Mustafa Eşref Paşa
Born 1819/20 (AH 1235) · Bursa · Dated entries 1853 to 1877 (AH 1270 to 1293)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference 22/77; 151
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Eşref Paşa was born in Bursa in 1819/20 (AH 1235), within the İslam community. Schooling included atik mekteb-i ceriyye. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [source]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1853/54 (AH 1270). Dated career entries span 1853/54 (AH 1270) to 1876/77 (AH 1293) across 7 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Tahran and Shkodër (İşkodra). [1]
Monthly pay went from 285 kuruş in 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 10,000 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the highest recorded monthly rate is 10,000 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293). [1]
Life and career
Follow 8 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 8 · Bursa
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1819/20 (AH 1235)
Bursa
Birth
2 1853/54 (AH 1270)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 35
serdar-ı Ekrem müteveffâ Ömer Paşa'nın ser yaverciliği; bin başı
Calculated age 35
3 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
kai'makam
Calculated age 38
4 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
üçüncü ordu-yı hümâyun redif birinci alayı; miralay
Calculated age 44
5 1866/67 (AH 1283)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
ordu-yu mezkûr erkanı; mirliva
Calculated age 48
6 1869/70 (AH 1286)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Hassa ordu-yu hümâyunu riyaseti; ferik
Calculated age 51
7 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Tahran
Not yet located on the map: Tahran
Tahran sefaret-i seniyyesi
285 kuruşCalculated age 54
8 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Shkodër (İşkodra) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
İşkodra fırkası kumandanlığına inzimamı ile mutasarrıflık
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 58
Place not recorded
Selanik valiliği; müşir
Calculated age 58
5 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- altıncı ordu-yu hümâyun riyaseti · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İstifa · Tahran · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Trabzon vilâyeti · Trabzon · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- ciheti kumandanlığı · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 285 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 29.5% | 736 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 10,000 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.7% | 1102 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Shkodër (İşkodra)10,000
- Tahran285
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Bursa301 other officialsMehmed Emin Efendi born 1821/22 (AH 1237); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Shkodër (İşkodra)35 other officialsTayyib Hilmi Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- 1853/54 (AH 1270)28 other officialsNihad Bilinski Paşa first annual entry 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 20,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 332,333
22/77; 151
Read the original source accounts · 15 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.