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Mustafa Rahmi 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 Rahmi Efendi began in Sivas in 1863/64 (AH 1280). Mustafa Rahmi began work in Sivas in 1896/97, at about 33, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1896/97 to 1907/08 places Mustafa Rahmi in the same post, polis memuru, in Sivas, the birthplace.

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 400 in 1907/08, the peak, in Sivas, when 40 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325400 kuruşpolis memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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 Rahmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/97200450332.512%
1907/0840046040040%

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 Rahmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workSivas200first-salary field
1896 to 1908AH 1314 to 1325polis memuru
12 entries
YearSalary
1896/97200
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08400
Sivas200 to 400

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Birthplace
Sivas

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)
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 72 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, 67 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Rahmi Efendi had the 44th highest salary of them.

All 229 officials with entries in Sivas

Same birthplace

Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Rahmi Efendi had the 139th highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Rahmi Efendi had the 68th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Rahmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314polis memuruSivas200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1897/98AH 1315polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1898/99AH 1316polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1899/1900AH 1317polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1900/01AH 1318polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1901/02AH 1319polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1902/03AH 1320polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1903/04AH 1321polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1904/05AH 1322polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1905/06AH 1323polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1906/07AH 1324polis memuruSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
1907/08AH 1325polis memuruSivas400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records551 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00182,s.123
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 Rahmi 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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