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Mustafa Şevki 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 Şevki Efendi was born in Antalya in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Work began in 1909/10, at about 22, on a first salary of 1,000 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1909/10, with Mustafa Şevki as Fes memuru and no place named.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 1,000 kuruş a month in 1909/10, when 68 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

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. Antalya

    Born 1886/87 (AH 1304)

  2. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti Orman ve Arazi-i Vakfiye İdaresi as worded, no place record

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

    Fes memuru

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281,000 kuruşFes memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
5001,0001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 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 Şevki Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1909/101,00060068%
1910/111,00050067%

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 Şevki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1909/10AH 1327First work1,000first-salary field
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Fes memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1909/101,000
1910/111,000
1910/111,000
1,000

Record

Personal

Born
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Birthplace
Antalya

First work

Year
1909/10 (AH 1327)

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 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şevki Efendi had the 37th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327), 109 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Şevki Efendi had the 13th highest salary of them.

All 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Şevki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1909/10AH 1327Fes memuruEvkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti Orman ve Arazi-i Vakfiye İdaresi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Fes memuruEvkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti Orman ve Arazi-i Vakfiye İdaresi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Numune tarlası müdürüHalep Numune Tarlası1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Şevki 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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