Mustafa Şevket Efendi
Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1870 to 1902 (AH 1287 to 1319)
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No:114, s.355
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Şevket Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1853/54 (AH 1270). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye. [source]
Service began in Kütahya in 1870/71 (AH 1287). Dated career entries span 1870/71 (AH 1287) to 1901/02 (AH 1319) across 28 AH years, from Kütahya to Beirut (Beyrut), beginning with Şeriye mahkemesi mukayyidi and ending with entries for Ziraat Bankası şube memuru. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Kütahya, Burdur and Beirut (Beyrut). [1]
Monthly pay went from 450 kuruş in 1878/79 (AH 1296) to 1,200 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,200 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 5 · Kütahya
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 1853/54 (AH 1270)
Kütahya
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Şeriye mahkemesi mukayyidi
Calculated age 17
3 1871/72 (AH 1288) · 25 recorded years
Kütahya
AH entries: 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Şeriye mahkemesi mukayyidi
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini
500 kuruşCalculated age 42
4 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Burdur
Ziraat Bankası şube memuru
700 kuruşCalculated age 44
5 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Beirut (Beyrut)
Ziraat Bankası şube memuru
1,200 kuruşCalculated age 49
4 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini (İnfisal) · Kütahya · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Ziraat Bankası kaza sandığı memuru · Burdur · Undated · 500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Ziraat Bankası kaza sandığı memuru · Burdur · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi · Beirut (Beyrut) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 450 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 51.8% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 450 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 53.0% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 240 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 18.1% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 18.1% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 17.4% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 17.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 18.1% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 27.9% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.2% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 29.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 350 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 40.1% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 350 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 39.6% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 39.2% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 350 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 38.9% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 38.9% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.4% | 2004 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 700 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 71.5% | 2119 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 1,200 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 85.5% | 1666 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Kütahya240 to 500
- Beirut (Beyrut)1,200
- Burdur700
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Kütahya149 other officialsAgop Sırrı Efendi born 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Kütahya82 other officialsAhmet Efendi 26 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)103 other officialsAgop Sırrı Efendi first entry in Kütahya; highest salary 500 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 159, 160, 161
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:114, s.355
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 28 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 38 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.