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Mustafa Sabri 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 Sabri Efendi began in Harput in 1863/64 (AH 1280). At about 27, in 1890/91, Mustafa Sabri began work in Kayseri, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1890/91, with Mustafa Sabri as Belediye tenzifat memuru in Kayseri, where the entries run to 1892/93. Next came Kayseri in 1895/96. Alongside, the lists for 1895 to 1897 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Nahiye müdür vekili.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1890/91 to a peak of 800 in 1893/94, as Tahaffuzhane Memuru, when 77 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 300 kuruş. The final annual entry is for 1896/97.

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
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1890/911895/96124HarputKayseri

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded), stop 5 (Karahisar).

  1. Harput

    Born 1863/64 (AH 1280)

  2. Kayseri

    First work 1890/91 (AH 1308); 1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)

    Belediye tenzifat memuru

    150 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Tahaffuzhane Memuru

    800 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Kayseri

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    No annual entry for 1894/95 (AH 1312) before it.

    Tarik edevatı ambar emini

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Karahisar as worded, no place record not on the map

    1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)

    Nahiye müdür vekili

    240 to 625 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314800 kuruşBelediye tenzifat memuruTahaffuzhane MemuruNahiye müdür vekili
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This 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 Sabri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1890/9115040040011%
1891/9230040042528%
1892/9330040040027%
1893/9480040077%
1895/9630040040027%
1896/9762545069%

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 Sabri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First workKayseri150first-salary field
1890 to 1893AH 1308 to 1310Belediye tenzifat memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1890/91150
1891/92150
1891/92200
1891/92300
1892/93300
1892/93
Kayseri150
1893/94AH 1311Tahaffuzhane Memuru800
No annual entry: 1894/95 (AH 1312)
1895/96AH 1313Tarik edevatı ambar emini
2 entries
YearSalary
1895/96300
1895/96
Kayseri300
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314Nahiye müdür vekili
3 entries
YearSalary
1895/96240
1896/97625
1896/97
240

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Birthplace
Harput

First work

Year
1890/91 (AH 1308)
Place
Kayseri

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 13 officials with entries in Kayseri in the same years, Mustafa Sabri Efendi had the 6th highest salary.

All 44 officials with entries in Kayseri

Same birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Sabri Efendi had the 45th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), 161 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Sabri Efendi had the 35th highest salary of them.

All 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Sabri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308Belediye tenzifat memuruKayseri150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1891/92AH 1309Belediye tenzifat memuruKayseri150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1891/92AH 1309Belediye tenzifat memuruKayseri200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1891/92AH 1309Belediye tenzifat memuruKayseri300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1892/93AH 1310Belediye tenzifat memuruKayseri300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1892/93AH 1310Belediye tenzifat memuru (İnfisal)KayseriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1893/94AH 1311Tahaffuzhane Memuru800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1895/96AH 1313Tarik edevatı ambar eminiKayseri300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1895/96AH 1313Tarik edevatı ambar emini (İnfisal)KayseriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1895/96AH 1313Nahiye müdür vekiliKarahisar240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1896/97AH 1314Kaymakam vekiliMecidiye625Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
1896/97AH 1314Kaymakam vekili (İnfisal)MecidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 76-8
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 Sabri 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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