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Mustafa Lütfi 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

Born in Silistra (Silistre) in 1860/61 (AH 1277), Mustafa Lütfi Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Mustafa Lütfi began work in 1880/81, at about 20. The annual lists begin in 1880/81, with Mustafa Lütfi as Aşar idaresi mülazımı in Bozkır. The lists have no entry for 1881 to 1883. Mustafa Lütfi then moved to a post with no place named from 1883 to 1889. For 1885 to 1888 and 1889 to 1891 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Köyceğiz in 1891/92.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to a peak of 350 in 1888/89, when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1891/92.

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 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1880/811891/92125SilistraBozkırKöyceğiz

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Gafarbad nahiyesi, Karaman), stop 4 (Manavgat sahili).

  1. Silistra (Silistre)

    Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. Bozkır

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Aşar idaresi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  3. Gafarbad nahiyesi, Karaman as worded, no place record not on the map

    1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)

    No annual entry for 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300) before it.

    Muvakkat aşar muharriri

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

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

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    No annual entry for 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305) before it.

    Muvakkat seyyar muhafaza memuru

    350 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Köyceğiz

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    No annual entry for 1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308) before it.

    Düyun-ı umumiye memuru

    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 entryno entryno entry01002003004001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309350 kuruşMuvakkat aşar muharriri
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309This 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 Lütfi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1883/8430040028%
1884/8530040028%
1888/8935040039%
1891/92300400466.528%

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 Lütfi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First work
1880/81AH 1298Aşar idaresi mülazımıBozkır
No annual entry: 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)
1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302Muvakkat aşar muharriri
3 entries
YearSalary
1883/84300
1884/85300
1884/85
300
No annual entry: 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
1888/89AH 1306Muvakkat seyyar muhafaza memuru350
No annual entry: 1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)
1891/92AH 1309Düyun-ı umumiye memuruKöyceğiz300

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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 2 officials with entries in Köyceğiz in the same years, Mustafa Lütfi Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 13 officials with entries in Köyceğiz

Same birthplace

Of the 54 officials born in Silistra (Silistre), 50 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Lütfi Efendi had the 36th highest salary of them.

The page of Silistra (Silistre), with the 54 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Lütfi Efendi had the 119th highest salary of them.

All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Lütfi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298Aşar idaresi mülazımıBozkırAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285; 205 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285.
1883/84AH 1301Muvakkat aşar muharririGafarbad nahiyesi, Karaman300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285; 205 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285.
1884/85AH 1302Muvakkat aşar muharririGafarbad nahiyesi, Karaman300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285; 205 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285.
1884/85AH 1302Muvakkat aşar muharriri (Görevin sona ermesi)Gafarbad nahiyesi, KaramanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285; 205 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285.
1888/89AH 1306Muvakkat seyyar muhafaza memuruManavgat sahili350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285; 205 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285.
1891/92AH 1309Düyun-ı umumiye memuruKöyceğiz300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 128/285
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 Lütfi 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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