Mustafa Enver Bey
Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1894 to 1903 (AH 1312 to 1320)
Languages French, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 16, Gömlek No. 2, 3-2
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Tahran
- Kirmanşah
4 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mustafa Enver Bey was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The father’s occupation was İstanbul İstinaf Mahkemesi Cinayet Kısmı azası. Schooling included İbtidaî; Rüşdiye; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane. The language repertoire included French, Persian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 1902/03 (AH 1320) across 4 AH years, beginning with Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Tahran and Kirmanşah. [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1895/96 (AH 1313) to 2,330 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,330 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 24
Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
Calculated age 24
3 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
Calculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Maaş kaydı
100 kuruşCalculated age 25
Place not recorded
Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası halifesi
250 kuruşCalculated age 25
4 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Tahran
Not yet located on the map: Tahran
Tahran Sefareti başkâtibi ve şehbenderi
2,330 kuruşCalculated age 31
5 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Tahran / Kirmanşah
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tahran; Kirmanşah
Tahran
Tahran Sefareti başkâtibi ve şehbenderi
2,330 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
Tahran
Tahran Sefareti başkâtibi ve şehbenderi
Calculated age 32
Kirmanşah
Kirmanşah başşehbender vekili
675 kuruşCalculated age 32
Kirmanşah
Kirmanşah başşehbender vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 32
Recorded service ending
3 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.
- Tahran Sefareti başkâtibi ve şehbenderi · Tahran · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kirmanşah başşehbender vekili · Kirmanşah · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Liverpool başşehbenderi · Liverpool · 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.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 20.7% | 1981 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 2,330 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 95.4% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 2,330 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 96.1% | 1627 |
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- Tahran2,330
- Kirmanşah675
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
- Istanbul665 other officialsAleko Kasap Efendi born 1871/72 (AH 1288); no salary recorded
- Istanbul254 other officialsSaid Paşa 2 shared years; highest salary 85,000 kuruş
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)224 other officialsİbrahim Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- French
- Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
- Persian
- şifahen ve tahriren ifade-i meram [source]
- Turkish
- Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Edebiyat, ulûm ve fünun şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education detail
- İbtidai ve rüşdiyede mukaddimat ulum; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane’de ikmal-i tahsil ve edebiyat/ulum/fünun şehadetnamesi. Rüşdiye ve Mülkiye diploma suretleri dosyada mahfuz. [source]
- Education
- İbtidaî; Rüşdiye; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstanbul [source]
- First work year
- 1894/95 (AH 1312) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 0.7 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 193, 194
178 4.1.42.Londra Başşehbenderi Mehmed Rafet Bey650 Mehmed Rafet Bey Kıbrıs ceziresi arazi yoklama müdüriyetinde bulunmuş olan mütehizan cezireden müteveffa Mehmed Kâmil Efendi’nin mahdumudur. Küttabzâdeler denilmekle mütearifdir. Bin iki yüz yetmiş dokuz sene-i hicriyesinde (sene-i maliye 78) Kıbrıs ceziresinde tevellüt ettiği nüfus-ı tezkire-i Osmanîsi suret-i musaddakasında münderictir. Cezire-i mezkûre sıbyan ve rüşdiye mekteplerinde müretteb dersleri ba’det-tedris birkaç ayda İngilizce tahsiline mahsus hususi mektebe ve bir sene dahi İngiltere’de Norveç şehri ibtidaî mektebine devam ile muahharen suret-i hususide İngilizce lisanı üzere he’yet ve coğrafya ve tabakâtü’l-arz ve hikmet ve fizyoloji derslerini ve mekteb-i hukuk-ı şahanede müretteb dersleri tahsil ve ikmal edip Türkçe ve Fransızca ve İngilizce tekellüm ve kitabet eylemiş ve Arabi ve Farsi ile Rumca ve Ulahcaya aşina idiği tercüme-i hal varakasında muharridir. Zikr olunan mekteb-i rüşdiye birinci ve a’la mertebeden 22 Haziran 94 ve mekteb-i hukuk-ı şahaneden karibü’l-ala dereceden 4 Temmuz 309 tarihli şahadetnameleri haizdir. Bin üç yüz beş senesi şa’banının yirmisinde (20 Nisan 304) yedi yüz elli guruş maaşla matbuat-ı ecnebiyye kalem-i İngilizce mütercimliğine bittayin üç yüz yedi senesi recebinin yirmi yedisinde (7 Mart 306) maaşı dokuz yüz elli guruşa terki edip sene-i merkûme şehr-i ramazan-ı şerifinin on dördünde uhdesine rütbe-i salise tevcih buyrulmuş üç yüz on senesi şevallinin on dokuzunda (24 Nisan 309) maaşı bin guruşa iblağ ile üç yüz on bir senesi saferinin yirmi üçünde (23 Ağustos 309) bin dokuz yüz guruş maaşla Bükreş sefareti seniyyesi ikinci kitabetine tahvil-i memuriyet ve rebiülevvelinin yirmi beşinde (25 Eylül 309) vazifesine mübaşeret edip sene-i merkûme recebinin sekizinde dördüncü rütbeden nişân-ı âli Osmanî ihsan buyrulmuştur. Üç yüz on iki senesi rebiüleveelinin yirmi üçünde (11 Eylül 310) maaş-ı mezkûr Atina sefareti seniyyesi ikinci kitabetine nakil-ı memuriyet ve cemaziyelevvelisinin on birinde (28 Teşrinievvel 310) Bükreş’ten infikâk eylemekle tarih-i naklinin infikâkına kadar nısf-ı maaş almak ve sene-i mezkûre şevvalin yirmi sekizinde (11 Nisan 312) iki bin guruş maaş ve beş yüz guruş tahsisat ile Köstence şehbenderliğine nakil eyleyerek zilhiccesinin üçünde (15 Mayıs 311) Atina’dan müfarekât eylediği cihetle nakli tarihinin müfarekâtına kadar kezalik nısf hesabı üzere tesviye eylemiştir. Hariciye nezareti celilesi umur-ı şehbenderi müdüriyetine yazılan mülahazada mûmâileyh rıza-yı alisi dairesinde hüsn-ü ifası hizmet ettiği ve ibraz liyakat ve ehliyet eylediği tasdik olunmuştur. Matbuat-ı ecnebiyye kalemi mütercimliği Bükreş ve Atina sefaretleri kitabetlerinde müddet-i hizmet ve miktar-ı maaşat ve sahihiyle keyfiyet-i nakli ve memuriyet-i hazresine tarih-i tayin ve mikdar-ı maaş ve tahsisatı matbuat-ı ecnebiye müdüriyetiyle hariciye nezareti celilesi muhasebesinden 15 Eylül 313 ve 11 650 BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 16, Gömlek No. 2, 3-2.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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