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Mustafa Şakir 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 Şakir Efendi was born in Kemah. Work began in 1886/87 (AH 1304), on a first salary of 340 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1886/87, names Mustafa Şakir as belediye muhasebesi memuru, with no place. For 1887 to 1890 and 1895 to 1900 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 340 kuruş a month in 1886/87 to a peak of 547 in 1894/95, when 64 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1911.

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. İstanbul, 2. Daire-i Belediye as worded, no place record

    1886 to 1895 (AH 1304 to 1312)

    belediye muhasebesi memuru

    340 to 547 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307).

  2. İstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye as worded, no place record

    1900 to 1911 (AH 1318 to 1329)

    No annual entry for 1895 to 1900 (AH 1313 to 1317) before it.

    belediye tahrirat kalemi memuru

    500 to 547 kuruş a month; entries in 12 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328547 kuruşbelediye muhasebesi memurubelediye tahrirat kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328This 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 Şakir Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1886/8734040039%
1890/9136040042%
1891/9239040045%
1892/9344040053%
1893/9449040055%
1894/9554740064%
1900/0154740066%
1901/0254740064%
1902/0354740066%
1903/0454740564%
1904/0554740065%
1905/0650043052%
1906/0750045051%
1907/0850046050%
1908/0950040052%
1909/1050060041%
1910/1150050044%
191153660045%

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 Şakir Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1886/87AH 1304First work340first-salary field
1886/87AH 1304belediye muhasebesi memuru340
No annual entry: 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)
1890 to 1895AH 1308 to 1312belediye muhasebesi memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1890/91360
1891/92390
1892/93440
1893/94490
1894/95547
360 to 547
No annual entry: 1895 to 1900 (AH 1313 to 1317)
1900 to 1911AH 1318 to 1329belediye tahrirat kalemi memuru
15 entries
YearSalary
1900/01547
1901/02547
1902/03547
1903/04547
1904/05547
1904/05500
1905/06500
1906/07500
1907/08500
1908/09500
1909/10500
1909/10500
1910/11500
1911500
1911536
547 to 536

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kemah

First work

Year
1886/87 (AH 1304)

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 69 officials born in Kemah, 49 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şakir Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemah, with the 69 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304), 156 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şakir Efendi had the 58th highest salary of them.

  • Hafız Ahmet Efendifirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 900 kuruş
  • Hüseyin Rıza Paşafirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); no salary recorded
  • Ahmed Efendifirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 300 kuruş
  • Hararoz Ağafirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 700 kuruş
  • Andon Efendifirst annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 300 kuruş

All 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Şakir Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1886/87AH 1304belediye muhasebesi memuruİstanbul, 2. Daire-i Belediye340Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1890/91AH 1308belediye muhasebesi memuruİstanbul, 2. Daire-i Belediye360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1891/92AH 1309belediye muhasebesi memuruİstanbul, 2. Daire-i Belediye390Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1892/93AH 1310belediye muhasebesi memuruİstanbul, 2. Daire-i Belediye440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1893/94AH 1311belediye muhasebesi memuruİstanbul, 2. Daire-i Belediye490Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1894/95AH 1312belediye muhasebesi memuruİstanbul, 2. Daire-i Belediye547Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1900/01AH 1318belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye547Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1901/02AH 1319belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye547Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1902/03AH 1320belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye547Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1903/04AH 1321belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye547Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1904/05AH 1322belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye547Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1904/05AH 1322belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1905/06AH 1323belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1906/07AH 1324belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1907/08AH 1325belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1908/09AH 1326belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1909/10AH 1327belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 3. Daire-i Belediye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1909/10AH 1327belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 5. Daire-i Belediye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1910/11AH 1328belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 5. Daire-i Belediye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1911AH 1329belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 5. Daire-i Belediye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
1911AH 1329belediye tahrirat kalemi memuruİstanbul, 5. Daire-i Belediye536Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.154/61.
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 Şakir 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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