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Mustafa Tevfik 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

The life of Mustafa Tevfik Bey began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1844/45 (AH 1260). At about 21, in 1865/66, Mustafa Tevfik began work in Shkodër. From 1865/66 to 1872/73 every annual entry places Mustafa Tevfik in Shkodër, the birthplace, first as Vilayet Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, from 1871/72 as Evrak Muduru.

Pay rose from 160 kuruş a month in 1865/66 to a peak of 800 in 1872/73, as Evrak Muduru in Shkodër, when 71 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1872/73.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001865/66AH 12821866/67AH 12831867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 1289800 kuruşVilayet Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıEvrak Muduru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001865/66AH 12821866/67AH 12831867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 1289This 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 Tevfik Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1865/6616040040014%
1866/6716040040015%
1867/6816045844512%
1868/6940047540040%
1869/7040040040044%
1871/72500420.539054%
1872/7380045032071%

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 Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1865/66AH 1282First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1865 to 1872AH 1282 to 1288Vilayet Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
11 entries
YearSalary
1865/66
1865/66160
1866/67160
1867/68160
1868/69160
1868/69400
1869/70400
1869/70250
1869/70
1870/71
1871/72
Shkodër (İşkodra)
1871 to 1873AH 1288 to 1289Evrak Muduru
5 entries
YearSalary
1871/72500
1871/72475
1872/73475
1872/73700
1872/73800
Shkodër (İşkodra)500 to 800

Record

Personal

Born
1844/45 (AH 1260)

First work

Year
1865/66 (AH 1282)

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 36 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, Mustafa Tevfik Bey had the 20th highest salary.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same job title, same years

Of the 4 officials with the title Evrak Muduru in the same years, 3 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Bey had the lowest salary of them.

All 15 officials with the title Evrak Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Bey had the 36th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1865/66 (AH 1282), 95 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Tevfik Bey had the 51st highest salary of them.

All 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1865/66 (AH 1282)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Tevfik Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1865/66AH 1282Vilayet Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1865/66AH 1282Vilayet Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1866/67AH 1283Vilayet Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1867/68AH 1284Vilayet Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1868/69AH 1285Vilayet Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1868/69AH 1285Evrak Müdürlüğü refakatiShkodër (İşkodra)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1869/70AH 1286Evrak Müdürlüğü refakatiShkodër (İşkodra)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1869/70AH 1286Mektupçu Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1869/70AH 1286Evrak Müdürlüğü muaviniShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1870/71AH 1287Evrak Müdürlüğü muaviniShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1871/72AH 1288Evrak Müdürlüğü muaviniShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1871/72AH 1288Evrak MuduruShkodër (İşkodra)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1871/72AH 1288Evrak MuduruShkodër (İşkodra)475Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1872/73AH 1289Evrak MuduruShkodër (İşkodra)475Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1872/73AH 1289Evrak MuduruShkodër (İşkodra)700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 41.
1872/73AH 1289Evrak MuduruShkodër (İşkodra)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22; 360 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 25/22, s. 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 Tevfik 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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