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Mustafa Tevfik 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 Tevfik Efendi began in Izmir (İzmir) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Mustafa Tevfik had a first salary of 500 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1897/98, names Mustafa Tevfik as Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat Kâtibi, with no place.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 500 kuruş a month in 1897/98, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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.

All 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
12IzmirHama

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Beyan Şubesi).

  1. Izmir (İzmir)

    Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. Hama

    First work here

  3. Beyan Şubesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1897 to 1905 (AH 1315 to 1322)

    Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat Kâtibi

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322500 kuruşBeyan Şubesi Tahrirat Kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This 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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/9850040056%
1898/9950040055%
1899/190050040055%
1900/0150040055%
1901/0250040054%
1902/0350040055%
1903/0450040553%
1904/0550040055%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workHama500first-salary field
1897 to 1905AH 1315 to 1322Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat Kâtibi
9 entries
YearSalary
1897/98500
1898/99500
1899/1900500
1900/01500
1901/02500
1902/03500
1903/04500
1904/05500
1904/05500
500

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Birthplace
Izmir (İzmir)

First work

Place
Hama

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 23 officials born in Izmir (İzmir), 14 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Efendi had the 10th highest salary of them.

The page of Izmir (İzmir), with the 23 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Efendi had the 49th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat KâtibiBeyan Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.775
1898/99AH 1316Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat KâtibiBeyan Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.775
1899/1900AH 1317Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat KâtibiBeyan Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.775
1900/01AH 1318Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat KâtibiBeyan Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.775
1901/02AH 1319Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat KâtibiBeyan Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.775
1902/03AH 1320Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat KâtibiBeyan Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.775
1903/04AH 1321Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat KâtibiBeyan Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.775
1904/05AH 1322Beyan Şubesi Tahrirat KâtibiBeyan Şubesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.775
1904/05AH 1322Şube Muavini500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.775
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 Tevfik 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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