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Mustafa Nazım 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 Nazım Efendi began in Tokat in 1878 (AH 1295); the father's occupation was "Tokat Ticaret Mahkemesi, Belediye ve İdare Meclisleri azası". At about 24, in 1902/03, Mustafa Nazım began work in Sivas, on a first salary of 500 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1902/03, with Mustafa Nazım as Vilayet maiyet memuru in Sivas. Alongside, the lists for 1902/03 give a second post, in Divriği as Öşür ihale memuru (ilave). Mustafa Nazım then moved to Hafik (Koçhisar), Alucra and Gümüşhacıköy from 1904 to 1909. Alongside, the lists for 1910/11 give a second post, in Beyşehir as a district governor (Kaymakam). The annual lists then follow Mustafa Nazım to Istanbul in 1911/12. The last entry, for 1912/13, names Mustafa Nazım as Kaymakam, with no place. Few officials served in as many places; fewer than 6 per cent of the 6,605 officials with a place of service did.

The salary went from 500 kuruş a month in 1902/03 to 2,000 in 1909/10, the peak, as Kaymakam, when 86 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 123,756 kuruş, 2.1 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1912/13.

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 10 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1902/031904/051906/071910/111911/1212345689TokatSivas, HafikDivriğiAlucraGümüşhacıköyBeyşehirIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 7 (Pasinler), stop 10 (Bazarköy).

  1. Tokat

    Born 1878 (AH 1295)

  2. Sivas

    First work 1902/03 (AH 1320); 1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Vilayet maiyet memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Divriği

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Öşür ihale memuru (ilave)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Hafik (Koçhisar)

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    No annual entry for 1903/04 (AH 1321) before it.

    Kaymakam vekili

    198 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Alucra

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    No annual entry for 1905/06 (AH 1323) before it.

    Kaymakam

    990 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Gümüşhacıköy

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    No annual entry for 1907/08 (AH 1325) before it.

    Kaymakam

    1,125 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  7. Pasinler as worded, no place record not on the map

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

    Kaymakam

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  8. Beyşehir

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    Kaymakam

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  9. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1911/12 (AH 1330)

    No annual entry for 1911 (AH 1329) before it.

    Memuriyet Dairesi birinci sınıf kalfası

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  10. Bazarköy as worded, no place record not on the map

    1912/13 (AH 1331)

    Kaymakam

    2,000 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 entryno entry05001,0001,5002,0001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 13301912/13AH 13312,000 kuruşKaymakamKaymakam
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 13301912/13AH 1331This 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 Nazım Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1902/0350040030055%
1904/0519840030015%
1906/079904501,12530077%
1908/091,1254001,41025079%
1909/102,0006002,00086%
1910/112,0005002,00087%
1911/121,5001,0001,25062%
1912/132,0001,2002,00067%

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 Nazım Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First workSivas500first-salary field
1902/03AH 1320Vilayet maiyet memuruSivas500
1902/03AH 1320Öşür ihale memuru (ilave)Divriği
No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321)
1904/05AH 1322Kaymakam vekiliHafik (Koçhisar)198
No annual entry: 1905/06 (AH 1323)
1906/07AH 1324KaymakamAlucra990
No annual entry: 1907/08 (AH 1325)
1908/09AH 1326KaymakamGümüşhacıköy1,125
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Kaymakam
2 entries
YearSalary
1909/102,000
1910/112,000
2,000
1910/11AH 1328KaymakamBeyşehir2,000
No annual entry: 1911 (AH 1329)
1911/12AH 1330Memuriyet Dairesi birinci sınıf kalfasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500
1912/13AH 1331Kaymakam2,000

Record

Personal

Born
1878 (AH 1295)
Birthplace
Tokat
Father's occupation
Tokat Ticaret Mahkemesi, Belediye ve İdare Meclisleri azası

First work

Year
1902/03 (AH 1320)
Place
Sivas

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 24 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, 23 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Nazım Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.

All 229 officials with entries in Sivas

Same job title, same years

Of the 90 officials with the title Kaymakam in the same years, 82 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Nazım Efendi had the 37th highest salary of them.

All 265 officials with the title Kaymakam

Same birthplace

Of the 123 officials born in Tokat, 117 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Nazım Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

The page of Tokat, with the 123 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 Nazım Efendi had the 4th 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 Nazım Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Vilayet maiyet memuruSivas500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 423; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 424
1902/03AH 1320Öşür ihale memuru (ilave)DivriğiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 423; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 424
1904/05AH 1322Kaymakam vekiliHafik (Koçhisar)198Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 423; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 424
1906/07AH 1324KaymakamAlucra990Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 423; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 424
1908/09AH 1326KaymakamGümüşhacıköy1,125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 423; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 424
1909/10AH 1327KaymakamPasinler2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 423; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 424
1910/11AH 1328KaymakamPasinler2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 423; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 424
1910/11AH 1328KaymakamBeyşehir2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 423
1911/12AH 1330Memuriyet Dairesi birinci sınıf kalfasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 423; BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 424
1912/13AH 1331KaymakamBazarköy2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 113, s. 424
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 Nazım 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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