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Mustafa Hayri 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

Mustafa Hayri Efendi was born in Safranbolu in 1839/40 (AH 1255). Work began in Istanbul in 1856/57, at about 17. The first annual entry, for 1856/57, places Mustafa Hayri in Istanbul as mülazım (ilamat odası), where the entries run to 1881/82. For 1882 to 1889 the lists have no entry. At the same time, from 1879 to 1882, the lists also place Mustafa Hayri in Edirne as Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi. Alongside, the lists for 1881/82 give a second post, in Thessaloniki as Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi. The annual lists then follow Mustafa Hayri back to Istanbul from 1889 to 1894, with a rise to Mahkeme-i Temyiz azası in 1890/91. Alongside, the lists for 1890 to 1894 give a second post, in Üsküdar as Mutasarrif.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1857/58 to 6,000 in 1893/94, the peak, as Mutasarrif in Üsküdar, when 98 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 31 years the salaries add up to 679,200 kuruş, 4.3 times what an official on the median salary earned, a level reached by fewer than 7 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. The last annual entry is for 1893/94.

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 6 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1856/571879/801881/821889/90123456SafranboluIstanbul, ÜsküdarEdirneThessaloniki
  1. Safranbolu

    Born 1839/40 (AH 1255)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1856/57 (AH 1273); 1856 to 1882 (AH 1273 to 1299)

    mülazım (ilamat odası)

    400 to 3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 27 years

  3. Edirne

    1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)

    Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi

    4,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi

    3,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1889 to 1894 (AH 1307 to 1311)

    No annual entry for 1882 to 1889 (AH 1300 to 1306) before it.

    Istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi 1889 to 1894 (AH 1307 to 1311); Mahkeme-i Temyiz azası 1890/91 (AH 1308)

    2,800 to 5,000 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  6. Üsküdar

    1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311)

    Mutasarrif

    5,000 to 6,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02,0004,0006,0001857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 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 13106,000 kuruşmülazım (ilamat odası)Mutasarrif
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,00010,0001857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 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 1310This 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 Hayri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1857/5840040040047%
1858/5940050050036%
1859/6040050075039%
1860/6175050055062%
1861/6240050050036%
1862/6340040040043%
1863/6475047538563%
1864/6540040035047%
1865/6640040040046%
1866/6740040037542%
1867/681,50045850082%
1868/6940047550040%
1869/7040040050044%
1870/7140040050044%
1871/721,500420.550083%
1872/733,00045050091%
1873/7440040550044%
1874/7540045050043%
1875/762,50045052091%
1876/772,50042050092%
1877/782,50045050092%
18782,50045057592%
1878/792,50040050091%
1879/804,00040050095%
1880/814,00040047596%
1881/824,00040050096%
1889/902,80040050096%
1890/915,00040050097%
1891/922,800400537.595%
1892/932,80040050096%
1893/946,00040051098%

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 Hayri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1856/57AH 1273First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1856 to 1882AH 1273 to 1299mülazım (ilamat odası)
41 entries
YearSalary
1856/57
1857/58
1857/58400
1858/59400
1859/60400
1860/61400
1860/61750
1861/62400
1862/63400
1863/64400
1863/64750
1864/65400
1865/66400
1866/67400
1867/68400
1867/681,500
1868/69400
1869/70400
1870/71400
1871/72400
1871/721,500
1872/73400
1872/733,000
1873/74400
1874/75400
1875/76400
1875/762,500
1875/762,500
1876/77400
1876/772,500
1877/78400
1877/782,500
1878400
18782,500
1878/79400
1878/792,500
1879/80400
1879/802,500
1879/80
1880/81400
1881/82400
Istanbul (Dersaadet)400
1879 to 1882AH 1297 to 1299Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi
4 entries
YearSalary
1879/804,000
1880/814,000
1881/824,000
1881/82
Edirne4,000
1881/82AH 1299Ticaret Mahkemesi reisiThessaloniki (Selanik)3,500
No annual entry: 1882 to 1889 (AH 1300 to 1306)
1889 to 1894AH 1307 to 1311Istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi
5 entries
YearSalary
1889/902,800
1890/912,800
1891/922,800
1892/932,800
1893/942,800
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2,800
1890/91AH 1308Mahkeme-i Temyiz azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)5,000
1890/91AH 1308MutasarrifÜsküdar5,000
1893/94AH 1311MutasarrifÜsküdar6,000

Record

Personal

Born
1839/40 (AH 1255)
Birthplace
Safranbolu

First work

Year
1856/57 (AH 1273)

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 post (job title and place), same years

Of the 2 officials who held Istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi in Istanbul in the same years, only Mustafa Hayri Efendi has a recorded salary.

Same place, same years

Of the 634 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 564 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hayri Efendi had the 75th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 15 officials with the title Mutasarrif in the same years, 7 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hayri Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 57 officials with the title Mutasarrif

Same birthplace

Of the 89 officials born in Safranbolu, 71 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hayri Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.

The page of Safranbolu, with the 89 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 33 officials whose first annual entry is for 1856/57 (AH 1273), 25 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hayri Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

All 33 officials whose first annual entry is for 1856/57 (AH 1273)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Hayri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1856/57AH 1273mülazım (ilamat odası)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1857/58AH 1274mülazım (ilamat odası)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1857/58AH 1274Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1858/59AH 1275Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1859/60AH 1276Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1860/61AH 1277Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1860/61AH 1277Meclis-i Ticaret zabıt kitabeti refakatiIstanbul (Dersaadet)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1861/62AH 1278Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1862/63AH 1279Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1863/64AH 1280Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1863/64AH 1280Mesalih-i İflasiye Komitesi başkâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1864/65AH 1281Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1865/66AH 1282Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1866/67AH 1283Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1867/68AH 1284Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1867/68AH 1284Mesalih-i İflasiye Komitesi azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1868/69AH 1285Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1869/70AH 1286Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1870/71AH 1287Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1871/72AH 1288Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1871/72AH 1288İkinci Mahkeme-i Ticaret aza mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1872/73AH 1289Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1872/73AH 1289Birinci Mahkeme-i Ticaret azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1873/74AH 1290Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1874/75AH 1291Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1875/76AH 1292Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1875/76AH 1292Birinci Mahkeme-i Ticaret azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1875/76AH 1292Dördüncü Mahkeme-i Ticaret azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1876/77AH 1293Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1876/77AH 1293Dördüncü Mahkeme-i Ticaret azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1877/78AH 1294Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1877/78AH 1294Dördüncü Mahkeme-i Ticaret azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1878AH 1295Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1878AH 1295Dördüncü Mahkeme-i Ticaret azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1878/79AH 1296Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1878/79AH 1296Dördüncü Mahkeme-i Ticaret azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1879/80AH 1297Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1879/80AH 1297Dördüncü Mahkeme-i Ticaret azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1879/80AH 1297Dördüncü Mahkeme-i Ticaret azası (İnfisal)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1879/80AH 1297Ticaret Mahkemesi reisiEdirne4,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1880/81AH 1298Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1880/81AH 1298Ticaret Mahkemesi reisiEdirne4,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1881/82AH 1299Birinci Meclis-i Ticaret sicil mukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1881/82AH 1299Ticaret Mahkemesi reisiEdirne4,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1881/82AH 1299Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi (Nakil)EdirneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1881/82AH 1299Ticaret Mahkemesi reisiThessaloniki (Selanik)3,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1889/90AH 1307Istinaf Mahkemesi AzasiIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1890/91AH 1308Istinaf Mahkemesi AzasiIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1890/91AH 1308Mahkeme-i Temyiz azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)5,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1890/91AH 1308MutasarrifÜsküdar5,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1891/92AH 1309Istinaf Mahkemesi AzasiIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1892/93AH 1310Istinaf Mahkemesi AzasiIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1893/94AH 1311Istinaf Mahkemesi AzasiIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
1893/94AH 1311MutasarrifÜsküdar6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records88 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.4, s.411
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 Hayri 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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