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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

Mustafa Efendi was born in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1832/33 (AH 1248). At about 30, in 1862/63, Mustafa began work, on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1862/63, with Mustafa as Köygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibi and no place named. Mustafa then moved back to Komotini, the birthplace, from 1869 to 1873. Next came a return to Komotini from 1875 to 1884. Alongside, the lists for 1879 to 1881 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Köygölü Memlehası başkâtibi. The lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1868/69, 1873/74, 1877/78 and 1880/81; Vefat (death) for 1883/84 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1862/63 to a peak of 500 in 1868/69, when 52 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 225 kuruş. After 22 years the salary stood below the first, 300 kuruş against 400. In all, 22 years of salary come to 97,680 kuruş, 87 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1883/84.

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 6 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1869/70135Komotini

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Köygölü, Gümülcine), stop 4 (Köygölü, Gümülcine), stop 6 (Köygölü, Gümülcine).

  1. Komotini (Gümülcine)

    Born 1832/33 (AH 1248)

  2. Köygölü, Gümülcine as worded, no place record not on the map

    1862 to 1869 (AH 1279 to 1285)

    Köygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibi 1862 to 1869 (AH 1279 to 1285); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1868/69 (AH 1285)

    400 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  3. Komotini (Gümülcine)

    1869 to 1873 (AH 1286 to 1289)

    Mal Müdürlüğü refakati

    225 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

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

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Görevin sona ermesi 1873/74 (AH 1290); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1873/74 (AH 1290)

    465 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Komotini (Gümülcine)

    1875 to 1884 (AH 1292 to 1301)

    No annual entry for 1874/75 (AH 1291) before it.

    Mal Müdürlüğü refakati 1875 to 1884 (AH 1292 to 1301); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1877/78 (AH 1294)

    225 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

  6. Köygölü, Gümülcine as worded, no place record not on the map

    1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301)

    Köygölü Memlehası başkâtibi 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1880/81 (AH 1298); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1883/84 (AH 1301)

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 1300500 kuruşKöygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibiMal Müdürlüğü refakatiMal Müdürlüğü refakati
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 1300This 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
1862/6340040043%
1863/6440047542%
1864/6540040047%
1865/6640040046%
1866/6740040042%
1867/6840045841%
1868/6950047552%
1869/7022540048022%
1870/7140040040044%
1871/72400420.5427.542%
1872/73400450427.543%
1873/7446540552%
1875/7622545030018%
1876/7722542040020%
1877/7840045040043%
187840045040042%
1878/7940040040044%
1879/8040040050044%
1880/8140040046%
1881/8230040050028%
1882/8330040042527%
1883/8430040040028%

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)
1862/63AH 1279First work400first-salary field
1862 to 1869AH 1279 to 1285Köygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibi
7 entries
YearSalary
1862/63400
1863/64400
1864/65400
1865/66400
1866/67400
1867/68400
1868/69500
400 to 500
1868/69AH 1285İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
1869 to 1873AH 1286 to 1289Mal Müdürlüğü refakati
5 entries
YearSalary
1869/70225
1870/71225
1870/71400
1871/72400
1872/73400
Komotini (Gümülcine)225 to 400
1873/74AH 1290Görevin sona ermesi
2 entries
YearSalary
1873/74
1873/74465
465
1873/74AH 1290İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1874/75 (AH 1291)
1875 to 1884AH 1292 to 1301Mal Müdürlüğü refakati
12 entries
YearSalary
1875/76225
1876/77225
1877/78225
1877/78400
1878400
1878/79400
1879/80400
1880/81300
1881/82300
1882/83300
1883/84300
1883/84
Komotini (Gümülcine)225
1877/78AH 1294İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
1879 to 1881AH 1297 to 1298Köygölü Memlehası başkâtibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1879/80400
1880/81400
400
1880/81AH 1298İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
1883/84AH 1301Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1832/33 (AH 1248)

First work

Year
1862/63 (AH 1279)

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 36 officials with entries in Komotini (Gümülcine) in the same years, 33 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

All 86 officials with entries in Komotini (Gümülcine)

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Komotini (Gümülcine), 59 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 21st highest salary of them.

The page of Komotini (Gümülcine), with the 64 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279), 68 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 50th highest salary of them.

  • Osman Efendifirst annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 300 kuruş
  • Mustafa Efendifirst annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 400 kuruş
  • İbrahim Efendifirst annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 400 kuruş
  • Hacı Halil Efendifirst annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
  • Ömer Şevki Paşafirst annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 5,850 kuruş

All 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1862/63AH 1279Köygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1863/64AH 1280Köygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1864/65AH 1281Köygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1865/66AH 1282Köygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1866/67AH 1283Köygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1867/68AH 1284Köygölü Memlehası ikinci kâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1868/69AH 1285Köygölü Memlehası başkâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1868/69AH 1285İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1869/70AH 1286Mal Müdürlüğü refakatiKomotini (Gümülcine)225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1870/71AH 1287Mal Müdürlüğü refakatiKomotini (Gümülcine)225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1870/71AH 1287Sandık eminiKomotini (Gümülcine)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1871/72AH 1288Sandık eminiKomotini (Gümülcine)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1872/73AH 1289Sandık eminiKomotini (Gümülcine)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1873/74AH 1290Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1873/74AH 1290Köygölü Memlehası başkâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine465Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1873/74AH 1290İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1875/76AH 1292Mal Müdürlüğü refakatiKomotini (Gümülcine)225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1876/77AH 1293Mal Müdürlüğü refakatiKomotini (Gümülcine)225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1877/78AH 1294Mal Müdürlüğü refakatiKomotini (Gümülcine)225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1877/78AH 1294İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1877/78AH 1294Rüsumat başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1878AH 1295Rüsumat başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1878/79AH 1296Rüsumat başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1879/80AH 1297Rüsumat başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1879/80AH 1297Köygölü Memlehası başkâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1880/81AH 1298Köygölü Memlehası başkâtibiKöygölü, Gümülcine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1880/81AH 1298İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabtiye kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabtiye kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabtiye kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabtiye kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabtiye kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573; 205 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573.
1883/84AH 1301VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/573
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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