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Mustafa Nuri 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

Born in Bursa in 1876/77 (AH 1293), Mustafa Nuri Efendi came from the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti mektubi kalemi katibi". Work began in 1893/94, at about 17. The first annual entry, for 1893/94, names Mustafa Nuri as mustantık kalemi (mülazemet), with no place, with a rise to muhâsebe kalemi evrak mukayyidliği in 1896/97.

Pay rose from 60 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to a peak of 290 in 1899/1900, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 11,280 kuruş, 45 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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. Bursa

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Hüdavendigar as worded, no place record

    1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312)

    mustantık kalemi (mülazemet)

    entries in 2 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314)

    Mektubi Kalemi

    40 to 60 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Place not recorded

    1896 to 1900 (AH 1314 to 1317)

    muhâsebe kalemi evrak mukayyidliği

    180 to 290 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317290 kuruşmustantık kalemi (mülazemet)Mektubi Kalemimuhâsebe kalemi evrak mukayyidliği
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1895/96604002%
1896/9718545012%
1897/9818540014%
1898/9922040018%
1899/190029040028%

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 Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First work
1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312mustantık kalemi (mülazemet)
2 entries
YearSalary
1893/94
1894/95
1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314Mektubi Kalemi
5 entries
YearSalary
1894/95
1895/96
1895/9640
1895/9660
1896/9760
60
1896 to 1900AH 1314 to 1317muhâsebe kalemi evrak mukayyidliği
8 entries
YearSalary
1896/97185
1897/98185
1897/98180
1898/99180
1898/99220
1899/1900220
1899/1900250
1899/1900290
185 to 290

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti mektubi kalemi katibi

First work

Year
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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 job title, same years

Of the 2 officials with the title Mektubi Kalemi in the same years, Mustafa Nuri Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 12 officials with the title Mektubi Kalemi

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Nuri Efendi had the 240th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Nuri Efendi had the 134th highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311mustantık kalemi (mülazemet)HüdavendigarAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1894/95AH 1312mustantık kalemi (mülazemet)HüdavendigarAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1894/95AH 1312Mektubi KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1895/96AH 1313Mektubi KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1895/96AH 1313Mektubi Kalemi40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1895/96AH 1313Mektubi Kalemi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1896/97AH 1314Mektubi Kalemi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1896/97AH 1314muhâsebe kalemi evrak mukayyidliği185Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1897/98AH 1315muhâsebe kalemi evrak mukayyidliği185Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1897/98AH 1315mezkûr mukayyidlik180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1898/99AH 1316mezkûr mukayyidlik180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1898/99AH 1316mezkûr mukayyidlik220Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1899/1900AH 1317mezkûr mukayyidlik220Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1899/1900AH 1317mezkûr mukayyidlik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
1899/1900AH 1317mezkûr mukayyidlik290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records125/243; 483
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 Nuri 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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