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Mustafa Bey

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 Bey began in Taşköprü. Work began in 1867/68 (AH 1284), on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1867/68, with Mustafa as Padişah hademesi and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1868 to 1870 and 1871 to 1901. Entries spanning 44 years are rare, reached by fewer than 4 per cent of the 8,239 officials.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1867/68 to a peak of 2,000 in 1901/02, when 92 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 11 years of salary come to 218,520 kuruş, 3.8 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years, a level reached by fewer than 8 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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.

  1. Place not recorded

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Padişah hademesi

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Place not recorded

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    No annual entry for 1868 to 1870 (AH 1285 to 1286) before it.

    Harem-i Hümâyun hademesi

    60 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1901 to 1910 (AH 1319 to 1327)

    No annual entry for 1871 to 1901 (AH 1288 to 1318) before it.

    Padişah hademesi

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5002,0001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13252,000 kuruşPadişah hademesi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325This officialMedian, all officials

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 Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1867/681504588%
1870/71604003%
1901/022,00040092%
1902/032,00040093%
1903/042,00040593%
1904/052,00040092%
1905/062,00043092%
1906/072,00045092%
1907/082,00046091%
1908/092,00040090%
1909/102,00060086%

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 Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1867/68AH 1284First work150first-salary field
1867/68AH 1284Padişah hademesi150
No annual entry: 1868 to 1870 (AH 1285 to 1286)
1870/71AH 1287Harem-i Hümâyun hademesi60
No annual entry: 1871 to 1901 (AH 1288 to 1318)
1901 to 1910AH 1319 to 1327Padişah hademesi
10 entries
YearSalary
1901/022,000
1902/032,000
1903/042,000
1904/052,000
1905/062,000
1906/072,000
1907/082,000
1908/092,000
1909/102,000
1909/102,000
2,000

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Taşköprü

First work

Year
1867/68 (AH 1284)

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 birthplace

Of the 62 officials born in Taşköprü, 61 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Bey had the 3rd highest salary of them.

The page of Taşköprü, with the 62 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284), 83 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Bey had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1867/68AH 1284Padişah hademesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1870/71AH 1287Harem-i Hümâyun hademesi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1901/02AH 1319Padişah hademesi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1902/03AH 1320Padişah hademesi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1903/04AH 1321Padişah hademesi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1904/05AH 1322Padişah hademesi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1905/06AH 1323Padişah hademesi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1906/07AH 1324Padişah hademesi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1907/08AH 1325Padişah hademesi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1908/09AH 1326Padişah hademesi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1909/10AH 1327Padişah hademesi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
1909/10AH 1327Serşamdânî-i şehriyârî2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,174/465
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 Bey 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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