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Mustafa 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 Efendi was born in Bosna in 1846/47 (AH 1263). At about 25, in 1872/73, Mustafa began work, on a first salary of 750 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1872/73, with Mustafa as Bosna ve Hersek Hastahanesi kâtibi and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1876 to 1890. The last post was in Istanbul in 1890/91. For 1891 to 1894 the lists have no entry. In place of a title the lists give Vefat (death) for 1894/95.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 750 kuruş a month in 1872/73, when 69 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 42,000 kuruş, 1.6 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1894/95.

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. Bosna-Hersek as worded, no place record

    1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292)

    Bosna ve Hersek Hastahanesi kâtibi

    750 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1890 to 1895 (AH 1308 to 1312)

    No annual entry for 1876 to 1890 (AH 1293 to 1307) before it.

    Dahiliye Gümrüğü Nezareti kurşun mühür memuru 1890/91 (AH 1308); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1894/95 (AH 1312)

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006008001873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312750 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1872/7375045069%
1873/7475040568%
1874/7575045070%
1875/7675045070%
1890/9150040050056%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1872/73AH 1289First work750first-salary field
1872 to 1876AH 1289 to 1292Bosna ve Hersek Hastahanesi kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1872/73750
1873/74750
1874/75750
1875/76750
750
No annual entry: 1876 to 1890 (AH 1293 to 1307)
1890/91AH 1308Dahiliye Gümrüğü Nezareti kurşun mühür memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1890/91500
1890/91500
Istanbul (Dersaadet)500
No annual entry: 1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311)
1894/95AH 1312Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Birthplace
Bosna

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 189 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 181 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Efendi had the 110th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

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 Efendi had the 57th 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 Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1872/73AH 1289Bosna ve Hersek Hastahanesi kâtibiBosna-Hersek750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records342 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 44/279, s.279.
1873/74AH 1290Bosna ve Hersek Hastahanesi kâtibiBosna-Hersek750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records342 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 44/279, s.279.
1874/75AH 1291Bosna ve Hersek Hastahanesi kâtibiBosna-Hersek750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records342 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 44/279, s.279.
1875/76AH 1292Yol ve kamu binaları inşaatı görevlisiBosna-Hersek750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records342 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 44/279, s.279.
1890/91AH 1308Dahiliye Gümrüğü Nezareti kurşun mühür memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records110 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 44/279. 76
1890/91AH 1308Emtia Dâhiliye Gümrüğü Nezareti kurşun mühür memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records342 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 44/279, s.279.
1894/95AH 1312VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD. d, 44/279.
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 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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