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Mustafa Sabri Bey

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 Sabri Bey began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1886/87 (AH 1304); the father's occupation was "Medine Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat başkâtibi". Mustafa Sabri began work in 1904/05, at about 17, on a first salary of 0 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1904/05, names Mustafa Sabri as Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi ücretsiz devam memuru, with no place.

The salary went from 0 kuruş a month in 1904/05 to 50 in 1908/09, the peak, when 1 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 600 kuruş, 2 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

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. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1886/87 (AH 1304)

  2. Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1904 to 1909 (AH 1322 to 1326)

    Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi ücretsiz devam memuru

    0 to 50 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02040601904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 132650 kuruşŞûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi ücretsiz devam memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 Sabri Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1904/0504000%
1905/0604300%
1906/0704500%
1907/0804600%
1908/09504001%

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 Sabri Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1904/05AH 1322First work0first-salary field
1904 to 1909AH 1322 to 1326Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi ücretsiz devam memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1904/050
1905/060
1906/070
1907/080
1908/090
1908/0920
1908/0950
0 to 50

Record

Personal

Born
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)
Father's occupation
Medine Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat başkâtibi

First work

Year
1904/05 (AH 1322)

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 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Sabri Bey had the 105th highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), 99 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Sabri Bey had the 98th highest salary of them.

All 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Sabri Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1904/05AH 1322Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi ücretsiz devam memuruŞûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records305 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/385, s.385.
1905/06AH 1323Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi ücretsiz devam memuruŞûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records305 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/385, s.385.
1906/07AH 1324Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi ücretsiz devam memuruŞûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records305 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/385, s.385.
1907/08AH 1325Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi ücretsiz devam memuruŞûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records305 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/385, s.385.
1908/09AH 1326Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi ücretsiz devam memuruŞûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records305 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/385, s.385.
1908/09AH 1326Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi memuruŞûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records305 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/385, s.385.
1908/09AH 1326Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi memuruŞûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records305 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/385, s.385.
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 Sabri Bey 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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