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Official

Mustafa Vehbi Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemah in 1878/79 (AH 1296). On record 1897 to 1899, 2 annual entries.

Life

Mustafa Vehbi Efendi was born in Kemah in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Nufus Kalemi in Kurucay, with 120 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 120 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Nufus Kalemi. 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 120 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1898/99, when 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Kemah
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
3 years

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

First job as worded
Telgraf
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
120

Career

Career of Mustafa Vehbi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316Nufus Kalemi
2 entries
YearSalary
1897/98120
1898/99120
Kurucay120
Monthly salary, kuruş
0501001501897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316120 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This 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.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mustafa Vehbi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1897/981205004%
1898/991205004%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornannual entries
KemahKurucay

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Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

Officials recorded in Kurucay

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

19 officials in all. Officials born in Kemah

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Mustafa Vehbi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Nufus KalemiKurucay120OtherCross-ministry personnel workbook0094_44; 85
1898/99AH 1316Nufus KalemiKurucay120OtherCross-ministry personnel workbook0094_44; 85
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.

Sources and original values (11)

Recorded values of Mustafa Vehbi Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa Vehbi EfendiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1296Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplaceKemahCross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanCross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishCross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling7Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)3Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year as written (calendar not established)1312Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedTelgrafCross-ministry personnel workbook
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)120Cross-ministry personnel workbook
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
  • Origin of the record: Cross-ministry workbook.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.