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Mustafa Hilmi 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 Hilmi Efendi began in Söke in 1885/86 (AH 1303); the father's occupation was "Döşemeci esnafı". Mustafa Hilmi had a first salary of 50 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1907/08, places Mustafa Hilmi in Söke, the birthplace, as Ziraat Bankası sandığı tahsildarı. Alongside, the lists for 1908/09 give a second post, in Aydın as Ziraat Bankası şubesi veznedarı.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1907/08 to a peak of 300 in 1908/09, in Aydın, when one in three paid officials earned less. The last 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 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/0912SökeAydın
  1. Söke

    Born 1885/86 (AH 1303); First work here; 1907 to 1909 (AH 1325 to 1326)

    Ziraat Bankası sandığı tahsildarı

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  2. Aydın

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Ziraat Bankası şubesi veznedarı

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326300 kuruşZiraat Bankası sandığı tahsildarıZiraat Bankası şubesi veznedarı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001907/08AH 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 Hilmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1907/0825046050022%
1908/0930040040032%

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 Hilmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workSöke50first-salary field
1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326Ziraat Bankası sandığı tahsildarı
2 entries
YearSalary
1907/08250
1908/09250
Söke250
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası şubesi veznedarıAydın300

Record

Personal

Born
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Birthplace
Söke
Father's occupation
Döşemeci esnafı

First work

Place
Söke

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 4 officials with entries in Söke in the same years, Mustafa Hilmi Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 25 officials with entries in Söke

Same birthplace

Of the 15 officials born in Söke, Mustafa Hilmi Efendi had the 8th highest salary.

The page of Söke, with the 15 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325), 117 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hilmi Efendi had the 53rd highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Hilmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası sandığı tahsildarıSöke250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records58 BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00161/00181.
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası sandığı tahsildarıSöke250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records58 BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00161/00181.
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası şubesi veznedarıAydın300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records58 BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00161/00181.
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 Hilmi 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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