Mustafa Lütfi 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 Lütfi Efendi was born in Sivas in 1874/75 (AH 1291); the father was a gendarme (jandarma). The personnel record dates the first work in Sivas to 1889/90, after the first annual entry. Every annual entry from 1884/85 to 1907/08 places Mustafa Lütfi in the same post, Rüştiye diploması, in Sivas, the birthplace. Of the 2,755 officials whose entries span 20 years or more, fewer than 5 per cent stayed in one place throughout.
Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 600 in 1907/08, in Sivas, when 61 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93 | 50 | 400 | 370 | 2% | |
| 1907/08 | 600 | 460 | 400 | 61% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Rüştiye diploması | Sivas | |
| No annual entry: 1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306) | |||
| 1889/90AH 1307 | First work | Sivas | |
| 1889 to 1893AH 1307 to 1310 | Meclis-i İdare Kalemi stajyeri | Sivas | 50 |
| No annual entry: 1893 to 1907 (AH 1311 to 1324) | |||
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Polis memuru | Sivas | 600 |
Record#
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 66 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, 61 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Lütfi Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Reşit Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 950 kuruş
- Hüseyin Necmi Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Fehim Efendi5 shared years; no salary recorded
- Mehmed Reşid Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,150 kuruş
- Paskal Enveryan Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Lütfi Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.
- Abdulkadir Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Abdülkadir Şükrü Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Abdulkadir Ziya Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ali Sırrı Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 380 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302), 157 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Lütfi Efendi had the 52nd highest salary of them.
- Abdulkadir Efendifirst entry in Avanos; highest salary 337 kuruş
- Hasan Muhsin Efendifirst entry in Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç); highest salary 50 kuruş
- Hüseyin Avni Efendifirst entry in Çankırı; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Davud Hilmi Efendifirst annual entry 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Fatma Hanımfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 300 kuruş
All 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Rüştiye diploması | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 544 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00184, s.13 | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Meclis-i İdare Kalemi stajyeri | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 544 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00184, s.13 | |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Meclis-i İdare Kalemi stajyeri | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 544 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00184, s.13 | |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Meclis-i İdare Kalemi stajyeri | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 544 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00184, s.13 | |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Meclis-i İdare Kalemi stajyeri | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 544 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00184, s.13 | |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Meclis-i İdare Kalemi stajyeri (Nakil) | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 544 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00184, s.13 | |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | İdare Meclisi Vilayet Kalemi mübaşiri | Sivas | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 544 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00184, s.13 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Polis memuru | Sivas | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 544 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00184, s.13 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)