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Mustafa Nazım 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 Nazım Bey began in Istanbul in 1853/54 (AH 1270); the father's occupation was "Sadaret Mektubî Kalemi halifesi". Work began in Istanbul in 1872/73, at about 18. The first annual entry, for 1872/73, places Mustafa Nazım in Istanbul, the birthplace, as Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımı, where the entries run to 1883/84. At the same time, from 1883/84, the lists also place Mustafa Nazım in a post with no place named as Nakil. Alongside, the lists for 1883/84 give a second post, in Niš as Niş şehbenderi.

Pay rose from 80 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to a peak of 1,000 in 1883/84, in Niš, when 82 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1883/84.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1883/8413IstanbulNiš

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1853/54 (AH 1270); First work 1872/73 (AH 1289); 1872 to 1884 (AH 1289 to 1301)

    Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımı

    80 to 700 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Nakil

    entries in 1 year

  3. Niš (Niş)

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Niş şehbenderi

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011,000 kuruşBâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıNakil
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0001872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301This 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 Nazım Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1877/78804505003%
1879/8060040050065%
1880/8160040047068%
1881/8260040045067%
1882/8370040043574%
1883/841,0004002,00082%

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 Nazım Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1872/73AH 1289First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1872 to 1884AH 1289 to 1301Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
16 entries
YearSalary
1872/73
1873/74
1874/75
1875/76
1876/77
1877/78
1877/7880
1878
1878/79
1879/80
1879/80600
1880/81600
1881/82600
1882/83600
1882/83700
1883/84700
Istanbul (Dersaadet)700
1883/84AH 1301Nakil
1883/84AH 1301Niş şehbenderiNiš (Niş)1,000

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Father's occupation
Sadaret Mektubî Kalemi halifesi

First work

Year
1872/73 (AH 1289)

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 405 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 358 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Nazım Bey had the 207th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Nazım Bey had the 204th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289), 115 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Nazım Bey had the 39th highest salary of them.

All 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Nazım Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1872/73AH 1289Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1873/74AH 1290Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1874/75AH 1291Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1876/77AH 1293Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1877/78AH 1294Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1877/78AH 1294Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878/79AH 1296Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1880/81AH 1298Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301NakilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Niş şehbenderiNiš (Niş)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Nazım 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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