Mustafa Zihni Efendi
Born 1838/39 (AH 1254) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1853 to 1910 (AH 1270 to 1327)
Archival references DH.SAİDd, 1-530; CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 1-530; 150-383
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Zihni Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1838/39 (AH 1254). The father’s occupation was Muhassıl. Schooling included Mekteb-i Maârif-i Adliye; Bayezid Camii dersleri. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1853/54 (AH 1270). Dated career entries span 1853/54 (AH 1270) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 48 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Şûrâ-yı Devlet, beginning with Maliye Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisi. More than one post or place appears in 21 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Zimemat Komisyonu, Maliye Meclisi Mazbata Odası and Aydın Vilayeti and 24 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1854/55 (AH 1271) to 25,000 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 36,000 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316). [1]
Life and career
Follow 32 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 32 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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.
27 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1838/39 (AH 1254)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
3 1854/55 (AH 1271)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Zimemat Komisyonu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zimemat Komisyonu
4 1858/59 (AH 1275)
Maliye Meclisi Mazbata Odası / Aydın Vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maliye Meclisi Mazbata Odası; Aydın Vilayeti
5 1864/65 (AH 1281)
Divan-ı Muhasebat
Not yet located on the map: Divan-ı Muhasebat
6 1867/68 (AH 1284) · 6 recorded years
Maliye Nezareti
AH entries: 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maliye Nezareti
7 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Maliye Nezareti / Sadaret
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maliye Nezareti; Sadaret
8 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Sadaret / Ticaret Nezareti / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Sadaret; Ticaret Nezareti; Location not recorded
9 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Maliye Nezareti
Not yet located on the map: Maliye Nezareti
10 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Maliye Nezareti / Sadaret
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maliye Nezareti; Sadaret
11 1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years
Sadaret
AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Sadaret
12 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Sadaret / Vekâlet-i Uzmâ
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Sadaret; Vekâlet-i Uzmâ
13 1879/80 (AH 1297) · 5 recorded years
Vekâlet-i Uzmâ
AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Vekâlet-i Uzmâ
14 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Vekâlet-i Uzmâ / Maliye Nezareti / Evkaf Nezareti / Maarif Nezareti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Vekâlet-i Uzmâ; Maliye Nezareti; Evkaf Nezareti; Maarif Nezareti
15 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Maliye Nezareti
Not yet located on the map: Maliye Nezareti
16 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Maliye Nezareti / Ticaret Nezareti / Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Maliye Nezareti; Ticaret Nezareti; Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
17 1887/88 (AH 1305) · 2 recorded years
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
AH entries: 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
18 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti / Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti; Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti
19 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti
Not yet located on the map: Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti
20 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti / Place not recorded / Selanik Vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti; Location not recorded; Selanik Vilayeti
21 1892/93 (AH 1310) · 3 recorded years
Selanik Vilayeti
AH entries: 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Selanik Vilayeti
22 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Selanik Vilayeti / Halep Vilayeti / Place not recorded / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Selanik Vilayeti; Halep Vilayeti; Location not recorded
23 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Hüdavendigâr Vilayeti / Place not recorded / Crete (Girit) / Memuriyet-i Mülkiye Komisyonu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdavendigâr Vilayeti; Location not recorded; Memuriyet-i Mülkiye Komisyonu
24 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Memuriyet-i Mülkiye Komisyonu
Not yet located on the map: Memuriyet-i Mülkiye Komisyonu
25 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Memuriyet-i Mülkiye Komisyonu / Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti / Ziraat Bankası / Islahat-ı Maliye Komisyon-ı Âlisi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Memuriyet-i Mülkiye Komisyonu; Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti; Ziraat Bankası; Islahat-ı Maliye Komisyon-ı Âlisi
26 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 3 recorded years
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti
27 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti / Mesarif Nezareti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti; Mesarif Nezareti
28 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti / Mabeyn-i Hümayun / Hamidiye-Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti; Mabeyn-i Hümayun; Hamidiye-Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi; Location not recorded
29 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti / Hamidiye-Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi / Place not recorded / Maliye Komisyon-ı Âlisi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti; Hamidiye-Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi; Location not recorded; Maliye Komisyon-ı Âlisi
30 1905/06 (AH 1323) · 3 recorded years
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti / Hamidiye-Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi
AH entries: 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti; Hamidiye-Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi
31 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti / Hamidiye-Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi / Place not recorded / Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi / Meclis-i Âyan / Hicaz Demiryolu Nezareti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti; Hamidiye-Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi; Location not recorded; Hicaz Demiryolu İdare-i Maliyesi; Meclis-i Âyan; Hicaz Demiryolu Nezareti
32 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Şûrâ-yı Devlet / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Şûrâ-yı Devlet; Location not recorded
Şûrâ-yı Devlet
Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisi
25,000 kuruşCalculated age 73
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.
- Maliye Meclisi Mazbata Odası memuru · Maliye Meclisi Mazbata Odası · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Muammer Paşa'nın Divan kâtibi · Suriye Vilayeti · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Meclis-i Muhasebe Mazbata Odası memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 450 kuruş 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854/55 (AH 1271) | 200 | 400 | 100 to 5,000 | 19.7% | 67 |
| 1858/59 (AH 1275) | 450 | 500 | 150 to 5,000 | 44.2% | 105 |
| 1864/65 (AH 1281) | 2,000 | 400 | 125 to 3,000 | 84.5% | 253 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 5,000 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 93.8% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 7,500 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 94.8% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 7,500 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 96.2% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 7,500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 96.8% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 7,500 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 96.2% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 7,500 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 96.6% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 12,500 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 98.0% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 12,500 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 98.3% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 7,125 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.3% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 10,000 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.7% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 10,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 97.5% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 10,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 97.7% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 15,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 98.5% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 15,000 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 98.4% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 12,500 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 99.0% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 12,500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 98.9% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 12,500 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 99.1% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 12,500 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 99.4% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 30,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.4% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 30,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.6% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 30,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.7% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 30,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.7% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 30,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 99.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 30,000 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 99.7% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 30,000 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 99.7% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 30,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 99.6% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 20,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 99.4% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 20,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 99.3% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 20,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 99.2% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 20,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 98.9% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 30,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 99.7% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 22,500 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 99.6% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 36,000 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 100.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 36,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 100.0% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 36,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 99.9% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 36,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 99.8% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 36,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 99.9% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 36,000 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 99.9% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 36,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 99.9% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 36,000 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 99.9% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 36,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 99.9% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 36,000 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 99.8% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 36,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 99.5% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 25,000 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 99.5% | 1088 |
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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti30,000 to 36,000
- Maliye Nezareti5,000 to 30,000
- Vekâlet-i Uzmâ12,500 to 15,000
- Sadaret10,000 to 12,500
- Selanik Vilayeti20,000
- Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti30,000
Six places with the most recorded career years. 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
- Istanbul665 other officialsAhmed Şakir Paşa born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 50,000 kuruş
- Istanbul242 other officialsMehmed Raif Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- 1853/54 (AH 1270)28 other officialsSüleyman Rüşdü Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Mekteb-i Maârif-i Adliye; Bayezid Camii dersleri [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisleri
BURAK BALCI · 2025 · Pages 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
DH.SAİDd, 1-530; DH.SAİDd, 1-530; 160 CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 1-530;150-383; 160 CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 1-530;150-383
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