

  3. Gümüşhane

    1907 to 1909 (AH 1325 to 1326)

    Gümüşhane Sancağı tahrirat müdürü

    810 to 900 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326900 kuruşSadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 Necmeddin Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1899/190020040050615%
1900/0120040052315%
1901/0220040058014%
1902/0320040058014%
1903/0420040555015%
1904/0540040055042%
1905/0640043060041%
1906/0740045071541%
1907/0890046070075%
1908/0981040050072%

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 Necmeddin Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1898 to 1909AH 1316 to 1326Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı
16 entries
YearSalary
1898/99
1899/1900
1899/1900200
1900/01200
1901/02200
1902/03200
1903/04200
1904/05200
1904/05370
1904/05400
1905/06400
1906/07400
1907/08
1907/08400
1908/09
1908/09300
Istanbul (Dersaadet)300
1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326Gümüşhane Sancağı tahrirat müdürü
5 entries
YearSalary
1907/08900
1907/08810
1908/09
1908/09810
1908/09
Gümüşhane900

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Taif
Father's occupation
Harameyn tercümanı

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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 404 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 382 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Necmeddin Bey had the 169th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 7 officials born in Taif, 6 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Necmeddin Bey had the 2nd highest salary of them.

The page of Taif, with the 7 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Necmeddin Bey had the 36th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Necmeddin Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)370Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Sadaret Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Gümüşhane Sancağı tahrirat müdürüGümüşhane900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Gümüşhane Sancağı mutasarrıf vekiliGümüşhane810Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Gümüşhane Sancağı tahrirat müdürü (Nakil)GümüşhaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Gümüşhane Sancağı mutasarrıf vekiliGümüşhane810Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Gümüşhane Sancağı mutasarrıf vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)GümüşhaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Gümüşhane Sancağı tahrirat müdürüIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Meclis-i Mebusan ikinci sınıf mübeyyiziIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Necmeddin Bey 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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