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Mustafa İsmet Paşa

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 İsmet Paşa was born in Bosna; the father's occupation was "Yüksek rütbeli kadı". The first annual entry, for 1866/67 (AH 1283), names Mustafa İsmet as Bosna Nizamiye 2. Alay 1. Tabur binbaşısı, with no place. For 1867 to 1869 and 1871 to 1884 the lists have no entry.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 4,500 kuruş a month in 1884/85, when 97 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 216,000 kuruş, 11.2 times 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.

  1. Bosna as worded, no place record

    1866 to 1871 (AH 1283 to 1287)

    Bosna Nizamiye 2. Alay 1. Tabur binbaşısı 1866/67 (AH 1283); Bosna Nizamiye 2. Alay kaymakamı 1869 to 1871 (AH 1286 to 1287)

    entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1867 to 1869 (AH 1284 to 1285).

  2. Kosova as worded, no place record

    1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)

    No annual entry for 1871 to 1884 (AH 1288 to 1301) before it.

    Kosova kumandanı

    4,500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02,0004,0006,0001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13044,500 kuruşKosova kumandanı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 1304This officialMedian, all officials

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 İsmet Paşa against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1884/854,50040097%
1885/864,50040097%
1886/874,50040097%
1887/884,50040097%

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 İsmet Paşa, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1866/67AH 1283Bosna Nizamiye 2. Alay 1. Tabur binbaşısı
No annual entry: 1867 to 1869 (AH 1284 to 1285)
1869 to 1871AH 1286 to 1287Bosna Nizamiye 2. Alay kaymakamı
2 entries
YearSalary
1869/70
1870/71
No annual entry: 1871 to 1884 (AH 1288 to 1301)
1884 to 1888AH 1302 to 1305Kosova kumandanı
5 entries
YearSalary
1884/854,500
1885/864,500
1886/874,500
1887/884,500
1887/88
4,500

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Bosna
Father's occupation
Yüksek rütbeli kadı

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283), 81 have a recorded salary; Mustafa İsmet Paşa had the 8th highest salary of them.

All 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa İsmet Paşa
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1866/67AH 1283Bosna Nizamiye 2. Alay 1. Tabur binbaşısıBosnaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records9 8 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 25/123. 68; 9 9 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 20/301. 69
1869/70AH 1286Bosna Nizamiye 2. Alay kaymakamıBosnaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records9 8 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 25/123. 68; 9 9 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 20/301. 69
1870/71AH 1287Bosna Nizamiye 1. Alay miralayıBosnaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records9 8 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 25/123. 68; 9 9 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 20/301. 69
1884/85AH 1302Kosova kumandanıKosova4,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records9 8 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 25/123. 68; 9 9 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 20/301. 69
1885/86AH 1303Kosova kumandanıKosova4,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records9 8 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 25/123. 68; 9 9 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 20/301. 69
1886/87AH 1304Kosova kumandanıKosova4,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records9 8 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 25/123. 68; 9 9 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 20/301. 69
1887/88AH 1305Kosova kumandanıKosova4,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records9 8 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 25/123. 68; 9 9 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 20/301. 69
1887/88AH 1305Kosova kumandanı (İnfisal)KosovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records9 8 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 25/123. 68; 9 9 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 20/301. 69
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 İsmet Paşa 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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