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Mustafa 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 Efendi began in Sivas in 1855/56 (AH 1272). Work began in Sivas in 1883/84, at about 28, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1887/88, places Mustafa in Sivas, the birthplace, as polis neferi (İstifa), where the entries run to 1892/93. For 1888 to 1892 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1892 to 1894 give a second post, in Kocgiri as polis neferi. At the same time, from 1893/94, the lists also place Mustafa in Mecitözü as üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri. The lists give Infisal for 1887/88 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 350 in 1893/94, in Mecitözü, when 38 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1893/94.

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.

All 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1892/931893/94123SivasKocgiriMecitözü
  1. Sivas

    Born 1855/56 (AH 1272); First work 1883/84 (AH 1301); 1887 to 1893 (AH 1305 to 1310)

    polis neferi (İstifa) 1887/88 (AH 1305); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1887/88 (AH 1305); polis neferi 1892/93 (AH 1310)

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1892 (AH 1306 to 1309).

  2. Kocgiri

    1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)

    polis neferi

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Mecitözü

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

    350 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311350 kuruşpolis neferi (İstifa)polis neferi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9330040037027%
1893/9435040036038%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First workSivas300first-salary field
1887/88AH 1305polis neferi (İstifa)Sivas
1887/88AH 1305Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1888 to 1892 (AH 1306 to 1309)
1892/93AH 1310polis neferiSivas300
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311polis neferi
3 entries
YearSalary
1892/93300
1893/94300
1893/94
Kocgiri300
1893/94AH 1311üçüncü sınıf polis komiseriMecitözü350

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)
Birthplace
Sivas

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)
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 35 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, 31 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 24th 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 Efendi had the 188th highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 107th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305polis neferi (İstifa)SivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records534 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00112,s.401
1887/88AH 1305InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records534 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00112,s.401
1892/93AH 1310polis neferiSivas300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records534 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00112,s.401
1892/93AH 1310polis neferiKocgiri300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records534 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00112,s.401
1893/94AH 1311polis neferiKocgiri300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records534 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00112,s.401
1893/94AH 1311polis neferi (Görevin sona ermesi)KocgiriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records534 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00112,s.401
1893/94AH 1311üçüncü sınıf polis komiseriMecitözü350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records534 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00112,s.401
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 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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