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Mustafa Asaf Bey

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

Mustafa Asaf Bey was born in Bursa, into the İslam community. Work began in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The annual lists begin in 1867/68, with Mustafa Asaf as Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet and no place named, with a rise to kalem-i mezkûre; müsevvid in 1883/84.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1868/69 to a peak of 300 in 1869/70, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 27 years of salary come to 79,680 kuruş, 59 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1895/96.

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.

  1. Place not recorded

    1867 to 1880 (AH 1284 to 1297)

    Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet

    160 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 14 years

  2. Place not recorded

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    No annual entry for 1880/81 (AH 1298) before it.

    Tahrirat Kalemi

    160 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1883 to 1896 (AH 1301 to 1313)

    No annual entry for 1882/83 (AH 1300) before it.

    kalem-i mezkûre; müsevvid

    250 to 270 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312300 kuruşBursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemetkalem-i mezkûre; müsevvid
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312This 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 Mustafa Asaf Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1868/6920047513%
1869/7030040031%
1870/7130040030%
1871/72300420.530%
1872/7327045028%
1873/7423040522%
1874/7523045020%
1875/7623045019%
1876/7723042020%
1877/7823045020%
187823045020%
1878/7923040018%
1879/8023040016%
1881/8216040010%
1883/8425040019%
1884/8525040019%
1885/8625040019%
1886/8725040020%
1887/8825040020%
1888/8925040021%
1889/9025040021%
1890/9125040021%
1891/9225040021%
1892/9325040021%
1893/9425040021%
1894/9525040021%
1895/9627040025%

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 Asaf Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1867/68AH 1284First work
1867 to 1880AH 1284 to 1297Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet
23 entries
YearSalary
1867/68
1868/69
1868/69160
1868/69200
1869/70200
1869/70300
1870/71300
1871/72300
1871/72285
1871/72270
1872/73270
1872/73250
1872/73200
1873/74200
1873/74230
1874/75230
1875/76230
1876/77230
1877/78230
1878230
1878/79230
1879/80230
1879/80160
160
No annual entry: 1880/81 (AH 1298)
1881/82AH 1299Tahrirat Kalemi160
No annual entry: 1882/83 (AH 1300)
1883 to 1896AH 1301 to 1313kalem-i mezkûre; müsevvid
15 entries
YearSalary
1883/84250
1884/85250
1885/86250
1885/86250
1886/87250
1887/88250
1888/89250
1889/90250
1890/91250
1891/92250
1892/93250
1893/94250
1894/95250
1895/96250
1895/96270
250 to 270

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1867/68 (AH 1284)

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 job title, same years

Of the 3 officials with the title Tahrirat Kalemi in the same years, Mustafa Asaf Bey had the lowest salary.

All 16 officials with the title Tahrirat Kalemi

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Asaf Bey had the 217th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284), 83 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Asaf Bey had the 78th highest salary of them.

All 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Asaf Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1867/68AH 1284Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1868/69AH 1285Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1868/69AH 1285Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1868/69AH 1285Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1869/70AH 1286Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1869/70AH 1286Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1870/71AH 1287Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1871/72AH 1288Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1871/72AH 1288Bursa merkez sancağı tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemet285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1871/72AH 1288vilâyet mektubî kalemi270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1872/73AH 1289vilâyet mektubî kalemi270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1872/73AH 1289vilâyet mektubî kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1872/73AH 1289vilâyet mektubî kalemi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1873/74AH 1290vilâyet mektubî kalemi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1873/74AH 1290vilâyet mektubî kalemi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1874/75AH 1291vilâyet mektubî kalemi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1875/76AH 1292vilâyet mektubî kalemi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1876/77AH 1293vilâyet mektubî kalemi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1877/78AH 1294vilâyet mektubî kalemi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1878AH 1295vilâyet mektubî kalemi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1878/79AH 1296vilâyet mektubî kalemi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1879/80AH 1297vilâyet mektubî kalemi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1879/80AH 1297vilâyet mektubî kalemi160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1881/82AH 1299Tahrirat Kalemi160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1883/84AH 1301kalem-i mezkûre; müsevvid250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1884/85AH 1302kalem-i mezkûre; müsevvid250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1885/86AH 1303kalem-i mezkûre; müsevvid250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1885/86AH 1303mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1886/87AH 1304mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1887/88AH 1305mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1888/89AH 1306mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1889/90AH 1307mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1890/91AH 1308mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1891/92AH 1309mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1892/93AH 1310mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1893/94AH 1311mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1894/95AH 1312mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1895/96AH 1313mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
1895/96AH 1313mektubî vilâyet kalemi; müsevvidlik270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50/23; 41
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 Asaf Bey 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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