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Mustafa Hakkı 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 Hakkı Efendi began in Ürgüp in 1792/93 (AH 1207). The personnel record dates the first work to 1883/84, after the first annual entry. Only 3 of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known began work at 91 or older. The first annual entry, for 1882/83, names Mustafa Hakkı as Kosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi görevlisi, with no place. For 1884 to 1886 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 30 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to a peak of 120 in 1886/87, when 6 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1886/87.

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.

  1. Ürgüp

    Born 1792/93 (AH 1207)

  2. Kosova as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304)

    Kosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi görevlisi

    30 to 120 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001501882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304120 kuruşKosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304This 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 Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/83304000%
1886/871204006%

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 Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882 to 1884AH 1300 to 1301Kosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi görevlisi
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/8330
1883/84
30
1883/84AH 1301First work
No annual entry: 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
1886/87AH 1304Kosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi görevlisi
3 entries
YearSalary
1886/8750
1886/87100
1886/87120
50 to 120

Record

Personal

Born
1792/93 (AH 1207)
Birthplace
Ürgüp

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)

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 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hakkı Efendi had the 106th highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Hakkı Efendi had the 202nd highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Kosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi görevlisiKosova30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records81 BOA. DH. SAİD, d, 00029/00015.
1883/84AH 1301Kosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi mülazımıKosovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD, d, 00029/00015.
1886/87AH 1304Kosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi görevlisiKosova50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records81 BOA. DH. SAİD, d, 00029/00015.
1886/87AH 1304Kosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi görevlisiKosova100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records81 BOA. DH. SAİD, d, 00029/00015.
1886/87AH 1304Kosova vilayeti mektupçu kalemi görevlisiKosova120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records81 BOA. DH. SAİD, d, 00029/00015.
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 Hakkı 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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