MUSTAFA SEVFAT EFENDİ
Born 1850/51 (AH 1267) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1869 to 1890 (AH 1286 to 1307)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference DH_SAİD,00025_00219
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
MUSTAFA SEVFAT EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1850/51 (AH 1267). The father’s occupation was Asakir-i Şahane binbaşısı. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Dated career entries span 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1889/90 (AH 1307) across 21 AH years, from Baghdad (Bağdat) to Baghdad (Bağdat). More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Baghdad (Bağdat). [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1,200 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,200 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307). [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 4 · Kirkuk (Kerkük)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 1850/51 (AH 1267)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
tahrirat kalemi katibi
150 kuruşCalculated age 19
3 1870/71 (AH 1287) · 14 recorded years
Baghdad (Bağdat)
AH entries: 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
tahrirat kalemi katibi
150 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
defter-i hakani tahrirat katibi
530 kuruşCalculated age 33
4 1884/85 (AH 1302) · 6 recorded years
Baghdad (Bağdat)
AH entries: 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
mektubi kalemi müsevvidi
700 kuruşCalculated age 35
vilayet resmi gazetesi muharriri (ilaveten)
Calculated age 40
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 9.4% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 180 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 13.9% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 250 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 21.7% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 350 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 38.2% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 310 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 38.3% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 350 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 38.0% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 42.6% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 400 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 43.3% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 43.0% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 550 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 62.9% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 585 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 63.3% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 585 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 65.4% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 468 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 58.3% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 60.9% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 530 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 66.2% | 1655 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 700 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 74.5% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 880 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 79.0% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 880 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 78.8% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 880 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 78.0% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 880 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 79.4% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 1,200 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 84.8% | 1874 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Baghdad (Bağdat)100 to 1,200
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Kirkuk (Kerkük)236 other officialsABDULFATTAH OSMAN EFENDİ born 1850/51 (AH 1267); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Baghdad (Bağdat)70 other officialsAhmed Ragıb Efendi 15 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Sıbyan Mektebi562 other officialsAhmed Hilmi Efendi born 1850/51 (AH 1267); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları
ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 159, 160, 161
154 DH_SAİD,00025_00219
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 21 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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