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Musa 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

Musa Efendi was born in Kars; the father's occupation was "Süvari Yüzbaşı". The first salary was 80 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1888/89 (AH 1306), with Musa as Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Dördüncü Sınıf katibi and no place named.

Pay rose from 320 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to a peak of 1,080 in 1897/98, when 85 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 78,240 kuruş, 1.6 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1897/98.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001,5001888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151,080 kuruşLevazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Dördüncü Sınıf katibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315This 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 Musa Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1888/8932040038%
1889/9032040038%
1890/9132040038%
1891/9232040037%
1892/9364040072%
1893/9464040072%
1894/9596040080%
1895/9696040079%
1896/9796045078%
1897/981,08040085%

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 Musa Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First work80first-salary field
1888 to 1898AH 1306 to 1315Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Dördüncü Sınıf katibi
14 entries
YearSalary
1888/89320
1889/90320
1890/91320
1891/92320
1892/93320
1892/93640
1893/94640
1894/95640
1894/95960
1895/96960
1896/97960
1896/97864
1897/98864
1897/981,080
320 to 1,080

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kars
Father's occupation
Süvari Yüzbaşı

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 193 officials born in Kars, 113 have a recorded salary; Musa Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

The page of Kars, with the 193 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; Musa Efendi had the 19th highest salary of them.

All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Musa Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1888/89AH 1306Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Dördüncü Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1889/90AH 1307Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Dördüncü Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1890/91AH 1308Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Dördüncü Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1891/92AH 1309Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Dördüncü Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1892/93AH 1310Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Dördüncü Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1892/93AH 1310Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Üçüncü Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1893/94AH 1311Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Üçüncü Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1894/95AH 1312Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube Üçüncü Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1894/95AH 1312Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube İkinci Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1895/96AH 1313Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube İkinci Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1896/97AH 1314Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube İkinci Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1896/97AH 1314Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube İkinci Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye864Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1897/98AH 1315Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube İkinci Sınıf katibiDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye864Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
1897/98AH 1315Birinci Sınıf HülefaDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Levazım Dairesi1,080Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records113 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 83/81.
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 Musa 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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