Mustafa Suphi Efendi
Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Harput · Dated entries 1878 to 1910 (AH 1296 to 1327)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 130-99
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Suphi Efendi was born in Harput in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The father’s occupation was Osmanlı ordusunda binbaşı. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Kamil Paşa Medresesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Erzurum. Dated career entries span 1878/79 (AH 1296) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 8 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Diyarbakır, Hazro, Zakho (Zaho) and Mosul (Musul) and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 235 kuruş in 1878/79 (AH 1296) to 400 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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 7 · Harput
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1853/54 (AH 1270)
Harput
Birth
2 Fırka mukayyidi
235 kuruşCalculated age 26
Fırka musahibi
200 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Hazro
Not yet located on the map: Hazro
4 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Zakho (Zaho)
5 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Mosul (Musul)
6 1906/07 (AH 1324) · 3 recorded years
Sübhan ve Garbi
AH entries: 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Sübhan ve Garbi
7 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Sübhan ve Garbi / Canib-i Şarki
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Sübhan ve Garbi; Canib-i Şarki
Sübhan ve Garbi
Sübhan ve Garbi vergi kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 57
Continuing service as described
Canib-i Şarki
Canib-i Şarki vergi kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 57
10 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.
- Vilayet nüfus idaresinde mülazım · Erzurum · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Vilayet nüfus idaresinde mülazım (İnfisal) · Erzurum · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Vilayet tahrir idaresinde mülazım · Diyarbakır · 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 235 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 18.9% | 1328 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 28.3% | 1720 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 20.7% | 1981 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 29.9% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 300 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 29.3% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 32.3% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 400 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 31.0% | 1088 |
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- Sübhan ve Garbi300
- Canib-i Şarki400
- Diyarbakır200 to 235
- Hazro300
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
- Harput168 other officialsAbdurrahman Rahmi Efendi born 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Diyarbakır20 other officialsAvlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Paşa 1 shared year; highest salary 15,300 kuruş
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)162 other officialsMustafa Atıf Efendi first entry in Diyarbakır; highest salary 675 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları
ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 117, 118, 119
BOA. DH. SAİD 130-99
Read the original source accounts · 20 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 8 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 10 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.