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Official

Mustafa Safvet Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Trabzon in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1892 to 1903, 11 annual entries.

Life

Mustafa Safvet Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1870/71 (AH 1287). 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 no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Polis in Trabzon, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Trabzon, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Polis in Trabzon). In 1895/96 the record shows 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Trabzon, the salary going from 400 to 750 kuruş a month (before: 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Trabzon).

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri. 76 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 11 years with a salary the median is 675 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.45 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 74 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Birthplace
Trabzon
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 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
Polis
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Mustafa Safvet Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310PolisTrabzon300
1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 13123. Sınıf Polis Komiseri
2 entries
YearSalary
1893/94400
1894/95400
Trabzon400
1895 to 1903AH 1313 to 13202. Sınıf Polis Komiseri
8 entries
YearSalary
1895/96750
1896/97675
1897/98675
1898/99675
1899/1900675
1900/01675
1901/02675
1902/03675
Trabzon750 to 675
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006008001892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320750 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 Safvet Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1892/9330050030017%
1893/9440050050030%
1894/9540050040030%
1895/9675050065076%
1896/9767550058577%
1897/9867550058577%
1898/99675500592.576%
1899/190067550060075%
1900/0167550062574%
1901/0267550060074%
1902/0367550060074%

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

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

73 officials in all. Officials recorded in Trabzon

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

65 officials in all. Officials born in Trabzon

Full record

Annual entries (11)

Annual entries of Mustafa Safvet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310PolisTrabzon300Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1893/94AH 13113. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon400Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1894/95AH 13123. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon400Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1895/96AH 13132. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon750Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1896/97AH 13142. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon675Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1897/98AH 13152. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon675Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1898/99AH 13162. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon675Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1899/1900AH 13172. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon675Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1900/01AH 13182. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon675Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1901/02AH 13192. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon675Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
1902/03AH 13202. Sınıf Polis KomiseriTrabzon675Police (Polis)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0066_0066; 127
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 Safvet Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa Safvet EfendiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1287Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplaceTrabzonCross-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)0Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year as written (calendar not established)1310Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedPolisCross-ministry personnel workbook
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)300Cross-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.