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MUSTAFA EFENDİ

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 EFENDİ was born in Varna in 1851/52 (AH 1268). At about 17, in 1869/70, MUSTAFA began work in Varna, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1869/70, with MUSTAFA as Müskirat ikinci mukayyidi and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1870 to 1875 give a second post, in Balchik as Rüsûmat kâtibi. The lists have no entry for 1875 to 1885. The last entry, for 1885/86, names MUSTAFA as a customs official (Rüsumat Memuru), with no place. In place of a title the lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1874/75 and 1885/86.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 400 kuruş a month in 1869/70, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1885/86.

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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1870/7113VarnaBalchik

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Varna Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü), stop 4 (Sırako).

  1. Varna

    Born 1851/52 (AH 1268); First work 1869/70 (AH 1286)

  2. Varna Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü as worded, no place record not on the map

    1869 to 1871 (AH 1286 to 1287)

    Müskirat ikinci mukayyidi

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Balchik (Balçık)

    1870 to 1875 (AH 1287 to 1291)

    Rüsûmat kâtibi 1870 to 1875 (AH 1287 to 1291); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1874/75 (AH 1291)

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  4. Sırako as worded, no place record not on the map

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    No annual entry for 1875 to 1885 (AH 1292 to 1302) before it.

    Rüsumat Memuru 1885/86 (AH 1303); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1885/86 (AH 1303)

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303400 kuruşRüsûmat kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1869/7040040044%
1870/7140040044%
1871/72400420.560042%
1872/7340045040043%
1873/7440040542044%
1874/7540045057043%
1885/8630040030027%

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 EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First workVarna300first-salary field
1869 to 1871AH 1286 to 1287Müskirat ikinci mukayyidi
4 entries
YearSalary
1869/70300
1869/70400
1870/71400
1870/71400
300 to 400
1870 to 1875AH 1287 to 1291Rüsûmat kâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1870/71400
1871/72400
1872/73400
1873/74400
1874/75400
Balchik (Balçık)400
1874/75AH 1291İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1875 to 1885 (AH 1292 to 1302)
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat Memuru300
1885/86AH 1303İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Birthplace
Varna

First work

Year
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Place
Varna

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 Balchik (Balçık) in the same years, MUSTAFA EFENDİ had the 3rd highest salary.

All 6 officials with entries in Balchik (Balçık)

Same job title, same years

Of the 17 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru in the same years, MUSTAFA EFENDİ had the 7th highest salary.

All 117 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Varna, 89 have a recorded salary; MUSTAFA EFENDİ had the 59th highest salary of them.

The page of Varna, with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; MUSTAFA EFENDİ had the 96th highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUSTAFA EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Müskirat ikinci mukayyidiVarna Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1869/70AH 1286İstasyon kâtibiVarna Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1870/71AH 1287İstasyon kâtibiVarna Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1870/71AH 1287Ambar memuruVarna Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1870/71AH 1287Rüsûmat kâtibiBalchik (Balçık)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1871/72AH 1288Rüsûmat kâtibiBalchik (Balçık)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1872/73AH 1289Rüsûmat kâtibiBalchik (Balçık)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1873/74AH 1290Rüsûmat kâtibiBalchik (Balçık)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1874/75AH 1291Rüsûmat kâtibiBalchik (Balçık)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1874/75AH 1291İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat MemuruSırako300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219; 309 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219.
1885/86AH 1303İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 16/219
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 EFENDİ 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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