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Mustafa Sami Efendi

Born 1886/87 (AH 1304) · Drama · Dated entries 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 156-165

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1906/07 (AH 1324): Mülazım, Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi1907/08 (AH 1325): Mülazım, Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi1908/09 (AH 1326): Mülazım, Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi1908/09 (AH 1326): mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi), Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi1908/09 (AH 1326): turuk ve maabir tahakkuk katib-i sanisi, Drama Sancağı Ziraat Bankası sandığı, 200 kuruşAH 1324AH 1325AH 1326
Places and reading notes
  • Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi
  • Drama Sancağı Ziraat Bankası sandığı

3 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 4 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.

1Drama
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Drama

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. 1

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Drama

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 20

    2. Mülazım

      Calculated age 20

  3. 3

    1907/08 (AH 1325)

    Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi

    Not yet located on the map: Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi

    1. Mülazım

      Calculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi / Drama Sancağı Ziraat Bankası sandığı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi; Drama Sancağı Ziraat Bankası sandığı

    1. Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi

      Mülazım

      Calculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    2. Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi

      mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

    3. Drama Sancağı Ziraat Bankası sandığı

      turuk ve maabir tahakkuk katib-i sanisi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 22

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1908/09 (AH 1326)200400150 to 2,00012.8%1232

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01002001908/09AH 13261908/09 (AH 1326) · 200 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi3
    1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326)
  2. Drama Sancağı Ziraat Bankası sandığı1
    1908/09 (AH 1326)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Drama Sancağı Ziraat Bankası sandığı200

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 title
  1. 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326)
  2. 1908/09 (AH 1326)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; idadi şahadetnamesi (a'la derece) [1]

Schooling Drama ibtidai mektebi; mekteb-i idadi-i mülki [source]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Drama [source]
Birth year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]
Father’s occupation
zürra (çiftçi) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 156-165 [1]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]idadi şahadetnamesi (a'la derece) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Drama ibtidai mektebi; mekteb-i idadi-i mülki [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Drama Sancağı nüfus idaresi [source]
First work year
1906/07 (AH 1324) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.25 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dramalı devlet adamları

    HÜSEYİN ZEYNO · 2026 · Pages 100, 101

    BOA. DH. SAİDd., 156-165; 180 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 156-165.

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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 · 3 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 5 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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