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Mustafa 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 Amasya in 1877/78 (AH 1294), Mustafa Efendi came from the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Attar esnafı". Mustafa studied at Medrese, the Islamic college.

Work began in Amasya in 1902/03, at about 25, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1902/03, to 1908/09, every annual entry places Mustafa in the same post, Maliye tahsildarı, in Amasya, the birthplace.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 200 kuruş a month in 1902/03, in Amasya, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001502001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326200 kuruşMaliye tahsildarı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1902/0320040030014%
1908/0920040025012%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First workAmasya200first-salary field
1902/03AH 1320Maliye tahsildarıAmasya200
No annual entry: 1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325)
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası Sandık Tahrirat ve Muhabere KâtibiAmasya200

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Birthplace
Amasya
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Attar esnafı

Education

School
Medresemedrese (Islamic college)

First work

Year
1902/03 (AH 1320)
Place
Amasya

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 10 officials with entries in Amasya in the same years, 9 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 77 officials with entries in Amasya

Same school

Of the 41 officials with Medrese among their schools, 28 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 41 officials with Medrese

Same birthplace

Of the 113 officials born in Amasya, 25 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 22nd highest salary of them.

The page of Amasya, with the 113 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), 138 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 108th highest salary of them.

All 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Maliye tahsildarıAmasya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası Sandık Tahrirat ve Muhabere KâtibiAmasya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 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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