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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 Nova Varoš (Yenivaroş) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

Mustafa began work in Nova Varoš in 1880/81, at about 16. From the first annual entry, for 1880/81, to 1889/90, every annual entry places Mustafa in the same post, Aşar Birimi stajyeri, in Nova Varoš, the birthplace.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 200 kuruş a month in 1885/86, in Nova Varoš, when 13 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001502001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307200 kuruşAşar Birimi stajyeri
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307This 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
1885/8620040025013%
1889/901254003008%

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)
1880/81AH 1298First workNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)
1880 to 1886AH 1298 to 1303Aşar Birimi stajyeri
7 entries
YearSalary
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1885/86200
Nova Varoš (Yenivaroş)200
No annual entry: 1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306)
1889/90AH 1307Nüfus Dairesi memuruNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)125

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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 3 officials with entries in Nova Varoš (Yenivaroş) in the same years, Mustafa Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 11 officials with entries in Nova Varoš (Yenivaroş)

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 449th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 3 officials born in Nova Varoš (Yenivaroş), Mustafa Efendi had the highest salary.

The page of Nova Varoš (Yenivaroş), with the 3 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 151st highest salary of them.

All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298Aşar Birimi stajyeriNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30; 416 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.; 417 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.
1881/82AH 1299Aşar Birimi stajyeriNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30; 416 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.; 417 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.
1882/83AH 1300Aşar Birimi stajyeriNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30; 416 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.; 417 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.
1883/84AH 1301Aşar Birimi stajyeriNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30; 416 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.; 417 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.
1884/85AH 1302Aşar Birimi stajyeriNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30; 416 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.; 417 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.
1885/86AH 1303Aşar Birimi stajyeriNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30; 416 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.; 417 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.
1885/86AH 1303Geçici aşar kol yazıcısıNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30; 416 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.; 417 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.
1889/90AH 1307Nüfus Dairesi memuruNova Varoš (Yenivaroş)125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30; 416 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.; 417 BOA. DH. SAİD. 33/30.
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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