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Mustafa Şevket 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 Şevket Efendi was born in Silistra (Silistre) into the İslam community. Work began in Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The annual lists begin in 1895/96, with Mustafa Şevket as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı and no place named. At the same time, from 1899 to 1909, the lists also place Mustafa Şevket in Istanbul as Tetkik kalemi memuru.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to a peak of 320 in 1908/09, in Istanbul, when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, six years of salary come to 16,920 kuruş, 56 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.

All 3 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1899/190013Istanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Bab-ı Seraskeri Hassa Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 1. Şube, İstanbul).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1895/96 (AH 1313)

  2. Bab-ı Seraskeri Hassa Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 1. Şube, İstanbul as worded, no place record not on the map

    1895 to 1900 (AH 1313 to 1317)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 5 years

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1899 to 1909 (AH 1317 to 1326)

    Tetkik kalemi memuru 1899/1900 (AH 1317); Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuru 1901 to 1909 (AH 1319 to 1326)

    50 to 320 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

    No annual entry for 1900/01 (AH 1318).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326320 kuruşTahrirat kalemi mülazımıVezne-i umumiye kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 Şevket Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1899/190015040050610%
1901/021504005809%
1904/0524040055021%
1905/0625043060022%
1906/0730045071529%
1908/0932040070039%

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 Şevket Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1895 to 1900AH 1313 to 1317Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
7 entries
YearSalary
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1899/1900
1899/1900
1899/1900AH 1317Tetkik kalemi memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1899/190050
1899/1900150
Istanbul (Dersaadet)50 to 150
No annual entry: 1900/01 (AH 1318)
1901 to 1909AH 1319 to 1326Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuru
14 entries
YearSalary
1901/02150
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1904/05240
1905/06
1905/06250
1906/07
1906/07270
1906/07290
1906/07300
1907/08
1908/09
1908/09320
Istanbul (Dersaadet)150 to 320

Record

Personal

Community
İslam

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 368 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 350 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şevket Efendi had the 290th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 54 officials born in Silistra (Silistre), 50 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şevket Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.

The page of Silistra (Silistre), with the 54 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şevket Efendi had the 99th highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Şevket Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıBab-ı Seraskeri Hassa Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 1. Şube, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349
1896/97AH 1314Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıBab-ı Seraskeri Hassa Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 1. Şube, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıBab-ı Seraskeri Hassa Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 1. Şube, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349
1898/99AH 1316Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıBab-ı Seraskeri Hassa Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 1. Şube, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıBab-ı Seraskeri Hassa Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 1. Şube, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)Bab-ı Seraskeri Hassa Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi 1. Şube, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349
1899/1900AH 1317Tetkik kalemi mülazımıHazine-i Maliye Hesabat-ı Umumiye Şubesi, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349
1899/1900AH 1317Tetkik kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1899/1900AH 1317Tetkik kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1901/02AH 1319Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1902/03AH 1320Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1903/04AH 1321Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1904/05AH 1322Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1904/05AH 1322Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1905/06AH 1323Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1905/06AH 1323Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1906/07AH 1324Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1906/07AH 1324Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1906/07AH 1324Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1906/07AH 1324Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1907/08AH 1325Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1908/09AH 1326Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349; 191 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.; 192 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349.
1908/09AH 1326Vezne-i umumiye kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 108/349
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 Şevket 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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